Cookie Scout is a cake sold by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) as one of its main fundraising for the local Scout unit. GSUSA members have been selling cookies since 1917 to raise funds. Participating girls can earn rewards for their efforts. There is also a troop incentive if the troops as a whole are going well. In 2007, sales were estimated at 200 million boxes per year.
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The first cake sale by individual Scout units was by Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in December 1917 at a local high school. In 1922, Girl Scout Girl magazine The American Girl suggested the sale of the cake as a fundraiser and provided a simple cake recipe from the regional director for Girl Scouts of Chicago.
From 1933 to 1935, regulated cake sales grew, with troops in Philadelphia and New York City using a cake sales model to develop their local marketing and sales force skills. In 1933, Scout Girls in Philadelphia held their first official sale, selling homemade cakes at the windows of local utility companies.
In 1936 the national organization began licensing commercial bakers to produce cakes, to increase availability and reduce waiting times, starting with Keebler-Weyl Bakery. Southern Biscuit Company and Burry Biscuit, both later acquired by Interbake Foods division George Weston Limited, were added in 1937. One hundred and twenty-five soldiers launched the first year's cake sales.
During World War II, Girl Scouts sold calendars other than cookies, due to lack of flour, sugar, and butter. In 1943 there were 48 cakes per box. In 1943, the Scouts also collected fat in cans to aid the war effort and sold the war bonds without profit.
In the 1950s, three cake recipes were added: "Shortbreads"/"Scot-Teas", "Savannahs" (today called "Peanut Butter Sandwich"), and "Thin Mints". Six types of cookies were sold nationwide in 1956. Bigger cake sales took place because Baby Boomer's generation entered Girl Scouts in the 1960s. The "Samoa" was added in 1975. In 1978, the National Council reduced the number of breads providing cookies for four and standard packaging and cake prices.
In the 1990s, the National Council restricted bakeries that provided cakes only to ABC Bakers (divisions of Interbake Foods) and Little Brownie Bakers (divisions of Keebler Company). In 1998, a cake sales award was introduced.
In 2005, the Scouts moved to remove trans fats from their cakes to be healthier, and began providing nutritional information on the cake box. In 2009 the number of Thin Mint, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs in each box was reduced and Lemon Chalet Cremes became smaller due to rising material and transportation costs.
In January 2015, Scouts began offering the ability to purchase their cookies with credit or debit cards through online portals and "Digital Cookie" apps. Purchase apps can only be used by Scout alone with Scout parent can only share the link to the purchase page.
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Sales
Every Girl Scout regional council decides which licensed cake company to use for the cake sale on the board, thus determining which varieties are available in the area covered by the board.
Girl Scouts sell cakes to relatives, friends, neighbors, and others in their city or city. In recent years, due to security concerns, increased emphasis has been placed on cake booths, where women sell from tables in public places under the supervision of adult leaders, not door to door. Many boards offer an option for customers to sponsor cookie boxes to be sent to soldiers and US women. Cookies are also available online.
As an incentive to sell, Girl Scouts are offered recognition, such as stuffed animals, knick-knacks, coupons, credit to Scout camp, activities, or uniforms. This recognition varies from the Scout council to the board. Recognition is usually cumulative, so a girl who gets recognition for selling 50 boxes of cookies will also get 25 items and 20 boxes. In some councils, girls may choose to earn more money for their troops than recognition if they work towards troop goals such as travel or other expensive activities. This type of fundraising is intended to teach valuable Scouting skills in planning, teamwork, finance, organization, communication, and goal setting.
Also, the award badge is there for sales: Cookie Counts, Intelligent Cookies, Cookie Connection, Cookie Biz, and Cookies & amp; Batter.
Traditionally every regional Women's Scout council sets prices for cakes sold on the board. A 2006 article in The Boston Globe noted that the price "is almost never a factor, until the buyer knows that the same cake box is being sold at a cheaper price in the next town." The Globe found that a box of Thin Mints sold for $ 3.50 in Rockland, Massachusetts and $ 4.00 in adjacent Norwell.
Elizabeth Brinton, also known as "The Cookie Queen", sold 18,000 boxes of cakes in one sales season, and over 100,000 boxes in time as a girl scout. He is known for selling cookies for president Ronald Reagan. The record was held for more than twenty-nine years, until Katie Francis, 12, sold 18,107 boxes in 2014. By 2017, Charlotte McCourt, a girl scout from New Jersey, sold over 25,000 boxes of cakes, breaking records.
Advantages
Each Girl Scout board operates its own cake sales. About 70% of the proceeds live on local Women Scout councils to support Scouts in the area, including some, about 15%, directly to groups selling cakes. Profits are divided by the formula, with local forces receiving about 10-15% of the retail price, the board is more than 50%, and the rest of the producers. In 1992, Girl Scouts sold 175 million boxes of national cakes.
Revenue at all levels is used to pay for events and activities for Scouting, camp maintenance Scouts of board members and other property, cake sales incentives, and board administration fees.
Production
Cookies Girl Scout is made by a large national commercial bakery with a license from Girl Scouts of the USA. Bakers licensed by organizations may change from year to year, although this is not common. In 2008 the licensed company was Little Brownie Bakers (LBB), a subsidiary of Keebler, owned by Kellogg's; and ABC Bakers, a subsidiary of Interbake Foods, owned by George Weston Limited.
Variety
Up to 28 types of Girl Scout cakes are offered. The same cookie can be sold under a different name by a different bakery, with a selection of bakeries that determine its name. No steps to standardize the name yet. The merger of many councils (from 312 to 109) after the reorganization of August 2006 resulted in many boards changing the bakery factory, causing confusion at the time.
The National Boy Scouts Organization reviews and approves all the varieties proposed by the cake manufacturer, but requires only three types: Thin Mint, Beans Peanut Sandwich (ABC)/Do-Si-Dos (LBB) and Shortbreads (ABC)/Trefoils (LBB). Other types can be changed every year, although some popular favorites, such as Caramel DeLites (ABC)/Samoas (LBB) and Peanut Butter Patties (ABC)/Tagalongs (LBB), are consistently available.
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Thin Mints
Thin Mint is a type of cake sold by Girl Scouts of the USA. Thin Mints is the most popular Girl Scout Cookies., The second in popularity being Samoas. About 50 million Thin Mint boxes are sold in 2013 compared to 38 million boxes of Samoas. Thin Mints averages about 38 cookies per box and a Samoas cookie 15 per box.
Operation Thin Mint is a program by Girl Scouts of the USA to provide military members with donated cookies.
The federal guidelines issued in early 2005 called for people to reduce their trans fat consumption. Parents interested in urging Scouts to address these and other health issues about cookies, point out that the cookie program is at odds with the Scout's healthy life initiative. The Girl Scout organization responded that the cakes were a treat that "should not be a big part of a person's diet," and said they were "pushing" the baking company to find alternative oil.
In 2007, after reformulating the recipe for a number of varieties, the Scouts of the United States announced that all of their cookies have less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per portion, allowing them to meet the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for "zero trans labeling fat ".
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is used in some cookies. The baker claims that it is a necessary ingredient to ensure the quality of the cake.
Palm oil
In September 2011, GSUSA released a new policy on palm oil in Scout cookies to take effect from the 2012-13 cookie season. Among the promises made, GSUSA announced it would purchase GreenPalm certificates to support sustainable palm oil production. Certificates offer premium prices to palm oil producers that operate within the social and environmental responsibility guidelines set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
The 2011 policy was formed in response to a prolonged campaign by two Scouts, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen. In 2007, when the 11-year-old boys, Vorva and Tomtishen won their Women's Bronze Scout Award by raising awareness about endangered orangutans and their diminishing rainforest habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia. When they discovered that the Scout Cookies contained palm oil, materials that resulted in rainforest destruction and human rights abuses, the girls launched various campaigns to convince GSUSA to remove this material from their cake. Vorva and Tomtishen were awarded the UN Forest Heroes Award in 2011.
See also
- Girl Guide Cookies, sold by Girl Guides of Canada
- Popcorn End Traces, sold by Boy Scouts of America and Scouts Canada
References
External links
- "Girl Scout Cookies". Girl Scouts of the USA .
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