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UndercoverShopperMystery shop report Maple & Oak Coffee Co.128 Water Street, St. John’s, NL
Served by: Male barista, ~30, glasses, sleeve tattoo, running the espresso machine Questions you asked us to checkYou flagged these when you booked. Here’s exactly what the shopper found.
Overall score 9.4 / 10 First impression 9.5 / 10 Service 9.6 / 10 Speed 9 / 10 Quality 10 / 10 Cleanliness 8.8 / 10 Visit summaryYour shopper walked in at 8:12am on a busy Wednesday and was acknowledged within about five seconds — a barista mid-pour looked up and said “Morning, I’ll be right with you,” then took the order roughly 40 seconds later. They ordered a large oat-milk latte and an almond croissant. When they initially ordered just the latte, the cashier proactively offered a fresh almond croissant to go with it — the exact behaviour your morning retraining targeted. The latte arrived in the 2–5 minute range with clean latte art, hot but drinkable, and the croissant was warm and clearly baked in-house. The order was called by name with eye contact at handoff, and your shopper was thanked on the way out. The room was warm and genuinely friendly, and the retrained morning greeting is visibly landing. The two soft spots: an un-bussed window table that sat for the full ~20-minute visit despite staff passing it, and a pastry case already down to three items by 8:35am on a weekday. Notes to owner• Your greeting-speed retraining is working: you were acknowledged in ~5 seconds during a rush, exactly what you asked us to check. • The pastry upsell is landing too — the cashier offered a fresh croissant unprompted when your shopper ordered only a drink. • Watch table bussing during the morning rush: a window two-top stayed dirty for the whole visit while staff walked past it. A quick "sweep the floor every 10 minutes" rule would close this. • You may be under-baking for the weekday morning rush — the case was down to three items by 8:35am, which likely costs you pastry upsell revenue you’re otherwise set up to capture. • The barista on espresso is a standout: fast, warm, and proactive without being pushy. Worth recognizing, and a good model for the rest of the team. Photos    Behind the scenes
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What you actually get back, in detail.
Most mystery-shopping reports are a checklist and a paragraph. Ours are built so an operator can read them in five minutes and know exactly what to do next.
Every undercover shopper submits photos of the entrance, the register/checkout area, a featured product on display, and the bathroom (or service area for non-retail). Each photo carries GPS coordinates and a device-side time stamp.
A consistent rubric across greeting, upsell, cleanliness, wait time, accuracy, and brand standards. Scores let you compare visits week to week, not just read someone’s opinion.
A plain-English account of what the undercover shopper saw, said, and heard. Enough detail that you can picture the visit, not so much that you’re reading a novel.
After the shopper submits, an Undercover Shopper operator reviews the report, flags the two or three things worth acting on, and adds context based on what we’ve seen at similar businesses.
Specific, ranked recommendations, not "improve service." Things like "your 2pm shift needs a refresher on the new pastry promo" or "the door handle is sticky, customers noticed."
Before any report reaches you, we verify the undercover shopper was physically at your location by matching the GPS coordinates of the photos against your business address. No verification, no delivery.
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