Cookie FAQ | Girl Scouts (2024)

FAQs

Is it okay to sell Girl Scout Cookies at work? ›

Girl Scouts should observe council jurisdictions when selling cookies at a parent's or guardian's workplace, unless other arrangements are made to accommodate all Girl Scout families connected to that workplace. For cookie booth sales, all booth locations are designated and approved by the council.

The profits are divided by a formula, with local troops receiving about 10–15% of the retail price, the council more than 50%, and the manufacturer the remainder. In 1992 Girl Scouts sold 175 million boxes of cookies nationwide.

I'm selling Girl Scout cookies! My goal is to sell x boxes of Girl Scout cookies to earn x. Will you help me reach my goal?” Be sure to mention your troop goals!

The best-selling Girl Scout Cookies are: Thin Mints® Caramel deLites®/Samoas®

Only registered Girl Scouts can sell Girl Scout Cookies. We caution against purchasing Girl Scout Cookies online through auction sites, community list sites, or on websites like eBay and Amazon.

While each girl should work with her troop to create her Cookie Program goals, parents determine the number of cookies to order and are responsible for payment of all cookies received.

Katie Francis holds the career record for number of Girl Scout Cookies sold with a total of 180,000 boxes.

On average, troops sell 30-40 boxes of cookies per hour. So, for the typical three- hour cookie booth, approximately 90-120 boxes may be sold.

Please behave professionally and do not eat or drink while selling Girl Scout Cookies. Never leave girls alone and unsupervised at a booth sale. There always needs to be an adult present and engaged. Keep a careful eye on the money box.

How to be successful at selling Girl Scout Cookies? ›

Sometimes a potential customer would decline with a polite "No, thank you," while others would explain the reason for their refusal: "I can't have those in the house or I'll eat all of them!" or "These have way too much sugar!" or "I'm on a diet!"

Toffee-Tastic

This is the only one I couldn't swallow. After biting into the hard, gluten-free cookie and letting it dissolve a bit, it felt like I had just eaten a spoonful of sand. And it didn't get any better from there: The toffee bits tasted more like a mediocre caramel and the cookie smelled like actual dirt.

While many are donated to food pantries, what's happening to the rest isn't always clear. The national Girl Scouts office said councils are encouraged to donate excess inventory to a charity of their choice with a signed agreement specifically stating that cookies can't be re-sold.

Thin Mints and Samoas are perennial bestselling Girl Scout Cookies, but Adventurefuls, Lemon-ups and Do-si-Do cookies also have die-hard fans.

The simple answer is no. Not under any circ*mstances, with no exceptions. Under the Code of Federal Regulations (5 CFR § 2635.808 fundraising activities), an employee may engage in fundraising only in accordance with the restrictions in part 950 of the above CFR.

You cannot post paid ads on social media to promote a girl's link or about cookie sales in general. NOTE: You may respond to someone's comment about looking for Girl Scout Cookies by asking them to send you a private message. This is the only way you may share a girl's link with someone.

However, if you purchase the cookies and leave them with the Scouts as a donation, then you can count them as a charitable contribution. Girl Scouts often ask customers to pay for a box or two of cookies to benefit service projects for shelters or to be sent to military personnel.