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

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

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

 

[BRobson]

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

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

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

Friends is what I thought of too

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.

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.

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.

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 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

I love the Friends episode too

cheers,

 

[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

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 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

cheers,

 

[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

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 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

cheers,

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

 

[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.

 

[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. 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 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! 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 , 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.