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Re: Girl Scout Cookies
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Reply to: #942119 by NatureMamaB6
Feb 22, 2017 4:18am
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I'm in Eastern MA. We have the other bakery, ABC, & our cookies are $5. Both NH and Western MA have $4 cookies, so it's tough selling. (And I thought OUR gluten-free cookies were the terrible ones!)

One explanation I've heard as to why the cookies are different prices is that the bulk of the proceeds goes to council to help with camps & other programming. Real estate is definitely more expensive here, as are salaries - so it makes sense.
Re: Girl Scout Cookies
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Reply to: #942120 by heartsquare
Feb 22, 2017 4:47am
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We use ABC baker.

I am wondering if the price difference has to do with incentives? We need to sell a lot to get them, but we noticed in NY there was a council that used little brownie baker and if cutie cat sold as many as she did there, she'd have all kids of prizes. And she liked the owls better than the llamas we have. I'll be so thankful next year when they can opt out of the junk. ;)

The camp costs makes since too. Our council has closed a fe of our camps, and not all of them are doing resident camp over summer anymore. :(
Re: Girl Scout Cookies
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Reply to: #942121 by photopam
Feb 22, 2017 11:05am
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I thought it was due to cost of living/rent etc differences.
Ours are $5 for most, $6 for S'mores and gf. Little Brownie Bakers. Incentives seem ridiculously high. (24 for a patch, 50 for a bandanna) We live in a very HCOL area, though.
It is sometimes hard because people living in other areas will bring their kids' lower priced cookies to work, and we get customers who want the lower priced cookies. We've had camp closures, too.
Re: Girl Scout Cookies
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Reply to: #942119 by NatureMamaB6
Feb 22, 2017 11:08am
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My daughter has been wanting to age out specifically so she can be a lifetime member at half price. Not sure what else she wants out of the program, but she says she wants to keep going and use her money for a lifetime membership. It's a goal, right? :-) She's 14, almost 15 and we're struggling to keep the troop together at this point. Wishing that Juliettes can sell cookies so we didn't have to worry about keeping 5 girls active!
Re: Girl Scout Cookies
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Reply to: #942129 by Uncorny Acorns
Feb 22, 2017 12:25pm
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Our girls have to sell 65 boxes for a patch, 100 for the 100 year of cookies patch, 350 boxes for a tee shirt... It's a lot of cookies. It's also 125 boxes/day of resident camp they want to go which is what she works for. Incentives aren't that special to them.

That's not right about the lower price cookies at work. :(
Have the girls talk to the council about it. Make their voices heard, it's their sale after all.
Re: Girl Scout Cookies
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Reply to: #942067 by photopam
Feb 27, 2017 12:41pm
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The Cookie sale is now over.
Thank you everyone who purchased! She made her goal! :)