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May 08, 2026 10:28AM
Looks like a carryout shop.
I've never done one, are they a PITA?
I know we're each different in how we assess that, yada yada yada
but feedback is appreciated.

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May 08, 2026 12:34PM
It looks like this posted twice.

What's a carryout shop?
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May 08, 2026 12:34PM
It looks like this posted twice.
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May 08, 2026 12:54PM
It's a few specific pictures and/or screenshots from the app. Overall pretty easy.
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May 08, 2026 12:56PM
@ozshopper wrote:

It looks like this posted twice.

What's a carryout shop?
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Order food, go in the location pick it up and eat it somewhere else.
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May 08, 2026 01:25PM
@joanna81 wrote:

It's a few specific pictures and/or screenshots from the app. Overall pretty easy.
Yep, easy, especially considering there's hardly any comments required. Out of the way locations can get decent bonuses after a while.

There was another thread about it last month - [www.mysteryshopforum.com]
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May 08, 2026 03:35PM
@BarefootBliss

Its several pictures including flipping the half the pizza upside down. It's not hard, but you have to like what they tell you to order (no modifications). I have done a few, but it's not something I get excited about or look forward to.
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May 08, 2026 03:49PM
@soonerself wrote:

@joanna81 wrote:

It's a few specific pictures and/or screenshots from the app. Overall pretty easy.
Yep, easy, especially considering there's hardly any comments required. Out of the way locations can get decent bonuses after a while.

There was another thread about it last month - [www.mysteryshopforum.com]

Love them Pizza Hut shops.

I did a small route through West Texas one time...I think there were 4 of them along Hwy 83. I’d stop, pick it up, drive to a parking lot somewhere else, take the 6 pics, eat a slice then give the rest of it to a homeless guy or gal. Made me feel good to do that--lord knows the last time they had something hot to eat. I think they were $28 each. Listened to the ballgame on XM radio eating pizza and drinking coke. Not a bad way to spend a spring evening.
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May 08, 2026 07:25PM
@metro25782

Glad you like them so much. I would rather do a 5g meal with more pay and less play (pictures) and order what I want. Pizza Hut is not great. It will feed you, but PH, PJ, Dominos are all versions of BK/MCD/JITB/Wendy's for pizzas. Nothing great, but serves a purpose.
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May 08, 2026 07:44PM
Just make sure you have your Sharpie handy! They are pretty easy shops once you get used to the various picture requirements. I suggest not eating your first pizza until you have all the pics uploaded and the shop submitted.
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May 08, 2026 07:47PM
These are great shops if you’re traveling. We often look for them when on vacation, especially when staying at a timeshare. This week we are traveling in Maine. Picked one up for lunch on the road tomorrow. It’s easy to order and pick up the pizza, take it to a park, take a few pictures and then have lunch.
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May 09, 2026 01:25AM
In addition to your Sharpie, make sure you know what you are supposed to write and where on the inside of the box you're supposed to write it. They sometimes make minor changes to this guideline.
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May 09, 2026 02:03AM
Pizza Hut shops are pretty simple a few very specific pics, and times. I think my son told me that they are pepperoni and mushroom this time so I'm not interested, I don't eat mushrooms. But even at base pay it's not a bad deal.
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May 09, 2026 05:17PM
@Morledzep

You can pick the shrooms off after the pictures. It's not that big of a deal. I don't like mushrooms either, but I did this round.
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May 10, 2026 06:16AM
LOL HB, Nope.. can't do it. I can still smell and taste the mushrooms. It's not a texture thing, which is usually my issue with foods that make me gag. This is a flavor thing, the smell and flavor of mushrooms is as disgusting to me as liver and onions and strawberries.
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May 10, 2026 11:12AM
Just as an aside...I was, I’m sure, this location’s worst nightmare one day. Did the shop (a local one), came home and put on my nitrile gloves to do the pictures.

I notice the pizza (medium pepperoni) looks weird but whatever...

I turn over the first slice and all of the pepperoni falls of. The same with the second slice. All of the slices don’t have pepperoni that was baked into the pizza with the cheese. They cooked the pepperoni after and put it on top.

Now they either had a cheese pizza laying around with the same crust style and just cooked the pepperoni and put it on top.

OR (and this is likely what happened....)

They, for one of the few times ever, just forgot to put the pepperoni on the pizza that was purchased...by a mystery shopper....who works for a company....that demands pictures of a pizza...turned over...

I don’t know what sort of Perry Mason type treatment the employees may get when they screw up but I could just see the manager with the pictures laying them out like Gibbs on NCIS.
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May 10, 2026 11:50AM
Regarding the mushrooms-lo- I like mushrooms a lot, but these mushrooms tasted earthy and gross. They would be better using canned mushrooms than uncooked mushrooms. So I am cosigning @moreledzep who said they can't just pick them off-it's possible they leave behind a flavor. Also general PSA: the pictures and questionnaire are slightly different from the last round of pepperoni pan pizza, so be sure to review before you do the shop/eat your first slice.
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May 10, 2026 05:47PM
handtossed- the crusty is too doughy and bland. not enough marinara. bland. but i am not allowed to ask for extra marinara or a longer bake time.
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May 10, 2026 05:49PM
It's now 7 photos of the pizza and of course the confirmation email and the receipt photos. Not hard to do. This month it was pepperoni, Italian sausage, and mushrooms. I like all those things so I do them when I have other shops for other MSCs in the area. This round it can be done anytime after the location opens up until 8pm, I believe. I will do a few on my way home from whatever other shops I am doing and take the photos, then I come home, eat a slice of each, and freeze the rest. I like pizza for breakfast when I am on my way out the door to work. This works for me.
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