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February 23, 2026 06:22PM
Is it just me or does it seem like there is not much available right now? I mainly do restaurant/food but haven't done one in about a month.
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February 23, 2026 09:30PM
I have 8 restaurant shops scheduled between yesterday and next Friday....
I'm not seeing a slow down.
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February 23, 2026 09:54PM
Is there a certain time of day you catch them?
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February 23, 2026 09:54PM
I've been averaging one or two restaurant shops in any given week.. but I think I've used up my entire rotation for my favorite restaurant for a while. I'm going to have to be satisfied with wings and burgers for a few weeks.
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February 24, 2026 12:53AM
Ummm no. 3 different msc's & 5 different clients (3 are the same msc & client just different locations)

@Kinggirl wrote:

Is there a certain time of day you catch them?
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February 24, 2026 03:02PM
Super duper slow in my part of NY...has been all of '26. Hoping things pick up!
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February 24, 2026 08:42PM
I used to do several TDBank shops but none are available since the first of the year. Wondering if they switched companies.
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February 24, 2026 09:00PM
This has been the slowest month for me in over 3 years.
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February 24, 2026 09:25PM
I'm not sure if I'm not finding shops to do, or not doing shops I don't want to do. I know I'm not doing as many shops, and the bonuses seem fewer and further than ever before. But I have no hard data to prove it. It's late February and I'm only just now starting to get some gas station audits with an acceptable bonus, seems later than usual. But in previous years I've also accepted the lower bonuses on the closer stations, but I did not this year.
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February 25, 2026 03:39AM
RBG hasn’t posted anything new near me in 12 days. Or do they block you when you just did shops? I took my first 2 restaurant shops and very few remained on the job board after. Completed 2nd shop Friday and review finalized Sunday. Right now, there are only 4 (non-restaurant) shops available for my 20 mile radius. 45 radius doesn’t bring up many more. Totally confused.
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February 26, 2026 04:10PM
@catmom23 wrote:

RBG hasn’t posted anything new near me in 12 days. Or do they block you when you just did shops? I took my first 2 restaurant shops and very few remained on the job board after. Completed 2nd shop Friday and review finalized Sunday. Right now, there are only 4 (non-restaurant) shops available for my 20 mile radius. 45 radius doesn’t bring up many more. Totally confused.

RBG doesn't block you, but they do seem to post shops for the next month towards the end of the current month, e.g. shops have started posting near me over the last day, including this morning.
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February 26, 2026 05:34PM
RBG just dropped next month's most sought after in my area.....I was able to snag one.
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February 27, 2026 01:35PM
Yeah, I’ve noticed the same thing. It feels a bit slow lately, especially for restaurant and food gigs. Hopefully things pick up soon!
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March 01, 2026 05:11AM
I haven’t seen the black and white bear here in Texas... That’ll be bad if they go bye bye
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March 04, 2026 12:48PM
A variation of this thread comes up every month. Some always say how slow it is, others comment that they are overwhelmed with work.

It all boils down to where you live, and how many shoppers share your turf. It is always slow where I live, and the competition for the shops that are here is fierce.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2026 12:50PM by bradkcrew.
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