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Paper Roses

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10. Back when I was a kid, I sold Girl Scout cookies. 25 cents a box.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 02:34 PM
Apr 2021

Sold hundreds of boxes(delivery was a pain!). Through the years, the cookies have changed and people I know have commented on this fact. Especially the 'cookie mints'. Update to now, the cookies are very expensive. I know the proceeds go to a good cause but with so many people under financial strain, I understand why there are so many boxes in storage.

Perhaps the G.S. organization should downsize the number of offerings and revert back to the days when these cookies were great and the price was reasonable.

Perhaps the managers of the warehouses holding the surplus should consider sending the surplus to the troops worldwide or to food pantries. Better to take a loss than let them go to waste.

This situation does not surprise me. Kids selling the boxes with good hopes but at $5.00 a box, some of us may step back and decide that this purchase is not economically sound.
Too many are suffering food insecurity and are trying to provide basic food, cookies at this price do not fit the equation.

I stopped buying them when they changed the recipes. Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #1
Could it also be that they've changed their recipes? bamagal62 Apr 2021 #2
If we had time travel, we could go back in time and PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #3
Back when I was a kid, I sold Girl Scout cookies. 25 cents a box. Paper Roses Apr 2021 #10
$3 million worth of cookies in a warehouse... SergeStorms Apr 2021 #16
I remember them being $.50 per box in the 1960's FakeNoose Apr 2021 #21
The bakeries they use are also strong union bakeries xmas74 Apr 2021 #25
they're not really food so should keep for thousands of years if kept dry nt msongs Apr 2021 #4
And here I had almost kicked the habit... Buns_of_Fire Apr 2021 #5
Every year I give to my local scout troops. I don't buy cookies. KentuckyWoman Apr 2021 #6
With their "Enter you Zip Code" thing, I get Valdosta Georgia as the place to get cookies csziggy Apr 2021 #7
Sorry for the confusion but the first link goes to Atlanta and the second is supposed to be littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #17
Both the Atlanta site and the general Georgia site send me to Valdosta to buy cookies csziggy Apr 2021 #18
It's the thought that counts. ❤ littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #20
I should donate to our local troop csziggy Apr 2021 #22
Ice cream co-branding opportunity superpatriotman Apr 2021 #8
I agree they have changed the recipe and for the last few years they suck. Tommymac Apr 2021 #9
Drive Thru Cookie Sales dem in texas Apr 2021 #11
I got food poisonings from Girl Scout cookies HipChick Apr 2021 #12
They are truly gross and disgusting. Dream Girl Apr 2021 #13
Even good cookies are basically not good for you! colorado_ufo Apr 2021 #14
Just don't pass them out to people waiting to vote. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #15
False advertising. They're not REALLY made from Girl Scouts. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2021 #19
I got that reference!!! yagotme Apr 2021 #24
I did more than my part. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2021 #23
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