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Thin Mints ftw!
I eated the Peanut Butter ones too. the salmonella.
.....for those Girl Scout Cookies! I just received an order form from a co-worker.
Thin Mints ftw!
I eated the Peanut Butter ones too. the salmonella.
Don't do that!
Was that form a co worker that you hate on?.....for those Girl Scout Cookies! I just received an order form from a co-worker.
No, not her.
"That co-worker" took a 3 hr lunch yesterday.
LOL and of course you timed her hahahah.......STILL HATING!!No, not her.
"That co-worker" took a 3 hr lunch yesterday.
So what kind of cookies do you like to eat?
set-up
peanut butter patties *drools*
LOL I cant remember the names
They should just start selling Oreos door-to-door.
I'd buy them then.
Jan 20, 2009 7:25 am US/Central
Economy Downsizing Girl Scout Cookies
DALLAS (CBS 11 News)
Every year Girl Scouts work hard to try to sell as many boxes as they can.
"You can go on trips, and it can help pay for your trips," said Girl Scout Abby Mullan.
But this year, Girl Scout leaders admit something is different about their cookies. The cookie boxes have shrunk and so have the number of cookies in the boxes.
"It's shorter. It's smaller. It's an ounce less," laughs customer Suzanne Taylor.
But the prices have not changed.
"I could have bought a big thing of Oreos for three bucks," adds other customer Wendy Smoot.
Colleen Walker, the CEO for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, said they had to do it.
"Cocoa, sugar and flour have gone up a minimum of 30 percent in the last year."
So the leaders were down to three choices. They could use cheaper products, charge more or slice off a cookie or two.
"We had to take the lesser of the three evils," said Walker.
But Girl Scouts have a solution for the new packaging and Abby offers this advice: "Buy more boxes so you can get more cookies."
Girl Scout leaders want families to remember cookies are the Scouts' connection to the communities they help serve and eventually lead in some cases.
http://cbs11tv.com/consumer/Girl.Sco....2.912546.html
Mint ones are bomb.
Ive ordered about four boxes of those overpriced crackies
I wonder what the percentage is that actually goes to the girl selling them
+1 Those are my favorites!
I like the Thank Yous, they're pretty new. Thin Mints eternally FTW, too.
Re package getting smaller/price going up, one or the other happens every year. And re "Cocoa, sugar and flour have gone up a minimum of 30 percent in the last year" when the are we going to have this deflation everyone is so worried about? Gas and diesel prices are WAY down, electricity and natural gas are WAY down (for large consumers especially), and yet prices for all kinds of manufactured consumer goods keep going up.
EDIT: Girl Scouts PB cookies don't have salmonella press release.
I love the samoas. Those probably have high fructose corn syrup. Mmmm, mercury....
The girl gets nothing, basically. FWIW here's what Wiki says ... and there are other sources with similar data.
The profit from cookie sales is divided among three levels within the Girl Scouts organization: the national Girl Scouts of the USA, the regional councils, and the local troops of girls.[2]
Each Girl Scout council operates their own cookie sale. They set the price per box based on the local economy. The profits are divided by their own formula. Local troops get around 10 percent to 15 percent of the price paid, the council takes more than 50 percent, and the manufacturer gets the remainder. For a $4 box the local troop will earn between 40 and 60 cents per box. The scout herself only earns a stuffed toy, a T-shirt or a badge for her uniform. In 1992 the Girl Scouts nationwide sold 175 million boxes of the cookies.[7]
Revenues, at all levels, are used to pay for events and activities for the Girl Scouts, maintenance of the council's Girl Scout camps and other properties, cookie sale incentives, and Council administration costs. Each council can provide a breakdown showing how cookie money is used in that council (this information is usually printed on the back of the Cookie Order Forms). The companies that produce the cookies get about one third of the selling price of the cookies.[8]
In 2008, 15-year-old Jennifer Sharpe from Dearborn, Michigan sold 17,328 boxes of cookies.[9] This was a new record for her troop and possibly an all-time record. Elizabeth Brinton is also famous for her record cookie sales, having sold more than 100,000 boxes in her time as a Girl Scout.
I used to just tell the poor girls "here's a $10 donation for your troop" but that seemed to confuse them so much that I just break down and buy a few boxes.
I buy more if a nice looking Girl Scout mom is chaperoning.
Brinton is a cookie selling beast. She might put Billy Mays and Headset Vince out of work one day.
I figured as much.
There is a very nice brand new girl scout building on the east side of 281/Nakoma behind the big car dealership. There were a lot of cookies that went into that building apparently.
it reeks of scam to me........
My sister used to work for the Girl Scout Council many many years ago. She would get free cookies. lol
What do the boy scouts sell? That stale popcorn?
that popcorn sucksMy sister used to work for the Girl Scout Council many many years ago. She would get free cookies. lol
What do the boy scouts sell? That stale popcorn?
they should sell cookies too
I got kicked out of Boy Scouts.....for eating Brownies.
Bad boy!I got kicked out of Boy Scouts.....for eating Brownies.
Samoas.
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