topic Re: Girl Scout cookies in Kitchen

Girl Scout cookies

SharkE — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:49:53 GMT

go on sale this weekend here in my part of Tx.

Guess I'll get couple boxes of thin mints

Not sure of the price don't guess it matters if you want 'em. LOL

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Carol Diane — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:13:58 GMT

Just bought 7 boxes...they are $5 each.

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wildlifewitch — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:15:18 GMT

@SharkE Thanks. Il be avoiding them.

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mustang66lady — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:15:54 GMT

Thanks @Carol Diane for the prices. I still have cookies in the freezer from last year but always "support the troops". It's nice to know how much I will spend in advance!

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Carol Diane — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:17:50 GMT

@wildlifewitch, it's my granddaughter selling them so I can't possibly avoid buying them...I have to support her troop!!!

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OKPrincess — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:53:11 GMT

We buy our fair share every year. I love thin mints too.

Anything new this year?

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:56:30 GMT

My oldest granddaughter is now 16. She's been a Brownie and Girl Scout (like her mom was) for many years.

Every year I buy a case of them (mostly thin mints). I give them to friends who do nice things for me. Like people at the bank and neighbors, etc.

Thanks for the reminder.

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DiAnne — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:15:21 GMT

@Carol Diane wrote:
@wildlifewitch, it's my granddaughter selling them so I can't possibly avoid buying them...I have to support her troop!!!

I used to volunteer at a food bank. Grandmothers used to donate cases of Girl Scout cookies that they did not want to eat!

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butterfly123 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:28:59 GMT

We purchase the cookies and donate them. The animal shelter volunteers love them.

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Annabellethecat66 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:39:57 GMT

I just texted my daughter and she said my granddaughter wasn't selling the cookies so maybe she can still 'hook me up' to who is selling them.

I know there are places where the girls set up their carts to sell them, but it's usually on the weekends and I don't go out during the week.

It's getting harder and harder to find the things these days. Mom's just don't want to deal with them.

I remember when my girls were Brownies. It was a pain in the fanny. I ended up having so many cases of them. There were cookies everywhere in the house. We'd only eat thin mints so I'd be feeding my husband all of these cookies (he loved cookies and milk).

He'd say, "But I don't even like this kind". I would say, "I can't sell them so you bought them....be quiet and eat them with your milk". Ha! He was a good boy and ate them!

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Carmie — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:43:57 GMT

My granddaughter is a GS and always sells the cookies. They even have gluten free cookies for those like me who can't eat gluten. I always buy a few boxes to support her troop.

If you do not have any GS near you and want some cookies, Walmart has them all year around sold under their own brand name.

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CLHS68 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:55:56 GMT

I always bought & sold tons in my day when we went out & took orders. Now they don't do that you have to track them down. Last year it was in the paper they would be at a place & the time so I went & no one was there. The laziness of todays kids is nuts. Then they need their mom there because they can't figure out what you owe or the change you should get back. So not going to hunt for them anymore. Cookies are too expensive anyway.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:03:49 GMT

@CLHS68 wrote:
I always bought & sold tons in my day when we went out & took orders. Now they don't do that you have to track them down. Last year it was in the paper they would be at a place & the time so I went & no one was there. The laziness of todays kids is nuts. Then they need their mom there because they can't figure out what you owe or the change you should get back. So not going to hunt for them anymore. Cookies are too expensive anyway.

@CLHS68. They stopped the door to door around here. The Scouts are not lazy, but have to watch out for adults.

In 1973 in Hillsdale NJ, a GS was murdered by a teacher no less when she was delivering the cookies.

If you google that information and see what a horrendous thing happened to a 7 year old.

I for one am glad they discontinued this practice.

As another poster said, you can buy them at Walmart.

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roxxy1 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:40:46 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ The girlscout was Joan. She lived around the corner from me.

Her mom founded Joan's Joy, in rememberance.

Sorry to highjack the thread, but around here no more door to door in decades.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:45:07 GMT

@roxxy1 wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ The girlscout was Joan. She lived around the corner from me.

Her mom founded Joan's Joy, in rememberance.

Sorry to highjack the thread, but around here no more door to door in decades.

@roxxy1. Hi Roxxy. Yes, I do know her name. I'll never forget it. I worked in Montvale at the time. In those days it was usual to let your kids go door to door. These days you wouldn't dare.

I still to this day feel so bad for her Mom.

You and your family must really have been hit hard.

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roxxy1 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:31:31 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ This is the memorial in the nearby park dedicated to her daughter.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:47:26 GMT

@roxxy1. What a beautiful Memorial.

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Carmie — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:47:35 GMT

@CLHS68 wrote:
I always bought & sold tons in my day when we went out & took orders. Now they don't do that you have to track them down. Last year it was in the paper they would be at a place & the time so I went & no one was there. The laziness of todays kids is nuts. Then they need their mom there because they can't figure out what you owe or the change you should get back. So not going to hunt for them anymore. Cookies are too expensive anyway.

I took my granddaughter to a Brownie meeting last week in another town. She is 13 and was one of three older GS who helped the Brownies learn how to make change and what to charge...they have a chart to use for multiple boxes that might be purchased.

Girls helping girls..great program. Girl Scouts are prohibited from going door to door to sell cookies. It is too dangerous. You can buy them online or at other locations around your area...often outside or in the lobby of Walmart or a local Mall.

They are expensive because selling cookies is a fund raiser for the Local GS council as well as individual troops and the GS of America.

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Topaz Gem — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:05:25 GMT

Aldi carries several varieties of cookies identical to Girl Scout Cookies and they run about $2.00 per package. These include Samoas, Thin Mints, the peanut butter ones that are chocolate covered as well as the peanut butter sandwich cookies. There may be more; I plan to take a closer look next time I’m in the store.

These are not GS Cookie “wannabes”. They are the exact same cookies with different names. If you look at the photo of the cookie on the package, you can tell which GS variety you’re getting. They must be made by the same baker that bakes the GS Cookies. I can’t believe they are charging $5.00 per box now. Yikes.

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WindingRoad — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:49:10 GMT

@Topaz Gem I haven't bought GS cookies in ages so if you know the names of the ones at Aldi , I'd love to know that. Thanks