girl Scout Cookies
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Ooooo I lied in another thread. We don't have to wait until March. They'll start selling them in early February. Just not closest to my apartment where I can stop off on my way home after my morning walk.
Here the scouts will go door-to-door and parents will take the forms to work around this time of year (I was a Girl Scout for seven years), then they come in mid-to-late February. That's about when they would start selling at stores as well.
I think it's interesting that they still go door to door. It's dangerous! I was a girl scout for about 5 minutes and have only known our clients children (who my boss tells the parent he'll take like 20 boxes from....each....*sigh*) and, of course, the sugar pushers at the markets.
There are safety guidelines for selling door to door, it's not like the girls are just wandering the streets unattended. I'd rather have a child actually come knock on my door and practice their skill set than get an email request. The booths aren't bad because they still work on talking to people they don't know and interacting, but I think the door-to-door sales probably gives the most valuable experience.3 -
We're allowed to do door to door too but obviously they need to be with an adult.0
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Oh, I wasn't thinking they were going door to door alone! Yikes...no way.0
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GS Cookies go on sale at different times of the year and have different set prices depending on where you live. My area doesn't start until mid-February and goes through March. Some areas still take orders, we go door-to-door. I just placed my troop order today. I'm also am what is called a Cookie Cupboard and I will have about 500 cases delivered to my house. Believe it or not that is my incentive to not eat them. I deal with them daily for about 7 weeks. Oh what fun! FYI: they freeze well.1
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My daughter is selling them now. They don't come in until March.
I don't really find the cookies tempting. I'll eat one once in awhile but I can easily pass them up too.0 -
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oh no is it that time of year again? I just hate saying no to the girls at the store! They have so many calories, I've never felt it's worth it but somehow I still can't help myself!1
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Which other ones freeze/thaw well? I try to eat them by the expiration date but always have other cookies to get through first.0
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Ooooo I lied in another thread. We don't have to wait until March. They'll start selling them in early February. Just not closest to my apartment where I can stop off on my way home after my morning walk.
Here the scouts will go door-to-door and parents will take the forms to work around this time of year (I was a Girl Scout for seven years), then they come in mid-to-late February. That's about when they would start selling at stores as well.
I think it's interesting that they still go door to door. It's dangerous! I was a girl scout for about 5 minutes and have only known our clients children (who my boss tells the parent he'll take like 20 boxes from....each....*sigh*) and, of course, the sugar pushers at the markets.
There are safety guidelines for selling door to door, it's not like the girls are just wandering the streets unattended. I'd rather have a child actually come knock on my door and practice their skill set than get an email request. The booths aren't bad because they still work on talking to people they don't know and interacting, but I think the door-to-door sales probably gives the most valuable experience.
I HATED going door to door. Ugh.0 -
my objections to GS cookies are two fold.
1- the pitiful amount of cookies you get in a box and
2- the fact the girls get a PITTANCE of what they sell for their troop.
therefore, i refuse to buy them. i do however, give the girls a cash donation for their troop if i walk by and have a few bucks on me.2 -
I pre-ordered six boxes from an in-law's daughter, but this thread is just rubbing it in my face that I have to wait another month or so before they arrive. Hrmph. I did buy some Keebler Grasshoppers today to help tide me over.0
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »my objections to GS cookies are two fold.
1- the pitiful amount of cookies you get in a box and
2- the fact the girls get a PITTANCE of what they sell for their troop.
therefore, i refuse to buy them. i do however, give the girls a cash donation for their troop if i walk by and have a few bucks on me.
Where we live, they are $4/box. Our troop gets 70 cents per box. $1.57 goes to pay for various administrative costs and the cost of the cookies themselves. The remaining $1.73 funds various Girl Scout programs. IMO, the 70c is reasonable for the troops. The cookies pretty much sell themselves, with very little salesmanship required on the part of the girls. My daughter makes very little effort to sell--she asks her one set of grandparents and that's it. Still, she sells an average of 125 boxes a year because my husband and I set the order form out in our break rooms at work. Once the cookies come in she has to work one two hour cookie booth. So for two hours and two minutes of work, she earns her troop $87.50. Not bad.
