How Many of Your Girls Sell Girl Scout Cookies?

[Madi100]

DD7 is all excited to sell Girl Scout Cookies this year, again. I am not a fan. she wants to sell the most and she wants to get all the prizes. I suppose that's a good thing, but at the same time, UGH! It's a lot of work.

[Becx N Gav]

I was a Brownie (age 6-10) the a Guide (10-16) and I wish we did stuff like that :goodvibes

It always amazes me on TV shows/movies when they sells hundreds of boxes :scared1:

I love the episode of Friends where Ross is trying to sell those cookies to send a girl to space camp :rotfl2:

[BRobson]

I was a Brownie (age 6-10) the a Guide (10-16) and I wish we did stuff like that :goodvibes

It always amazes me on TV shows/movies when they sells hundreds of boxes :scared1:

I love the episode of Friends where Ross is trying to sell those cookies to send a girl to space camp :rotfl2:

Friends is what I thought of too :rotfl2:

How many boxes do they have to sell and what prizes do they get ?

[remark44]

I have 2 girl scouts this year. I usually can sell a bunch at work, but I changed jobs this year and I can't really sell them here. So they are going to have to do the work.

I am also the cookie mom for my troop. So right now I have about 1500 boxes of cookies in my house.:scared:

We do a lot of booth sales. Yeah, that's when you stand outside a store in the cold, looking sad and ask everyone if they want to buy a box of cookies. :crazy2:

So, wish us luck. It's going to be crazy cookie season.

[MerMom60_94]

My daughter used to be a Daisy and then she was a Brownie. We used to sell like 50 boxes of cookies every year. I sold them because they were easy to sell - a lot of people like Girl Scout cookies and will seek them out if they don't know someone who is selling. I used to hate the whole prize incentive though. My daughter actually did earn a prize one year and it didn't come through. So then the leader felt bad and ran out and bought her a bunch of small junkie things - not that her intentions weren't good. After that my daughter realized the prizes were not what they were hyped up to be. Really, the girls should be selling to help out their troop, not for some chintzy prize. I think having prize incentives gives off the wrong message and puts unnecessary pressure on the parents.

[klam_chowder]

How wonderful that your DD is excited to participate. I hope you can fully support her as there are so many wonderful skills for her to learn thru the process. :goodvibes

It must be GS cookie season - DH just called to tell me that his colleague is selling, and how many do I want to order of each type :thumbsup2 I have to buy for us and I buy extra to mail to overseas friends, etc. I need a spreadsheet to add it all up :lmao:

I love the Friends episode too :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

cheers,
:flower3:

[serene56]

Your girls could make a killing in my neighborhood- for the past two years we saw no girls--not in banks or the grocery store-- nowhere- Not even door to door. 2 years now.

When we were girl scouts back in the day-- we did big sales standing outside the movie theaters on Friday nights and Saturdays- all day.
Girls lose momentum as time goes on.

[newmouse2008]

I got to go to camp in 1973 from the cookies I sold. I don't remember how many I sold ,but they were 50 cents a box. What do they cost now?

[MerMom60_94]

I got to go to camp in 1973 from the cookies I sold. I don't remember how many I sold ,but they were 50 cents a box. What do they cost now?

I bought some the other day for $4 / box. Each individual troop sets their own rate though, so it could vary slightly.

[cathie1327]

Awwwww, I want some girl scout cookies! lol

My neices aren't involved and I don't know any little girls who are, so I have to hope that I luck out and go to Walmart on a day that they are there!

[BRobson]

Is there different flavours?

[Madi100]

I am excited for her to be excited. Most of the girls don't enjoy it. She really does. I just hate when they all come in and she has to sort them, I mean I have to sort them.

Her goal this year is for 200 boxes. And, while she does like the prizes, she really likes to just sell them. She loves to sell things. She is always the top seller for her grade for raffle tickets.

There are several different kinds of cookies, and not everyone gets the same kinds. I know that there is a group not far from here that has different flavors. Ours are $3.50. I didn't realize you set the price on them.

[klam_chowder]

We paid $4/box last yr; not sure of this year's rates. DH's colleague is selling 8 varieties - I've ordered at least 1 box of each :blush:

Some gfs in Canada sent us some of their cookies over the holidays. They have a fab Choc Mint cookie - like a hearty After Eight :thumbsup2 They only have 3 varieties I think: Choc Mint in the fall and Chocolate sandwhich and Vanilla sandwich cookies sold in the same box in the spring. So, I won't complain that the local troop isn't carrying the full line :rolleyes:

cheers,
:flower3:

[BRobson]

We paid $4/box last yr; not sure of this year's rates. DH's colleague is selling 8 varieties - I've ordered at least 1 box of each :blush:

Some gfs in Canada sent us some of their cookies over the holidays. They have a fab Choc Mint cookie - like a hearty After Eight :thumbsup2 They only have 3 varieties I think: Choc Mint in the fall and Chocolate sandwhich and Vanilla sandwich cookies sold in the same box in the spring. So, I won't complain that the local troop isn't carrying the full line :rolleyes:

cheers,
:flower3:

Ooooohh I like the sound of the Choc Mint cookie - anything that tastes like a hearty After Eight is good enough for me. Good job I live far far away :rotfl:

[remark44]

I bought some the other day for $4 / box. Each individual troop sets their own rate though, so it could vary slightly.

