@metro25782 wrote:

Hello and good morning.

Hopefully its just an overnight anomaly but there doesn't seem to be any Panda Express shops listed on the MSC's website....

Anyone heard anything?

@johnb974 wrote:

I still don't understand why they won't let you order a drink. It was much better when you could order a drink with your meal. Now I have to wait until they total the meal and give me a receipt and then I order a drink

@metro25782 wrote:

@johnb974 wrote:

I still don't understand why they won't let you order a drink. It was much better when you could order a drink with your meal. Now I have to wait until they total the meal and give me a receipt and then I order a drink

Yeah...as sensitive (allegedly) as they are about revealing yourself as a shopper...someone ordering a meal without a beverage sort of gives it away doesn’t it????

@metro25782 wrote:

..someone ordering a meal without a beverage sort of gives it away doesn’t it????

@YorkieLight wrote:

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@Deedeezthoughts wrote:

@metro25782 wrote:

@johnb974 wrote:

I still don't understand why they won't let you order a drink. It was much better when you could order a drink with your meal. Now I have to wait until they total the meal and give me a receipt and then I order a drink

Yeah...as sensitive (allegedly) as they are about revealing yourself as a shopper...someone ordering a meal without a beverage sort of gives it away doesn’t it????

Not really. "Do you charge for water cups?" Ask after the transaction has been completed. Or, you pretend to change your mind.

Do you think you would be the first person to reconsider something? Or do you think the employees there know the requirements on the shops? If they do, it's only because they looked for that information and found it discussed in a shopper forum somewhere.

@metro25782 wrote:

But the entire cup of water thing or no beverage is a big ol’ neon sign saying “mystery shopper”.

@sestrahelena wrote:

With fancy water bottles being so trendy these days, I don't think it odd that someone might drink whatever they brought when they get back to the car. Or right there at the table

@hbbigdaddy wrote:

I agree with @BayShopper22 that there are plenty that do not order soda. But I also think it's moronic to not be able to ask for a water cup. I would think most people have something to drink with their meal even if it is water. Gotta wash down all that sodium some how.

@BayShopper22 wrote:

@metro25782 wrote:

But the entire cup of water thing or no beverage is a big ol’ neon sign saying “mystery shopper”.

I know very few healthy people who order soda at all. I have never ordered a soda at Panda, even when I could.

@Jusa wrote:

@BayShopper22 wrote:

@metro25782 wrote:

But the entire cup of water thing or no beverage is a big ol’ neon sign saying “mystery shopper”.

I know very few healthy people who order soda at all. I have never ordered a soda at Panda, even when I could.

Same. I never order soda on my own dime and hate when it's a shop requirement.

@johnb974 wrote:

Why does Panda Express not allow you to buy a drink when you order? It seems not buying a drink marks you as a mystery shopper. No other fast food place does this.

@Morledzep wrote:

HB, the MSC said when they changed that rule, that they are concerned with timing, ordering extra things increases the amount of time it takes to fill your order. Which is very strange, because they don't ask for timings in the report. And there isn't really any prep to be done, unless they aren't keeping the serving table stocked, one order shouldn't take any longer than any other as long as you're only ordering the entrees on the list. And it was never a problem until Panda did that combo meal thing, I don't know why that was a problem either.