USA Todayreports that sales of Girl Scout cookies are down. Pre-order sales for the cookies are down 19% in some regions. One of the reasons for the diminishing sales of Girl Scout cookies is that people are placing orders for fewer boxes.
About two-thirds of the 133 Girl Scout councils nationwide sell cookies from January through March, Tompkins says. The rest sell in the fall. Most proceeds, she says, go to troops and councils to pay for trips, community projects and scholarships.
Love said some leaders are reporting longtime customers purchasing in smaller quantities.
"If a customer was purchasing six to eight boxes, now they're purchasing three to four," she says.
Some boxes of Girl Scout cookies were downsized this year but that shouldn't be impacting sales. The cookies were also unaffected by the recent peanut product recall.
Girl Scout cookies are sold by troops from individual Girl Scout councils. You can find a troup council near you using this form. You can find out about the different types of Girl Scout cookies here.
Photo: Girl Scouts Thin Mint cookie from Girl Scouts of the USA
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