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March 20, 2018 02:17PM
Has anyone done the HoneyGrow shops with the new MSC? The reimbursement is only $5 for a bowl - used to be $10 with the other company plus a $15 fee. Is the report easier?
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March 20, 2018 03:09PM
I've only done the report with the new MSC. I don't know what the old report was like. The report with the current MSC was very simple with little narrative.

Also, I looked at it like $10 reimbursement with a $5 fee.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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March 21, 2018 12:16AM
I have not found the new MSC yet (maybe there are even 3 they are testing out???).

I have seen an email about another MSC running tests for HoneyGrow with a $40 reimbursement but requires 2 people.... I would never bring a guest for something like this. $13 for a noodle bowl? I would never go here on my own dime!
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March 21, 2018 04:45AM
I've done the same report with both a 10 and 5 dollar reimbursement. I didn't notice the reimbursement changed until after I'd already accepted, much to my chagrin. I still had to ask the same amount (too many in my opinion) of knowledge questions and the report looked the same in content.
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March 21, 2018 07:34AM
I did one today for the app shop. It was very simple. It looks like the in-store purchase ones may have the same stupid "THIS PERSON IS YOUR MYSTERY SHOPPER!!!" questions. I don't think the new MSC requires the reports to be nearly as pedantic as the old one.

I actually asked about the fee/reimbursement thing and they said yeah, 15 fee and 5 reimbursement. Totally bass ackwards.
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March 21, 2018 09:59PM
I remember the in person shop had way too much narrative - and you are correct - the same stupid questions. And to ask them, you had to interrupt a working employee by asking over the glass. I'll stick to the take out and app shops. Thanks.
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March 21, 2018 11:42PM
@marg704 wrote:

I remember the in person shop had way too much narrative - and you are correct - the same stupid questions. And to ask them, you had to interrupt a working employee by asking over the glass. I'll stick to the take out and app shops. Thanks.

Sometimes I wonder who designs the questionnaires / guidelines. I would think that the client would like to know what it is like for the average visitor, and I would also assume that some random person going into these restaurants wont ask where the company is from... ingredients or menu questions are more tolerable.
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March 22, 2018 01:42AM
With the old MSC I never saw them for the locations near me (and I do a lot of other shops for said MSC and check their job board often). I wonder if all locations are shopped or if it is a franchise where some are and some aren't?
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March 22, 2018 12:07PM
There was one scenario where you had to ask for help on how to use the menu board. Someone would have to take off their gloves, leave the busy food prep line, and show you how to use the touch screen.
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March 22, 2018 12:42PM
@marg704 wrote:

There was one scenario where you had to ask for help on how to use the menu board. Someone would have to take off their gloves, leave the busy food prep line, and show you how to use the touch screen.

I've been to one location where there was a dedicated greeter - think of like one of those floating cashiers at self checkouts. The woman greeted everyone who came in and answered any and all questions. This was within the first month of opening, so unsure if that was a one-off situation.
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March 23, 2018 07:31AM
@NinS wrote:

With the old MSC I never saw them for the locations near me (and I do a lot of other shops for said MSC and check their job board often). I wonder if all locations are shopped or if it is a franchise where some are and some aren't?

Some of us may have just snapped the shops up as they paid fairly well. They make a big deal out of being all corporately owned.

I think the questions are something honeygrow themselves wants answered as both MSCs apparently used them. Stupid stupid stupid. They got me made at one store.
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March 23, 2018 07:35AM
The new msc sucks. They are time restricted very tightly, pay less and require the same amount of work as the old one.
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March 23, 2018 10:17AM
I thought the old form was too much, and I really did not like the food at HoneyGrow - or the way that you order. But, that's just me.
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