Mystery Shopping Thread 23 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES

HeavensDevil

PinkWing wrote: »

Would/have any of you put 'mystery shopping' on your CV?

I would, but as NIM said, would try to avoid naming specific companies and definitely not name any clients! I referred to MSing on my university application, but really just as an example of being able to organise my own workload and having time management skills. I got in, so they must have believed me

burnoutbabe

PinkWing wrote: »

Would/have any of you put 'mystery shopping' on your CV?

yes i have it - in amongst other interests. I'd tell people who asked which companies I may work for, if they wanted to be MSers as well. Its not a state secret who we work for, just who the clients are.

mskitten2904

N.I.M wrote: »

Whos been bought out?

I guess I can say it because they are no longer in the UK and have been bought by several other companies here and not one single company. Total Garages.

whitelabel

cvs, and people you know who ask

the question was more would you post your photo, location and what you do and have done online. obviously some do as ive seen a load more since i first saw the one...
and we wonder why people get id'd as the mysteryshopper as soon as they walk in to places before opening their mouth...

whitelabel

mskitten2904 wrote: »

I guess I can say it because they are no longer in the UK and have been bought by several other companies here and not one single company. Total Garages.

yup as im doing a gap at a former site of this in the next 10 mins actually just up the road from me and was mighty confused at first when I saw the job as i couldnt work out where the gap branded one was till i saw it had changed name the next day

mskitten2904

I do not have one single crappy fee supermarket anywhere near me..... Is this a blessing?

N.I.M

mskitten2904 wrote: »

I guess I can say it because they are no longer in the UK and have been bought by several other companies here and not one single company. Total Garages.

Kind of unfortunate for GFK that tbh, not that I'll miss that assignment, the amount of work in it was obscene.

Boredupnorth

whitelabel wrote: »

to clarify they werent breaching confidentiality
it was just listing the companies they do work for so like an online cv
i agree def bigger things to worry about
it was just a more general question as to what people do or dont publicly say about themselves and their roles.

I will quite happily say I work for gr for example but will not disclose what company's I shop

misssarahleigh

Total have been bought out by a consortium of 'business men' and they sold one third of them straight to the GAP petrol. Roughly looking at 220-250 stations that will be changing hands.

The remainder of the stations are getting rebranded.

This though will be short lived. 'Proper' petrol stations are pulling out of the market and going back to refining and research as they cannot compete against the competition the supermarkets are putting up.

N.I.M

misssarahleigh wrote: »

This though will be short lived. 'Proper' petrol stations are pulling out of the market and going back to refining and research as they cannot compete against the competition the supermarkets are putting up.

Thats mainly cause the "Proper" petrol stations are mainly franchises and they bleed the francisees(sp?) dry rather than sell to them at the same rate or a better rate than they sell to the supermarkets.

In other words, they have a crap business model