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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cookie mom of 9 years here. Some facts:

Selling cookies is a troop decision. It’s not required at all. The only rule is that a troop cannot do any other fundraisers unless they do both cookies and fall sales. So all the complaints about selling cookies? Talk to your troop leader or change troops. Or start your own.

Troops get .65 (with prizes) or .70 per box (without prizes). A bit more once they hit 1,000 boxes (I think).

Nationwide, there are 2 bakeries: Little Brownie Bakers and ABC. Troops within the GS Council of the Nation’s Capital (GSCNC) are with LBB. There are slight variations in the cookies and the names based on the bakery. For example, elsewhere and Tagalongs are called Peanut Butter Patties.

The price per box is $4 ($5 for S’mores and Toffee-tactic, which are somewhat new). The base price has been $4 since 2010, so I do believe they’ve likely shrunk the boxes to keep the price the same. Again, this is within GSCNC. If you’re local and being charged more, that is against the rules big time.[/quote]

What are fall sales? My troop parents recently learned about the no other fundraiser rule unless cookies, so I'm being heavily pressured to sign on for cookie mom. But if there's more in the fall, my busy season at work, it's no dice.[/quote]

GS Leader here: Fall sale is nuts, candy and magazines. It happens right as the school year gets started. It sucks. 
We participate in both fall and cookie so we can have our own fundraisers. For fall, we literally just check the box, I order a can of nuts and a magazine for my family and done. Cookies, our girls are older and usually do pretty well at booth sales but individual sales are down this year. The price hike doesn’t help. Nations Capital was one of the last areas to go to $5. [/quote]

You only need to sell one box to run your own fundraiser. So that’s our cookie goal: 1 box.

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