The condensed answer to this question is yes and no. In many cases, a grocery store assignment will consist of you visiting every department in the store, and possibly restrooms and restaurants if they have them. A grocery store assignment can take some serious time to complete, and in many cases the pay can be fairly minimal for the time and effort involved. To make a grocery store assignment worth your time and effort, you have to be fairly discerning in your selection of assignments.
Choose Your Location Wisely. The good news about a grocery store assignment is that this is a place you shop at regularly, and a place where you typically “need” to purchase something on your visit. Many grocery store assignments in urban areas can get away with paying less for a mystery shop assignment than those in outlying or rural areas. If you choose to accept an assignment at a lower-paying urban location, you may want to ensure this is a grocery store you regularly shop at or otherwise one that is not too far away. While you may already have a trip to the grocery store planned, there is extra time required to hit all of the various departments and you want to ensure your efforts are well-compensated.
A rural location is not necessarily a poor choice of assignments. Rural grocery store assignments may pay you up to twice as much to complete. If you already live in a suburb, some of the “rural” locations may only be 20-40 minutes in the opposite direction from town, and the extra pay you will receive may make up for your travel time. Just remember, as always, to track your mileage so you can write it off as a business expense on your tax returns.
What’s Involved? Many of the lower-paying urban grocery store assignments may require more effort from you than the rural grocery store assignments. Many of the urban grocery stores have almost every department you can imagine – from separate meat, deli, and seafood counters, to a staffed beauty department, pharmacy, bakery, and even an in-store restaurant. Whereas many rural grocery stores may combine their meat, deli, and seafood departments into one counter, and usually will not have staffed beauty department or on-site restaurant. What this means for you is that a rural grocery store may not have as much work required as an urban grocery store. Of course, there are some rural grocery stores that serve as a hub for many surrounding rural cities and may have all of these departments. So do some thorough research before you accept a grocery store assignment so you know exactly how much work is required for that location.
Kill Two Birds. Likely you already have a trip to the grocery store planned for sometime that week. In many cases, with grocery store assignments, you are required to purchase an item from each department or make a minimum number of purchases that cannot be returned. So the good news with any grocery store assignment is that you can take care of your personal errands and earn money at the same time.
If You’re Making the Trip…. Often, if you choose to make a trip to a rural grocery store, you can either find another assignment in that same city or en route to that city. If you plan your trip wisely, you can make the most of your travel time by completing multiple assignments on your road trip.
The bottom line is that grocery store assignments are great because they involve a “chore” you typically have to complete on a weekly basis. But to make the most of your time and effort with this type of assignment, you should do some extra research and planning to yield the biggest profits.
Yes I will do grocery store assignment.
I’ve been working for Safeway for several months and it’s great. I have to say it can really be a lot of info to gather and report. Lot’s of time frames and very defined, but also ongoing training and support. More regular as they schedule 6 weeks at a time and pay every week. They also reimburse for some mileage and any time for travel, prep, training, reading e-mails, etc. A lot to keep track of. I only shop a few stores at a time maybe every weekend, but I work part time during the week. They may in fact offer quite a bit more shops for those who have the availability.
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I personally would like to find a company that would pay me with gift cards…anyone have any ideas?
This is good information. I practically live in the grocery store. I always have something to pick-up. So getting paid to do some observation would be a plus. Please forward any further information
Grocery shops can be fun! I have shopped these for nearly a year. But be aware! I shopped this certian store and they do not have a register at the beauty dep., and is not considered a beauty dept. A new schedular decided not to pay me for the shop because of this. It is funny to me that I have done this store over 20 times and now I don’t get paid for it because I said there was not a beauty dept.
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I think grocery shops are very important to everyday lives and I would be very interested in completing one. It makes a different how sales associates/cashiers handle the public on whether I choose to shop there again.
Grocery shops are not difficult after you get the hang of them. I base them on the regular way that I circulate through the store to shop. Along with my pay and reimbursement added to the restaurant shops that I do have cut my grocery costs more than in half. A great way to help make ends meet on a fixed income.
I AM VERY INTERESTED IN GROCERY STORE ASSIGNMENTS PLEASE.my name is luis from Costa Rica, my e-mail is moises321@msn.com
When I started grocery shopping, it was with stores I seldom, or never, shopped!! Now, after several months, I tend to buy there, even when not on an official shop. One company actually pays within a couple of weeks after accepting the report! This is a major PLUS! Good article, thank you.
I would love to do grocery shopping assignment.my e-mail is bevjhon17@tds.net thank you.
ok i will give one a try , i have done mysteryshopping in the past and because i am very attentive and picky i am good at what i do
I do grocery shops, I like doing them because you can use the shopping list to record the information. Since doing the shops, I have noticed a difference in the store. I am making a difference. Our store got new shopping carts, to replace rusty ones. Fixtures have been fixed. The stores are cleaner.
What are your favorite Cos for grocery shops?
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I have not done a grocery shop in a while, but I loved doing them. I got paid and picked up items I needed.
I would like to see how much these grocery shops pay. Please email me the information.
I love grocery shopping. Let me know how to get started.
good day please send me more information i would like to start.
I am interested in doing grocery shops if they would pay a decent pay.
$5.00 to $8.00 is what I have found to be the going rate and my time is worth more than that.