Under the “old program” I went out a couple times per month and would do a route of 20-30 locations, and it was very worthwhile because you could get a basic Jumbo Jack, Value Fry and a water for ~5.50 so at around 18 a shop it was worthwhile, which is where the prices stabilized. With the new guidelines, the base goes up to a little over $8.50 (jumbo jack small combo) — which means my my base is now around 21. The temping isn’t worth it to me — around here it’s about .70 to upgrade the fries. If it was 2.50 I’d consider it.
When the new program first dropped, they bumped up between 21-23 the first few weeks — so I jumped on them and did a few huge routes.
That said, I think some people aren’t doing the math, as the prices have now seemed to drop back to 15-18 a week.
So... I’ll do them — but not if I’m losing money compared to where I was before — in fact ideally I should be a few cents ahead because of the extra questions. It may not seem like much but when you do these as a route and add up the upload times at each location, those extra couple pics add up nicely at the end of the day. These were already a “only makes sense for a huge route” except for my very closest locations.
As far as the food... it’s OK. I’ll eat one for lunch when I’m doing them — but it certainly went downhill over 20 years. My bigger gripe is just how expensive they are in the PNW — a base jumbo jack is now $4.29. This was a burger that sat at 1.29 for years... and years... and then shot up. Plus we have a sales tax between 8-9% in WA. I’ve heard down south they are less expensive — but the MSC’s “base price” is not even enough to just cover the required food now even if someone was dumb enough to do this as a reimbursement-only kind of a deal up here.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/09/2020 05:22PM by ngbmediashop.