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Mall pretzel shops?

March 14, 2022 11:04PM
It's been several years since I've done a shop for a nationwide chain of pretzels (usually found in malls). I'm not talking about the "W" chain, but the other large chain that refers to a family member :-) in their name. They were with an MSC in Texas (at least most of their CA and NV locations were). It was NOT sassie/prophet/shopmetrics. It was their own in-house designed software.

Anyways, just wondering if anyone has seen these shops recently. I know of a MSC based in Illinois that does a few locations here in SoCal, but not very many locations.

Has anyone seen them posted with an MSC? Since I'm not naming the MSC, you can tell us which MSC has them.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/14/2022 11:45PM by hbbigdaddy.
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March 14, 2022 11:34PM
I saw one last year I think and it went fast
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March 14, 2022 11:35PM
FYI, you did in fact name the client so we can't say which MSC but yes, I have seen them.
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March 14, 2022 11:50PM
I realized I named them in the 2nd paragraph, but have removed the name now.
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March 15, 2022 02:41AM
Nope--I'm in northern Illinois and haven't seen them in a few years.
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March 15, 2022 03:38PM
I used to grab them in the Chicagoland area, but I haven't seen them for a while. I do see the other pretzel shop on one of the gig apps but that ones also a revealed audit and I'm not a fan.
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March 15, 2022 06:45PM
They are currently posted in Kentucky. The pay has not increased on these for years. It's lingered at $6 shop fee plus reimbursement.
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March 16, 2022 01:49AM
Did them pre-pandemic here in Minnesota. Haven't seen them come back post-pandemic. But I kept the pretzel company's app on my phone, and have gotten some freebies and specials not relating to mystery shopping.

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2022 01:53AM by gsfreeman2.
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March 16, 2022 02:00AM
@gigishopper wrote:

They are currently posted in Kentucky. The pay has not increased on these for years. It's lingered at $6 shop fee plus reimbursement.
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This MSC is notoriously tight with the buck. I do C-store and credit card validation shops for them and they almost never bump fees until 45+ days after initial posting if no one's taken them. A C-store shop with them has been $7 fee and +5 reimbursement for 3 years, and just now 45 days after they got them mostly in are they going up to $10+5.
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March 16, 2022 02:07AM
They have been back in the Pacific Northwest for a couple months.
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