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My solution is to only apply for the $9+$9s at the smallest of stores, two of which are approx. 1 1/2 mls. from my house, as those shops will basically remain the same. For the larger stores I encounter in my travels, I will select those with a fee that is acceptable. The last week in Dec.,I completed three at $24+$9 for each location.

@shopperbob wrote:

My solution is to only apply for the $9+$9s at the smallest of stores, two of which are approx. 1 1/2 mls. from my house, as those shops will basically remain the same. For the larger stores I encounter in my travels, I will select those with a fee that is acceptable. The last week in Dec.,I completed three at $24+$9 for each location.

Shopperbob: I’ll hold out for good bonuses.

Olympia: I wish we had any bonuses instead of a locust-like swarm of shoppers devouring all shops in sight.

I think Jan 29 was the first shopping day of this period.

Yep I'm all done with my shops for this round.

pay is from the 15-18 to 25 end of each month, last month they came out and surprised me before we got paid for the month before, keep checking

I think this week is the last week. I still have a few to do this week.

Is there an annual max on in-store shops? Is there an annual max on pick-ups? I know there are monthly maxes on pick-ups because I've hit that.

On another note, I've done a lot of Kroger shops with no issues. This weekend I had several scheduled and got sick. I pushed through and did all my shops and made a mistake!! I entered the report and receipt for one location on the wrong location report! I've emailed the assignor and the person who followed up with additional questions about a Kroger shop in the past. I'm ok if they deny it because I can use the groceries, I just don't want to ruin a perfect approval record!!

Anyone else ever made this mistake? Lesson learned - when I'm sick I need to reschedule.

Yes there is a yearly max for in store and pickup. I don't remember what it is.

I accidently entered a shop into the wrong one once and emailed them so i could hopefully fix it. It was denied. That was probably 8 or 9 months ago so i don't know if it has changed.

Just curious to know what is the max number of Kroger shops in a year?

I think it was just listed in the new guidelines. I believe it is now 15. It said to schedule carefully.

I emailed them and they graciously opened it back up so I could complete it!

@Paula7928 wrote:

Just curious to know what is the max number of Kroger shops in a year?

15 per store location

Anyone know when the next shops are coming out?

I think they're due today, but I haven't see them yet. Keep monitoring.

They were released. In store, fuel, then pickup. No competitor pickup at least I didn't see any.

There are a bunch of competitor shops on the board, i.e. Publix, Target, Walmart

Thanks. I'm too slow.

This is the first time I've seen Costco. Has it always been $9 + $9? I can't justify going to a Costco for that, especially the one the I see. Too far away.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/2023 08:08PM by BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz.

I checked because I got an email that there were Peet's shops. Glad I jumped on, got my grocery runs planned for the month. And some AM coffee to boot! Pretty snazzed.

@nabilino wrote:

I think they're due today, but I haven't see them yet. Keep monitoring.

Is it every 28 days? It feels like it keeps getting earlier and earlier.

@hygirl wrote:

There are a bunch of competitor shops on the board, i.e. Publix, Target, Walmart

Oh cool. Not at my location but they could be coming. It seems like it isn't consistent across all regions.

@Jennycolada wrote:

I checked because I got an email that there were Peet's shops. Glad I jumped on, got my grocery runs planned for the month. And some AM coffee to boot! Pretty snazzed.

I got that too and am glad I did otherwise I would have been too late. It seems I have some new competition in my area. Some closest use to my house use to sit for a while and they were snapped up really quickly.

Just a side note but I really wish there was some option to book the pickup and in store at the same location together. Makes me nuts when I can't do the instore and have to find another to keep my 1:1 ratio. Has anyone gotten a wrist slap for not doing enough in store shops? When I was brand new I did because there's nothing on the job listing that says that so if you were new to the system you'd have no way of knowing you were expected to do as many in store as pickups.

I would take Costco. There are plenty of things I can buy and take the $9 reimbursement!

Funny, they just posted this morning or overnight and by 8 am most of the closest ones were gone. I guess the other local shopper(s) are not fussed with the new requirements. The one that bothers me the most is the wait for butcher greeting. To keep track I print a fake shopping list with all the items to check and then mark either a checkmark or an X. In the past the MS companies used to warn about not using your phone so I'm always reluctant. I scribble down the associate names on the list and some abbreviations for descriptions. Full service receipts have the cashiers name as a double check. I've learned which stores are too busy on which days (no Sundays!) and which have the best markdown sections (go Tuesday afternoon on those!)

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/2023 02:11AM by melg.

@barbage wrote:

My concern is a little different., I read the email rodaythat went to my promotions instead of primary. It said the shops were posted BU they were limited to 2 picup and 2 full service each. Last month they were limited to 8. The main reason I did them was to keep my cat in his food, AND to get the one larger check at the en of the month. Not with only beinging able to get about 50.00, it is not worth my time.9
I susally did about 20 a rime)
But all that being said there is usally 600 or shops each month and as soon as I finished the email I checked and there were only 2 fuel shops posted. When did the post?

I have 3 pickup and 4 regular jobs. I could probably schedule more if the ones nearest my house hadn't disappeared, I also seem to have missed the email which came out Tuesday at 4:30 AM.. Fuel jobs posted a few days prior. I wonder if you are misunderstanding the rotation requirements. The way I understand you can only do two AT THE SAME STORE per rotation. Perhaps email your scheduler to be sure you understand correctly.

PS Happily I picked up one of the new coffee shops on the same day as two combo pickup/instore Kroger jobs. Should cover my gas and I have $83 to play with.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/2023 02:45AM by melg.

Any Kroger or competitor close enough to my house to make shopping there profitable have not been offered in several months. Too much of a coincedence that someone else is snapping them up.

I have Kroger and competitor pickup shops schedules for Saturday and Sunday. We had major storms in my area and most of the area is without power. I've already had one shop reschedule for a different day.

I've emailed the scheduler but haven't heard back and I wonder what I should do with the shops that are rescheduled or canceled. Has anyone had that happen? I also read the instructions and didn't see that it addressed shops that are canceled or scheduled to a different date.

What do you do if your pickup shops are canceled or rescheduled by the store? We've had a major storm and lots of power outages. I've already had one store reschedule my pickup and I expect more.

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