|
With every purchase, approximately 70% of the proceeds stays in the local Girl Scout council to provide a portion of the resources needed to support Girl Scouting in that area, including a portion that goes directly to the group selling the cookies.
|
|
The number one reason people buy Girl Scout Cookies is to support Girl Scouting.
A local volunteer board of directors decide how much the cookies sell for based on how much money the council needs to provide the programs they plan to offer girls.
|
|
Girl Scout Cookie Sale activities support the democratic process in Girl Scouting and give girls the opportunity to decide how some of their troop/group proceeds will be spent.
|
|
ABC Bakers has been making Girl Scout Cookies since 1938, making it the oldest and most experienced of the two suppliers licensed by Girl Scouts of the USA.
|
|
Here's a sample grocery list for ABC: 18 million pounds of flour, 12 million pounds of sugar, 1.2 million pounds of peanuts, 1.3 million pounds of coconut!
Thin Mints make up over 25% of Girl Scout Cookies sold. The second most popular cookie is the coconut, caramel, and chocolate confection ABC calls Caramel deLites.
|
|
All licensed bakers offer five varieties of Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints, Shortbread, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Sandwich and Peanut Butter Patties. Each baker occasionally changes one or more of the other three varieties offered.
|