Who shrunk the Girl Scout cookies?!?!?

[Anonymous]

They are definitely smaller and the boxes are much smaller than they used to be, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to Aldi. Thin Mints for 1.25 that taste amazing.

+1!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to Aldi. Thin Mints for 1.25 that taste amazing.

+1!!!

+2

I love these & the fake Samoas.

I typically buy 8-10 boxes of GSC, but only bought 3 this year bc I knew I could get my fix @ Aldi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girl Scout cookies are gross. Except thin mints.

You must mean except for do-si-dos.

[Anonymous]

Can't decide what makes me more sad, people buying 10 boxes of cookies (wow) or people trying to skimp out of helping girl scouts to get a deal on said cookies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to Aldi. Thin Mints for 1.25 that taste amazing.

+1!!!

Keebler makes a great version of samoas, taglongs, and thin mints too.

The safeway version is really good and only 1.79

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't decide what makes me more sad, people buying 10 boxes of cookies (wow) or people trying to skimp out of helping girl scouts to get a deal on said cookies.

Donate the money to the troop instead. And not just the charity cookie donation, just straight-up donation. Around here, if the troop skips the "incentive" rewards, we get 70 cents on the box (whether it's a $4 box or a $5 box).

I am freaking sick and tired of *selling* Girl Scout cookies. It's so much work for so little return. At the end of cookie season, I figured out that if each family had just chipped in an extra $50 we could have saved hours of our lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't decide what makes me more sad, people buying 10 boxes of cookies (wow) or people trying to skimp out of helping girl scouts to get a deal on said cookies.

I don't care about getting a deal, I just like to stock up on GSC to have as a treat at work meetings throughout the year. People love it when you pull them out "out of season."

[Anonymous]

The cookies aren't smaller. It's just that other people sell cookies these days that are so big they could legit feed a family of four.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to Aldi. Thin Mints for 1.25 that taste amazing.

+1!!!

Keebler makes a great version of samoas, taglongs, and thin mints too.

The safeway version is really good and only 1.79

+1. Keebler Coconut Dreams. They are available year-around and taste delicious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are definitely smaller and the boxes are much smaller than they used to be, too.

+1. I just donate the money and tell my niece to keep the cookies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't decide what makes me more sad, people buying 10 boxes of cookies (wow) or people trying to skimp out of helping girl scouts to get a deal on said cookies.

Why would either of these make you sad. The Girl Scouts sell cookies. Some people love them, or like me, have officemates who love them, so they buy a lot. Some people do not.

[Anonymous]

It's March 2019 and because the cost went up a full dollar per box from last year, our family only bought two boxes from the neighbor's girl -- tagolongs and somoas (where before I spent the full $20 on five boxes; one going to the military overseas). Both boxes only contain 15 cookies. In the case of the tagolongs, the amount of empty space to cookie was 40/60 percent. We hate to not support our neighbor's child but this year is has been our last. To charge a dollar more and give less product takes nerve. It is also up to each chapter to set the price of each item which is why the child of my friend in South Jersey sold her boxes for $4 instead of $5 a box (except for the gluten-free cookies, which would be $5 instead of my area's $6 a box. I intend to write GSA and let them know. The tough one is telling the next door neighbor we have to stop supporting them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to Aldi. Thin Mints for 1.25 that taste amazing.

+1!!!

Keebler makes a great version of samoas, taglongs, and thin mints too.

The safeway version is really good and only 1.79

It used to be a big deal with get GS cookies because you couldn't buy knockoffs throughout the year. But now there are so many copies at a reduced price, that GS cookies are...meh.

But I still sent 3 boxes to my son at college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's March 2019 and because the cost went up a full dollar per box from last year, our family only bought two boxes from the neighbor's girl -- tagolongs and somoas (where before I spent the full $20 on five boxes; one going to the military overseas). Both boxes only contain 15 cookies. In the case of the tagolongs, the amount of empty space to cookie was 40/60 percent. We hate to not support our neighbor's child but this year is has been our last. To charge a dollar more and give less product takes nerve. It is also up to each chapter to set the price of each item which is why the child of my friend in South Jersey sold her boxes for $4 instead of $5 a box (except for the gluten-free cookies, which would be $5 instead of my area's $6 a box. I intend to write GSA and let them know. The tough one is telling the next door neighbor we have to stop supporting them.

I was considering posting exactly this. I’m sorry for the scouts, but GSA has gotten ridiculous with the pricing. They are taking advantage of people’s good will, because better cookies can be purchased for much less elsewhere. Until they return to better value for the price (and they were already overpriced), my GS cookie buying days are sadly over.