A word on method before the rules themselves. Checkers Drive-In Restaurants does not publish an official rules document for this survey — not on the corporate site, not on guestobsessed.com, not linked from the form. That absence is why so many survey sites state contradictory rules with equal confidence: there is no authority for them to disagree with.
So we have graded everything below. Where the survey itself states something, we quote it. Where a rule is universal across this category of programme, we say so and tell you to rely on it. Where sources conflict, we say that too, rather than picking the tidiest number.
Who can take it
What you need in front of you
Practically, three things: the receipt with a legible top block, four minutes, and a browser that is not sitting behind a VPN or an aggressive blocker. Our receipt guide shows exactly which lines have to be readable, and the walkthrough covers what happens next.
How often — the one rule we can quote directly
Printed on the survey’s own welcome screen
“Note: One coupon sent per 7 days.”
This is the only frequency rule we can quote from the source rather than from another website, which makes it worth more than every “one per visit” and “one per receipt” claim in circulation. Note the exact wording: it limits coupons, not submissions. Give feedback whenever you have something to say; expect to be rewarded about once a week.
Whether the seven days runs per person, per household, per email address or per device, we do not know and will not guess.
Who cannot take it
- Employees of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, its franchisees and its affiliates, plus their immediate families and households. Universal exclusion for this kind of programme.
- Anyone without a receipt. There is no alternate entry route, no lookup by phone number and no way to describe a visit from memory.
- Anyone under 18.
- Anyone whose receipt has faded past the point where the store number and date can be read. Harsh, but there is nothing the form can do with an illegible receipt.
Rules we could not verify — and why we are telling you
This is the section other survey sites do not write, and it is the most useful one on the page.
| Claim | Our finding | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Receipt valid for 7 days | Sources contradict — 3, 7 and 30 days all stated confidently elsewhere | Take it the same day and the question never arises |
| Coupon valid 30 days | Unverified — most commonly quoted, no authority found | Go by the date on your receipt |
| Free sandwich with fries and a drink | Likely — matches the category norm | Read your receipt’s offer line |
| Available in English and Spanish | Could not confirm a Spanish option on the live form | Expect English |
| Enter a $500 cash sweepstakes | No evidence it exists — no rules, sponsor, prize value or entry period found | Disregard it |
| One coupon per 7 days | Verified — stated on the survey itself | Rely on it |
The sweepstakes row deserves a sentence of its own. United States sweepstakes law requires published official rules, a named sponsor, a stated prize value, defined entry dates and a no-purchase-necessary route. None of those exists for this survey. A page promising you $500 is not describing a programme it has verified. Our free sandwich page covers what the reward really is.
Rules change, and your receipt outranks us
This survey has already changed platform once, and the entry rules changed with it. Anything on this page could be superseded next quarter. Two habits protect you from that: read the offer wording on your own receipt, which is contemporaneous and specific to you, and check the date on any guide you are reading, including this one. Ours is at the top of the page and in the footer.
What the survey collects
The form asks for your store number and visit time, or a photograph of the receipt, and then your opinions. Depending on the version you meet it may ask for an email address to deliver the coupon — the welcome screen’s “one coupon sent” wording points that way.
What it should never ask for is a payment card, a Social Security number, a password, or a software download. If any of those appears, you are not on the official survey. Close the tab. We keep no data of our own — this site has no survey form, no account system and no way to receive your receipt; see our privacy policy.
Questions about the rules
Do I have to be 18 to take the GuestObsessed survey?
Yes. An age floor of 18 is standard across restaurant feedback surveys of this kind, and every description of this one states it. We flag that we could not locate an official rules document to cite — but the requirement is consistent enough, and conventional enough, that you should treat it as binding.
Can people outside the United States take the survey?
In practice, no. Checkers and Rally’s operate in the United States, the survey asks for a store number from a US restaurant, and eligibility is described everywhere as requiring US legal residency. Without a receipt from a US location there is no way in regardless.
Can Checkers employees take the survey?
No. Employees of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, its franchisees, affiliates and their immediate families are excluded — the standard exclusion for any programme that issues something of value. Feedback from staff has its own internal channels.
How many times can I take the survey?
Feedback: as often as you have receipts. Coupons: the survey’s own screen says one per seven days. Those are two different limits and it is worth keeping them apart — a second submission in the same week still reaches the company, it just will not pay.
Is there a purchase necessary?
To take the survey, yes in effect — you need a receipt, and receipts come from purchases. To redeem the coupon, almost certainly also yes, since these offers are typically ‘free item with purchase’. There is no no-purchase-necessary route, which is itself evidence against the sweepstakes claims other sites make.
We are an independent team that documents restaurant guest-satisfaction surveys. We are not Checkers, Rally’s, or the company that runs GuestObsessed.com. We take the surveys ourselves, screenshot what we see, date every claim, and correct pages when the survey changes. Read our editorial policy or tell us we got something wrong.