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Old 02-10-2011, 06:37 PM   #46
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Thin mints, peanut butter and tagalongs..mmmmm

I use to LOVE the Aloha chips, but they quit selling them .
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Samoas are my all-time favorite, but i absolutely love the lemonades, too. They are new, and only one baker makes them. They are lemon shortbread with a lemon icing on the bottom only. I will cry if they stop selling those

When I was growing up, I actually sold them door to door without fear of sex offenders and crazies in the world. My how times have changed.
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Samoas, Tag-a-longs, and Lemon Chalets.
I also liked the cookie with the chocolate at the bottom. They were called All Abouts. I wish they still had lemon chalets and all abouts

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That is my style too, especially if I put them in the freezer and then eat them frozen,,,yum
I used to freeze Thin Mints, thinking they'd last longer. Then I discovered that I actually like them better that way


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Samoas, Tag-a-longs, and Lemon Chalets.
I also liked the cookie with the chocolate at the bottom. They were called All Abouts. I wish they still had lemon chalets and all abouts
We still have Lemon Chalet Cremes (though they're round now). I finished a box yesterday while scrapbooking.
I don't miss All Abouts as much as I miss the Thanks a Lots (same cookie, other baker). They made the best teacher gifts!


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Samoas are my all-time favorite, but i absolutely love the lemonades, too. They are new, and only one baker makes them. They are lemon shortbread with a lemon icing on the bottom only. I will cry if they stop selling those
We had those before our council switched bakers. We live near the edge of our council, so one of DD's friends at church sells "the other GS cookies." I always buy Lemonades from her.
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That is a really cool program the Boyscouts have, but the reason I prefer GS cookies to the popcorn is I can buy waaaaaaay more boxes of cookies than I can popcorn for the same amount. That stuff is darn expensive!! I bought a 3-pack from Dnephew and it was $40! That's 10 BOXES of Samoas!
I will grant you that the popcorn is spendy. However, just so you know....the troops and their local councils get to keep 70% of the selling price. I think thats a pretty good return. Then that 70% is split evenly between the council and the troop. THEN....our troop (at least) splits their portion into 1/3 and 2/3s. The 1/3 is kept by the troop to supplement camping trips, buy new gear, whatever the troop needs as a whole. The 2/3s is put in an account that each scout can use towards paying for summer camp, uniforms, personal camping gear, anything scout related. So for me it's a little easier buying it knowing this....I look at it as more of a donation since such a small percentage is going to the company making the popcorn.

My DS managed to pay from $2000 of the $3000 it cost for him to go to National Jamboree last summer. Of course that wasn't all popcorn sales. Our troop also sells fresh Christmas wreaths and they run a Christmas wrapping table at a local mall. All the fund raisers are split up in the 1/3 and 2/3s manner. The harder the boys work, the more they can make!

I have been curious what the individual GS troops make on the cookie sales. I know when my niece was in scouts, it didn't seem like a lot, but then she wasn't in the greatest troop either. Anyone know??
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I have been curious what the individual GS troops make on the cookie sales. I know when my niece was in scouts, it didn't seem like a lot, but then she wasn't in the greatest troop either. Anyone know??
When my DD was in GS (she's been out 2 years) the boxes cost $4 to sell and I want to say that the troop got to keep either $0.75 or $1 box. I think it was determined by the individual councils what the percentage was, so it could vary from council to council. Really not a good rate of return!
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When my DD was in GS (she's been out 2 years) the boxes cost $4 to sell and I want to say that the troop got to keep either $0.75 or $1 box. I think it was determined by the individual councils what the percentage was, so it could vary from council to council. Really not a good rate of return!
Okay - that explains why niece's troop did car washes and the like instead of pushing the cookies.....but I ALWAYS bought from her and, I admit, I am a COMPLETE sucker for little Girl Scouts.....course, the little Cub Scouts are hard to resist too. DS is finding it harder to sell popcorn now that he is 5'3" and almost 14 years old. Was telling me during the last sale...."Man, the Cubs have it made!!"
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I was just in the food store to pick up some things and I knew Keebler had Grasshoppers (which are pretty much the same at thin mints, to me anyway). Well, now they have Coconut Dreams, which are pretty much the same as Samoas. They didn't seem as "sweet" as the GS brand, but heck, if I can find them year round now, I'm going to be one happy camper (and they were $3.79 - a little cheaper than the $4 the GS charge).
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I have been curious what the individual GS troops make on the cookie sales. I know when my niece was in scouts, it didn't seem like a lot, but then she wasn't in the greatest troop either. Anyone know??
Our cookies sell for $3.50 a box. As a troop we get to keep between 55 and 66 cents per box, depending on how many we sell.
Less than a buck goes to the baker for the cookies.
The balance goes to the local GS council. So the girls do benefit, because that is the money that provides the local programming, camps, etc. It's the only "operating money" we give to the Council, as the annual GS dues all go to the national organization in New York.
One of hte incentives the girls can earn here are are "cookie credits" (basically GS Scrip) which is way the Council allocates some of the money back to the girls who sold the cookies. They also have an incentive program where they pay a fee per box back to the "Service Unit" (the affiliation of troops in a local community). That money has to be used for girl programs and events.
So I think they do their best to see that the cookie money benefits the girls, even if the troop doesn't make a huge profit per box. My DD's troop is not a huge seller, but we have been able to "live off cookie profits" the last two years. I haven't paid a single activity fee for DD- the troop covers it.
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I just sent my DS (the sailor) in Japan......6 boxes of assorted Girl Scout cookies.....I sent Thin Mints, Peanutbutter Patties and Caramel Delights (I still call them Samoas)......
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