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CoRi Shops Gone Quarterly

October 10, 2013 12:55PM
Has anyone else noticed that many of the blue shops have gone from monthly to quarterly? I'm seeing shops that I would have on an every other month type of route now switched over to 3 month shops. Which, of course means, I can't do them again for 6 months.
I'm wondering if this is a new thing or i just not have been noticing it.
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October 10, 2013 01:42PM
I am confused about not being able to do them for 6 months. I think you can do them again on the next rotation. I hope so anyway. This has been going on for a few months now, maybe 6.
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October 10, 2013 04:05PM
they also changed the program....these are now revealed audits...
and they want pictures inside the stores and outside....

Announced visits are quarterly...and with less reimbursement

The unannounced locations continue to remain monthly with standard
reimbursement.

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October 10, 2013 05:45PM
"they also changed the program....these are now revealed audits...
and they want pictures inside the stores and outside....

Announced visits are quarterly...and with less reimbursement "

Are we talking about the same shop?

I see nothing in the details to suggest anything different than the monthly versions. Besides, if they were different, I would think there would be a qualifier test and instruction.
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October 10, 2013 07:36PM
I'm referring to one of their gas brands...either way they did not change the test
or qualifier to take the shops. There wasn't even a notice sent out about the changes.

If it were the old cori, they would of at least sent a notice if not a reset test.

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October 11, 2013 12:36AM
The "famous" gas station changed at least half the shops over to quarterly about 2 years ago. This was also about the time they became an audit and a zillion pictures.

Some of my monthly will every now and them will become quarterly and then some of the quarterly will become monthly, I noticed this change about 2x year.

The only non-reveal shops for this station is a loyal shop, otherwise they are ALL reveal.

As for the reshop period....it 35(or 45) days for monthly and for the quarterly...yes you do have to skip the next quarter so there is like a 6 month reshop period, (not sure on the exact number of days for the quarterly reshop but do know I have to skip the next quarter before I can do it again.)

Hope this helps.
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October 11, 2013 12:59AM
txNana Wrote:
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> The "famous" gas station changed at least half the
> shops over to quarterly about 2 years ago. This
> was also about the time they became an audit and a
> zillion pictures.
>
> Some of my monthly will every now and them will
> become quarterly and then some of the quarterly
> will become monthly, I noticed this change about
> 2x year.
>
> The only non-reveal shops for this station is a
> loyal shop, otherwise they are ALL reveal.
>
> As for the reshop period....it 35(or 45) days for
> monthly and for the quarterly...yes you do have to
> skip the next quarter so there is like a 6 month
> reshop period, (not sure on the exact number of
> days for the quarterly reshop but do know I have
> to skip the next quarter before I can do it
> again.)
>
> Hope this helps.

For this kind of b.s. I hope the shop pays really well!

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2013 01:00AM by bestofbothworlds.
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October 11, 2013 03:13AM
Tatjana is talking about the blue and red GS shop and Tech is talking about the blue and yellow GS shops.
txNana is talking about the blue and red GS shops.
And everyone's right in what's been said so far, except for the re-shop period for quarterly shops. I don't think you're dq'd from the next quarter altogether, only that you must wait at least a quarter (90-120 days?) to re-shop, so you could do mid-quarter this time and very end of quarter next time. If someone has asked a scheduler, please post with greater certainty. (And why doesn't Cori simply post the re-shop wait periods?)
Quarterly prices go up much more slowly.
If you have a chance to compare your notes regarding a monthly shop that turns quarterly, watch how its compliance plummets in only half a year.
Note also how last month's first-round of the quarterly revealed blue and yellow shops yielded audits that had three times the deficiencies than our monthly locations for the same client.
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October 11, 2013 01:11PM
Yes, I should have referred to the shops as "Blue and Red"! I've done some that are referred to as "quarterly". You are correct - their compliance is terrible. Messy shops, dirty RRs, no name tags and the convenience store a mess. I could write a book.
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