It is actually the councils that set the price. This way troops don't try to compete with each other on price. My area go for $3.50 a box. (PA, NJ, DE) That has been the price for a few years.

The troops make between $.55 - $.85 per box. It depends on how many they sell. The rest goes to help support the councils and to pay for the cookies.

So thank you all out there that buy your boxes. It really does go to a good cause. And the girls work hard for it.

[Kimberle]

We do too. This is our 2nd year. I hate doing the cookie booths. It's always so cold. Last year I was sick as a dog & just back from the dr standing outside for 2 hours selling cookies.:sad2:

[Tonya2426]

I got to go to camp in 1973 from the cookies I sold. I don't remember how many I sold ,but they were 50 cents a box. What do they cost now?

I went to Girl Scout camp for a week on my cookie sales also!!! It was probably about 1977 and I have very fond memories. My mom was the troop leader and my dad had a large office so my sister and I sold tons since he was the boss. It is probably harder to sell them now with everyone so conscious of office politics these days.

I've heard that the troops in Iraq and Afganistan like Girl Scout cookies to be sent.

[Willow1213]

I remember being a Junior scout (4th grade) in the mid 90's and my prize was a one day ticket to WDW.:rotfl: We lived in Orlando and my best friend's dad was a CM, so I don't even know if I used it. We have two troops set up to sell in front of our store but not until late Feb and Mid March :confused3 Is cookie season different in different regions?

[chickie]

My dd is selling them, too. They are 3.50 here. We should have gone out Saturday morning, but it was just too cold for me. I think different regions do them at different times. A friend of mine in Kansas City have theirs already and are selling them at local grocery stores right now. Our orders are just now being taken.
Does anyone have the "cafe cookies" this year? I haven't seen them in our area in a couple of years, but they were so good. They are a cinamon flavored, crunchy cookie that's really good with coffee or milk. I really wish we had them here (or not). Girl Scout cookies and dieting do not make a good combination!;)

[fakereadhed]

I am also the cookie mom for my troop.

Former cookie mom here- so glad those days are over!:scared: My girls are teens now and not into GS anymore.

I dreaded selling cookies. We were always given a minimum per girl, like 110 boxes each. So we would try to sell[force them]on everyone we knew so we wouldn't have to buy 80 boxes ourselves. What is so annoying is that the troops only get a tiny bit per box, the cookies aren't that good :duck: , and way overpriced. I would have much rather given them a donation and called it a day. If only they had a patch for that! An "I didn't sell the cookies, but paid the price anyway" badge.

[Madi100]

I just want to say Hats Off to all of you cookie moms. I can hardly handle being the mom of a cookie selling girl. :) Way to Go!!!

[robind]

the cookies aren't that good :duck: .

:scared1: Thin Mints are the BEST thing EVER !!!!! But I will agree they are overpriced.

My cousin's boys sold popcorn for the boy scouts and I felt I had to buy some, which I so don't need. However, after I bought it, I noticed this year, you can 'donate' popcorn to the troops, which I think is a great idea. I can make my donation and don't end up w/ a pantry full of popcorn that no one will eat.

At least w/ the cookies, I eat those. Even though I don't need to.

[disneygrlkat]

I sold cookies for several years and I'm sure my mom is glad my Girl Scout days are over. In elementary school I would get my friends to buy cookies and nearly all of them would ask for 10 boxes or some ridiculous amount, but they obviously didn't have the money when it came time to pay, so my mom ended up having to foot the bill several times...ooops

[calypso*a*go-go]

My DD has sold cookies for seven years now...our best year ever was over 300 boxes. Now she averages about 100, however our troop has dwindled down to just a few girls and none of them are really interested in selling this year. I think we'll just do friends and family. It just gets to a point where it looks a little strange for high school girls to be going door to door selling. :scared:

[Mouse Skywalker]

As father of two girls, DD7 pooh: (Brownie) and DD11 princess: (Junior), we have to sell them every year too. We don't really make that big of a deal about it.

[firsttimemom]

Ds is in cubscouts and they sell popcorn. He totally gets into it because he's VERY motivated by the prizes.This year he got a telescope and a microscope. They sold out of the microscope so they gave him a $13 walmart gift card.:confused3

Good luck with the cookie sales- who doesn't love GS cookies??

