Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe someone thinks this looks good on college applications.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:Hate the cookie sales that have been going on since DD was a Daisy as a kindergartner (now in HS). I like what was supposed to happen, but in our troop, it's mostly parents selling to work colleagues. I work with 5 people (3 of whom bought cookies) and DH cannot sell at his company. Our DD is shamed for not selling enough cookies, even though she busts her butt going door to door, when in reality, the other girls just have their parents do it. Will be so glad when she is no longer a girl scoutonly so she won't have to sell the damn cookies!

Will never buy popcorn/support boy scouts of America in any way shape or form. Discriminatory, predatory organization who realized they were headed down the tubes and recently decided to include girls to try and save their sinking ship. No thank you.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:I had the exact same thought when I opened my box of Samoas, but I couldn't figure out if it was because I grew bigger or if the cookies shrank.

LMAO me too!