Time to complete the shop report?

I need some advice and/or validation on completing a shop report. I swear for a typical shop, it takes me anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes to complete it. I can do it a bit faster if it's the same shop at a different store.

Am I off-base in the time it takes to complete the report? I'd love any ideas on how to speed things up. Once you add in the prep-time to read & understand the guidelines, I swear I'm close to if not below minimum wage.

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It might be helpful if you let us know what type of shops you are doing. There are definitely some shops that take longer than others, and some companies have different styles of shops than others. If you are looking for something quicker to start with, I'd suggest looking at Market Force. Theirs are some of the faster ones I do.

I Secret Shop reports are pretty easy also, mostly drop down yes or no questions. These don't pay a lot but they are quick.

Good luck.

If you are new to doing those types of shops, they will take longer. They get shorter as you get more experience.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

You might try Intelli-shop and SeeLevel for easier reports.

But I know where you're coming from; even the simplest MarketForce report used to take me an hour! Spent most of that time waiting for pages or photos to load! Now I have a faster computer, so it doesn't take so long.

Also, when doing reports on my phone, I find if I have a strong signal, they load much, much faster. I can do a report on the road on my phone much much faster than I can do the same report at home, where Verizon gives me one bar of service!

And some reports go much, much better using Chrome browser.

No, I think your times are typical. Many here will disagree, but there is a big difference in how fast they can do a report, and how fast they actually do it. Working from home with its distractions and with no boss looking over the shoulder tends to have its downsides along with the upsides. Experience helps some, but what helps more is to do repeats of the same shop at different locations, as you have mentioned. That is why I and many others tend to find a groove and focus on certain shops or types of shops, rather than having to change mental gears between shops.

Reporting requirements vary as do shopping requirements. Some are five minute reports. Others longer. Some quite long (pages and pages and pages of narrative). Like anything, efficiency is gained with experience. The report that takes one 30 minutes when a new shopper may take 1/2 that time after one has completed several score like it. Good note taking while in the field is really, really helpful.

Presto shops are the quickest. I mean a picture of a drive thru menu. But you have to make sure that it has not rained in two days, Open the app then sign in then walk over to the menu board, wait if any cars are in the way take a picture, and then check to see if it got everything. Sometimes the hardest thing is checking the picture in full sunlight. Then submit and you are done. Except entering the mileage and the info into your log that you are supposed to be doing.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2021 07:38PM by 2stepps.

My issue, as someone else mentioned, comes down to distraction at home or really not being bothered after a 10 hour route. That for me is the absolute hardest yet the most important part of MS.

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