[pigletforever]

:scared1: Thin Mints are the BEST thing EVER !!!!! But I will agree they are overpriced.

My cousin's boys sold popcorn for the boy scouts and I felt I had to buy some, which I so don't need. However, after I bought it, I noticed this year, you can 'donate' popcorn to the troops, which I think is a great idea. I can make my donation and don't end up w/ a pantry full of popcorn that no one will eat.

At least w/ the cookies, I eat those. Even though I don't need to.

Here in CA you can donate cookies to the military. First time i had seen that.

[Madi100]

Day One is done, and she has sold 67 boxes. There is a spot on the order form for share a box of cookies. I've never seen it before. Our older DD also sold cookies when she was a Girl Scout, and she didn't get as excited.

[BRobson]

Day One is done, and she has sold 67 boxes. There is a spot on the order form for share a box of cookies. I've never seen it before. Our older DD also sold cookies when she was a Girl Scout, and she didn't get as excited.

Wow 67 is good going :cheer2:

[wildfan1473]

Here in CA you can donate cookies to the military. First time i had seen that.

This is up to the individual Service Units, something they have to coordinate on their own. Our SU did it several years ago when I was an SU Cookie Manager - meaning, I coordinated the cookie sale for every troop in our SU. And I didn't even have any kids :scared1: I coordinated ordering the cookies, verifying the money and collecting on those who didn't pay (and, believe me, there are people who get GS cookies and do not pay! :sad2:), arrange for a place to distribute cookies to each troop, organize those cookies by troop, and arrange all the booth sales (and house the cookies myself for those sales). It was an additional full time job for about 2 months every year, for 3 years.

Now, I have kids. Boys, to be exact. No more deranged cookie season for me :cheer2: They are too young for scouts just yet.

[kpadalik]

My DD6 is a Daisy and is selling this year. It's the first year they are allowed to sell, apparently. I have just brought to my work, and my DH brings to his work, and we have sold to family and close friends. We are at about 125 boxes so far. We are not going out of our way to sell, the prizes are pretty chintzy-unless, of course, you sell 5000 boxes and then you can get a computer. Or 2500 boxes and get a week at GS camp. I mean, come on, who has time to sell all those cookies? And they don't encourage selling door-to-door anymore for safety reasons. Each girl in our troop is aiming to sell 100 boxes each. With the money the troop earns, the girl and a parent will be able to go to a local waterpark. With the 125 boxes my DD has sold, she has earned a GS pen or something like that. She does get her patches though, which are nice!

[AllyGirl_79]

It is actually the councils that set the price. This way troops don't try to compete with each other on price. My area go for $3.50 a box. (PA, NJ, DE) That has been the price for a few years.

The troops make between $.55 - $.85 per box. It depends on how many they sell. The rest goes to help support the councils and to pay for the cookies.

So thank you all out there that buy your boxes. It really does go to a good cause. And the girls work hard for it.

You're absolutely right! The councils do set the prices - the troops have no say in the matter. We've been at $4 per box for several years in Chicago, with troops getting between $0.65 and $0.75 per box depending on the age of the girls, the total amount sold, etc.

I sit on a product sales committee for Girl Scouts of Chicago, now part of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and NW Indiana, in addition to being a leader for two troops -- 25 Brownies and 8 Juniors. Cookies are my life at the moment! (I don't have kids, so I have the time to do it all. If I had kids, I think I'd have to retire.)

I'd also like to add my thanks to everyone who buys cookies - you're supporting individual troop goals (like camping) and supporting council needs, everything from keeping the lights on in the offices to getting program out to girls who really need it. The price may seem a bit steep, but the cookies are really secondary. You're donating to a program and girls are building confidence, improving their math skills, and learning the power of goal setting.

Someone asked about when cookie sales take place -- all year round, someone is selling. There are two major cookie companies, and they're always working. Your theme and prizes depend on your cookie company. What I've learned over the last few years, though, is that the girls really like the chintzy prizes. We have a commitee of girls who select from a wide range of options each year, and it always amazes me what they pick. This year we have great stuff, though, like bandanas, an art kit, and pajamas/slippers with an elephant theme.

As to donating cookies, it's a great idea! We call it "Gift of Caring" here, and, last year, our service unit alone sent 150+ cases to service men and women overseas, the local USO, and the Red Cross. In addition to being a nice thing to do, it really teaches the girls about service.

Though we have 2 cookie order forms still out, my troops will account for about 2500+ boxes. Send a good thought out to all the cookie moms who will take large deliveries like ours this year -- I know I'll be buying my cookie mom some flowers next month! :flower3: