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Faux Chinese gone?

April 18, 2026 05:29AM
I am no longer seeing the black and white bear shops. Are they gone, or are any of you still seeing them?
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April 18, 2026 09:22AM
I haven't seen them since the first of the year.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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April 18, 2026 03:33PM
I think they figured out the report wasn't that valuable.
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April 18, 2026 05:00PM
I'll miss all the free condiments, I used them in my own cooking.
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April 18, 2026 06:02PM
People are pulling back from eating out, and companies are scrambling to make cuts. Even pizza chains are closing a large percentage of locations, with announcements from Pizza Hut and Papa John's recently. I expect to see a drop in the number of assignments and further reductions in pay, along with long-standing programs discontinued. Ironically, this is exactly the time when companies most need solid data on customer experience; it's just a matter of how much they value it.
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April 18, 2026 08:46PM
I haven't seen any shops at all. but I'm still playing their silly games and getting discounts and using my stored up points. Hopefully there will be new shops before I run out of points and discounts.
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April 18, 2026 10:22PM
The shops were being done in 2026 in limited markets.. They scaled back where they are doing them. I don't see any now, but maybe they are done for April?

Maybe they have stopped the program. I will check in May again to see if I see them. They are not in my area, but they were in the outlying areas of Southern California (and maybe other places too).
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April 18, 2026 10:45PM
There was one day I did like 6 in one afternoon. Loaded up leftovers for the week.
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April 19, 2026 05:27PM
I was wondering this myself. It's making me sad how many of the shops I came to rely on have suddenly dried up. I was a big shopper for this company and now they have nothing left that I'm interested in.

Shopper since 2005
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April 19, 2026 07:49PM
@FeelinSassie "pizza chains are closing a large percentage of locations"? These two large pizza operators are targeting underperforming stores where Pizza Hut is closing 3.5% of USA locations and Papa John's 8.5% of its North American stores which is far from a large percentage. I agree with you that these operators need solid data, but I think it comes down to how much these mystery shopping companies want to pay mystery shoppers.
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April 19, 2026 11:04PM
My daughter loves that place, so we will being going shop or not :O)
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