How Do You Sell Girl Scout Cookies?
Is it cookie time again? The Girl Scouts have their own special way of kicking off the new year… with cookie season! As a member of the Girl Scouts, you probably look forward to cookie selling time all year long… and so do your neighbors. Every year brings new cookies to sell and new first-time sellers. Perhaps you’re a new Daisy scout or leader, or you’ve just never sold cookies before. It’s not really an art or a science, but it does take a lot of planning and organization. It can seem a daunting task at first, but in the end, it’s very rewarding. In no time, you’ll be an experienced veteran of cookie-selling. • Get your cookie materials. These usually consist of a few “cookie sheets” (big charts with columns for a buyer’s info and each type of cookie, including nutrition facts, used to mark down sales), a prize sheet that shows the incentive prizes and how many boxes you must sell, and you may also wish to receive the requirements to earn a cookie pin. Cookie pins are diamond sh
The annual Girl Scout cookie sale happens just once a year: Stacks of colorful boxes, a freezer full of Thin Mints and happy little capitalists in green and brown uniforms bloom like May flowers. Here’s how the cookie crumbles. (Sorry, only Girl Scouts need apply.) Follow the guidelines set by your troop and local Girl Scout council (girlscoutcookiesabc.com). Pay particular attention to the safety tips when setting up teams and cookie spots. Encourage your sales force to set goals for themselves (“I will sell more boxes than last year and win a badge.”) and their troop (“Together we will make enough money to go on a field trip.”). Find a high-traffic area (a grocery store’s parking lot, a library, a popular park or community center, a mall, a bank on Friday) and get permission to set up a cookie stop there. Make posters to advertise and place them in highly visible locations the week preceding your sale. Schedule girls and parents to work the cookie stop in shifts. Make sure everyone i
