1. Forums
  2. Mystery Shopping Discussion

Kroger

August 14, 2024 05:17PM
Shops that used to be bonused to a $23 fee now have a lower bonus. I am not going to shop that location at the lower fee. It's simply too far for me.
Reply
Log In
x

Create an Account or Log In

Membership is free. Simply choose your username, type in your email address, and choose a password. You immediately get full access to the forum.

Already a member? Log In.

August 15, 2024 02:49AM
Sing it to me sista. The Kroger 2 miles from home is never available and the one I drive by on certain days only needs to be shopped days I'm not driving there.
Reply
August 21, 2024 07:04AM
The ones I posted about have all been taken at the much lower fee, and they used to last a while on the board.

The Target pickup shops now have a reimbursement limit of $30. I didn't even notice that until I was just about to file my report.

Walmart pickup shops' max reimbursement limit remains at $32.
Reply
August 21, 2024 02:17PM
When the shops come out in my area there are over 300 (before fuel, pickup and competitor) they are gone within 30 minutes. I never see bonused shops.
Reply
August 22, 2024 11:41PM
I have never seen Target or Walmart pick up shops.. do you mind me asking if it’s the same MSC that posts the Kroger shops? Sorry, thanks!
Reply
August 23, 2024 04:43AM
Same MSC. Different regions have different shops. In my area, there are only Kroger in-store, competitor in-store, and competitor pickup shops. There are no Kroger pickup or fuel shops. The competitor pickup shops are at Target and Walmart. The competitor in-store shops are at FoodMaxx.
Reply
August 23, 2024 04:59AM
The Kroger competitor shops aren't every round. Last year they were every third round, and so far this year it's been the 4th round. Here in Northern AL (there are no Kroger stores in any other part of AL), all of the competitor shops are pick up shops at Publix, Target, and Kroger. We do NOT get competitor shops at Aldi, Food City, The Mitchel Group (Foodland and WDG), Fresh Value, or Whole Paycheck.

I don't know if other areas of the country are getting competitor shops every round or even more often than we get them. I would be EXTRA happy if competitor shops would go to every other round or even back to every 3rd round.
Reply
August 23, 2024 06:59PM
Okie,

yep, this holds true mostly. But many of the Aldi stores in the area are within a mile of a Kroger. And some of the Publix stores, that are competitor shops, are much further than that from the closest Kroger. The same goes for Target and Walmart, all of their stores are shopped, only a few are close to Kroger stores. There is also a Food City that is relatively close to Kroger that could, and probably should be shopped. Fresh Value is quickly losing market share, they have closed several stores here, I expect they'll close completely in the next few years.
Reply
August 27, 2024 02:02AM
For in store competitor, I have seen Superior, Stater Brothers,Trader Joe's but not all locations. There are other brands that would be logical but I have not seen them, such as Aldi. Our pickup competitors include Target, Walmart, and Vons. There may be others but I've not seen them. We seem to get them approximately quarterly. If you are not on the website the second the shops post, you may not see competitor shops near you as they mostly get grabbed quickly.

Yes you get $30 reimbursed at all locations now, for those who charge more than $5 fee for pickups you can get the reimbursement increased.

I usually try to make my order come out a dollar or two over $30 as sometimes there is a missing item.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/2024 05:37PM by melg.
Reply
August 27, 2024 03:16AM
I was sad to see that AARP no longer has the Kroger family of gift cards available on their website. I know an 8% discount wasn't much, but every little bit helps.

If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
Reply
August 27, 2024 07:53AM
@melg Is that a spoiler alert? 45?
Reply
August 27, 2024 05:38PM
I have no idea why that happened. Must have been sleepy. Edited....
Reply
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.

Click here to login