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Taco Bell! I've heard they're shopped in some areas, but no luck here.

@bigbrother87 wrote:

Taco Bell! I've heard they're shopped in some areas, but no luck here.

I used to do an annual route of about 15 locations where you ordered the same items and weighed them and took pictures. Very profitable but I haven't seen it this year. And then they used to do them sometimes when they were doing the fast food surveys for times and accuracy. But again haven't seen those in a few years.

Outback, Applebees, Ruth Chris, Capital Grill. Flemings Steak House, Bahama Breeze, Maggianos, On the Border, I have shopped nearly every one of these in the past when I lived in different states. Hoping I can get one of more of them in the future.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/03/2023 06:36PM by SueW70.

I did an Applebees several months ago.

@SueW70 wrote:

Outback, Applebees, Ruth Chris, Capital Grill. Flemings Steak House, Bahama Breeze, Maggianos, On the Border, I have shopped nearly every one of these in the past when I lived in different states. Hoping I can get one of more of them in the future.

Ruth's Chris is still shopped.

I think the point was for companies that do not have mystery shopping program.

Lucille's (So California based BBQ chain) is one that used to be shopped and stopped.

I miss Cheesecake Factory.

Wood Rnch BBQ is another.

Yes, Maggiano's would be nice. I did shop for them back in the early 2000s. They had an "in house" program. They stopped that before Obama took office for his first term.

I would like to see BWW RESTAURANT shops. They used to have them awhile ago. I know about (and am NOT interested in) the stupid bar audits.

I would love to see some chains that are not large pieces of meat and seafood chains. Asian food that I love...Thai, Chinese, Korean, Nepalese and especially Indian food and Mediterranean.. I do not care which brand but I am not talking fast food like Panda. which is shopped. Even a wider selection of Mexican food restaurants. We do not have most of the big chains where I live at the coast of Los Angeles. I think it is because of land space issues. A few of the malls who have lost retail clients have replaced them with large chain restaurants that generally sit on a big piece of land somewhere.

Any Brazilian Steakhouse.

Texas de Brazil used to be shopped but 2 hour report. Only time I did a time consumer like that for basically meal reimbursement it did have like a $20 pay too but did it for the experience and meal. I would like to see TGI Fridays shopped, Brick House, Longhorn, and Carabbas.

Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.

Seafood restaurants, BBQ joints, pizza places, and brunch spots

I did TGI Fridays way prior pandemic and as well as Carabbas with AARP test use.

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009

I've done Carrabba's a couple of times. I think they were shops to try and get them on board with a mystery shopping program.

Same. I did the bar shops for BWW a few times. The report is not bad, just lengthy, and I don't like sitting at the bar for a minimum of 45 minutes. I used to do 3 locations very near where I live, and some of what I wrote in one report would be applicable for another report but different location. The editor dinged me on using the same language/verbiage in more than one report. Like I was plagiarizing my own words. lol Well, next time, I'd have to break out my thesaurus to find different words to state the same thing. Sheesh. Well, there is no next time. I'm not doing the shops anymore for that very reason. Just don't want to deal with the picky editor. Meanwhile, all 3 locations have been sitting there unassigned month after month. They could have had me do these shops to fulfill their client requirements, but not if I'm going to get grief from the editor.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/2023 02:00AM by snow.

Steak and Shake, Starbucks, Browns Chicken, 31 Flavors, Bakers Square, Dairy Queen, Portillos, Lou Malnattis Pizza

Some of these used to be shopped and some are only in select states.

Mmm...yes, please!

@Rho* wrote:

Portillos, Lou Malnattis Pizza

Some of these used to be shopped and some are only in select states.

Bring back Freddy's Steakburger & Custard shops!
2nd Cheesecake Factory!
Chuck-A-Rama (Utah's beloved buffet restaurants)
Rodizio Grill (regional Brazilian steakhouse chain)

Have synthesizers, will travel...

@MSF wrote:

Mmm...yes, please!

@Rho* wrote:

Portillos, Lou Malnattis Pizza

Some of these used to be shopped and some are only in select states.

Good call on Lou Malnati's!!! So amazing... (only 1 "t" in the name).

Going there later this month for my 65th birthday celebration in Chitown!!!

Have synthesizers, will travel...

Capital Burger, Capital Grill, Eddie Vs (these were fairly easy and I have not found them post pandemic).

Cava, &Pizza, Sweet Green, Chipotle, Panera (I imagine these are shopped but have not found where)

I would love some fast casual that isn't burgers.

@jazzzyjd.....I see Eddie V's shopped by narrative-intense company beginning with the letter "A"

I've never been.

@jazzzyjd

"Cava, &Pizza, Sweet Green, Chipotle, Panera (I imagine these are shopped but have not found where)"

If Panera is shopped, I don't think they are shopped in my area. Every time I go to one location, dirty dishes are haphazardly stacked high on the trash surround and left on the tables. There are so many dishes you can tell it was not just the lunch rush.

At another Panera the ice tea has little seaweed-like strands "waving in the current" at the bottom of the dispenser as it circulates. Either they don't go through the tea fast enough or they don't clean the dispenser well or maybe both. I called customer service to report this. Often the green tea dispenser is empty.

I recently did an online order for a salad. When I got home and opened it, the container was not very full. There were several pieces of wilted or brown-edged lettuce and a good sized piece of the hard center core of lettuce. The extra Kalamata olives I requested did not seem very "extra" because I only got 7-8. I was very disappointed.

The in-store order screens in many locations are not functional most of the time. Most locations are understaffed which I think is why all these issues exist.

Absolutely none. Restaurants falk into two categories: 1. Those I don't enjoy. To shop them the fee must ve high. 2. Those I do enjoy and wkuld not wish my meal bothered by note taking snd the need to follow ordering instructions or other protocol.

I would like to shop PITA Meditaranian street food. I go there every chance I get, it would be wonderful if I were able to get paid for it too.

Oh. I thought you meant something else when you said PITA.

@DRJ wrote:

Oh. I thought you meant something else when you said PITA.

That is PETA. People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

I think he was thinking Pain In The A**

I would like to see chinese take out restaurants shopped. I used to eat a lot of it in my drunk- I mean dorm days. Now, every so often.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Seeing all these restaurants shopped make me jealous! So far I've only found MSCs for and shopped TRH, Sonic, 5 Guys, and Panda Express. I clearly need to expand my MSC affiliation!

I would guess 80% of mine are Sonic, Panda, and 5G - LOL

@rmkeith wrote:

Seeing all these restaurants shopped make me jealous! So far I've only found MSCs for and shopped TRH, Sonic, 5 Guys, and Panda Express. I clearly need to expand my MSC affiliation!

I wish Roots Steak House would resume their shopping which ended with the pandemic. It's a terrific restaurant and we now pay (a lot) to go there on our own.

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@rmkeith wrote:

Seeing all these restaurants shopped make me jealous! So far I've only found MSCs for and shopped TRH, Sonic, 5 Guys, and Panda Express. I clearly need to expand my MSC affiliation!

I think we're just wishing for restaurants that are better than what's available, not actual restaurants that we get to shop.

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