It's great that you give a donation--very kind 2 -
I love Girl Scout cookies !0
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Queenmunchy wrote: »
Even my very favorite of the favorites...Do Si Dos???
Or my very simple tastes of the Trefoils??
Do you just stick the box in the freezer or what?0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »my objections to GS cookies are two fold.
1- the pitiful amount of cookies you get in a box and
2- the fact the girls get a PITTANCE of what they sell for their troop.
therefore, i refuse to buy them. i do however, give the girls a cash donation for their troop if i walk by and have a few bucks on me.
Where we live, they are $4/box. Our troop gets 70 cents per box. $1.57 goes to pay for various administrative costs and the cost of the cookies themselves. The remaining $1.73 funds various Girl Scout programs. IMO, the 70c is reasonable for the troops. The cookies pretty much sell themselves, with very little salesmanship required on the part of the girls. My daughter makes very little effort to sell--she asks her one set of grandparents and that's it. Still, she sells an average of 125 boxes a year because my husband and I set the order form out in our break rooms at work. Once the cookies come in she has to work one two hour cookie booth. So for two hours and two minutes of work, she earns her troop $87.50. Not bad.
It's great that you give a donation--very kind
I'd like to earn that sort of pittance.
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Queenmunchy wrote: »
Even my very favorite of the favorites...Do Si Dos???
Or my very simple tastes of the Trefoils??
Do you just stick the box in the freezer or what?
Yes, I just stick them in. They are in boxes and the cookies are in plastic. You can put them in zipper bags too if you want but it's not really necessary.0 -
They freeze well. If you don't want to eat them in January, freeze them until you feel it's the proper time. Or don't buy them.0
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »my objections to GS cookies are two fold.
1- the pitiful amount of cookies you get in a box and
2- the fact the girls get a PITTANCE of what they sell for their troop.
therefore, i refuse to buy them. i do however, give the girls a cash donation for their troop if i walk by and have a few bucks on me.
Much of the goal of cookie sales is skill building. When girls become Cadettes and above, all the money they earn from product sales is kept in an individual fund; it no longer goes to the troop. The girls use that money to fund the activities they want to do - trips, award projects, service projects. So learning how to talk to people, organize, manage money, etc, are all skills they need to be able to earn enough through product sales and money earning events to do the stuff they want to do.1 -
kshama2001 wrote: »susan100df wrote: »I like Girl Scouts. Didn't want to penalize them for my gluttony. I gave them $20 as a donation. At least they get to keep it all and I don't get crazy trying not to eat the whole box at once. Maybe in a year I will trust myself to use portion control.
My very first binge food was Girl Scout cookies and to this day I have a hard time moderating them. It's easiest for me to just not have them in the house. I give Girl Scouts at the supermarkets a few dollars; no cookies required.
This is what we do too. I think Girl Scouts is a great organization but I don't particularly care for their cookies.0 -
Living in Indiana, I've always wondered why they start selling during the coldest month! Door to door in 10° and 6" of snow? No thanks! Even selling in the lobby at the grocery store was freezing! 0
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This may have changed from when I was a senior girl scout (10 years ago), but the money was always "owned" by the troop. Troops could elect to designate money earned by individuals for special trips or service projects, but it wasn't required. Our troop always pooled the money and used it to fund our big troop service project of the year.callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »my objections to GS cookies are two fold.
1- the pitiful amount of cookies you get in a box and
2- the fact the girls get a PITTANCE of what they sell for their troop.
therefore, i refuse to buy them. i do however, give the girls a cash donation for their troop if i walk by and have a few bucks on me.
Much of the goal of cookie sales is skill building. When girls become Cadettes and above, all the money they earn from product sales is kept in an individual fund; it no longer goes to the troop. The girls use that money to fund the activities they want to do - trips, award projects, service projects. So learning how to talk to people, organize, manage money, etc, are all skills they need to be able to earn enough through product sales and money earning events to do the stuff they want to do.
Anywho, the cookies are delicious and they help girls/young women learn some critical life skills.
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This may have changed from when I was a senior girl scout (10 years ago), but the money was always "owned" by the troop. Troops could elect to designate money earned by individuals for special trips or service projects, but it wasn't required. Our troop always pooled the money and used it to fund our big troop service project of the year.callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »my objections to GS cookies are two fold.
1- the pitiful amount of cookies you get in a box and
2- the fact the girls get a PITTANCE of what they sell for their troop.
therefore, i refuse to buy them. i do however, give the girls a cash donation for their troop if i walk by and have a few bucks on me.
Much of the goal of cookie sales is skill building. When girls become Cadettes and above, all the money they earn from product sales is kept in an individual fund; it no longer goes to the troop. The girls use that money to fund the activities they want to do - trips, award projects, service projects. So learning how to talk to people, organize, manage money, etc, are all skills they need to be able to earn enough through product sales and money earning events to do the stuff they want to do.
Anywho, the cookies are delicious and they help girls/young women learn some critical life skills.
I never went that far so I don't know firsthand, but that's supposedly how things are being done now. Each girl gets her portion earmarked and she decides how to use it. I think the idea is to allow girls to put the focus more on what they want to do individually (like the Gold Award) and not feel like their money is being used to fund activities they don't want to do, like badges or journeys, just because other girls want to do them. I think it also has to do with encouraging the girls to pull their own weight, rather than what happens at lower levels where a few people might put in the majority of the effort, but everyone gets the same benefit.0 -
Where can I get my cookies?
Do not derail with them... Although in my "past life" it would take nothing to down the entire box of Thin Mints or at least "one sleeve" at a time.
Get a serving and put the box up, and just think instead of downing the box, you can go back and get some more when you are so inclined!!
I thought I was doing good with one sleeve back in the day. Haha.0 -
Digging a box out of the freezer now in honor of this thread0
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For those that don't want to say no to the scouts but want to support the program, don't they usually have the option to send cookies to the troops overseas?
I usually add a box to donate along with my cookies.0 -
chastity0921 wrote: »Where can I get my cookies?
Do not derail with them... Although in my "past life" it would take nothing to down the entire box of Thin Mints or at least "one sleeve" at a time.
Get a serving and put the box up, and just think instead of downing the box, you can go back and get some more when you are so inclined!!
I thought I was doing good with one sleeve back in the day. Haha.
My friend's neighbor told her he puts a sleeve of the do-si-dos (peanut butter sandwich) in a tall tumbler, pours milk over top, smashes up the cookies, and eats it all with a spoon.0 -
In the name of 2017, I command this discussion to RISE!
I began my weight loss journey one year ago, the same day that I bought last year's supply of Girl Scout Cookies.
For my first week, the cookies which my family wanted disappeared and I had none. I ate normally that week and logged everything. I wanted to get the data of seeing how my eating was affecting my weighing. I gained 2 lb.
The second week, I began modifying my eating, and the only box of cookies remaining were Savannah Smiles.
In that second week, I had one serving, 5 cookies, of Savannah Smiles each evening. I lost 5 lb that week.
In celebration of the anniversary of discovering that I could practice portion control, I acquired another box of Savannah Smiles today along with several others. Portion control, exercise, accurate logging. I've lost 86 lb in the past year and today a total stranger told I needed smaller pants.
Folks, enjoy your cookies in moderation, not only the Girl Scout cookies in January, but all year long. Log them accurately. Stay within your calorie and macro goals. Life's good.4 -
I usually just give them $4.00 when I see them and have the money. I just don't see a point in buying cookies that I don't want and can't eat to support a cause when I can just give them the money to directly benefit the troupe selling the cookies directly.0
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