Posted on 03/27/2023 2:45:35 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
For decades, Girl Scouts has used cookie sales to raise funds and teach scouts about entrepreneurship. This year, thanks to the Raspberry Rally cookie, members got a painful lesson in what can happen when high demand meets limited supply.
The much-hyped Rally, a raspberry-flavored spin on the Thin Mint, was always supposed to be a limited-edition cookie. But interest in it seemed to have taken Girl Scouts leadership by surprise — perhaps because of a new online-only ordering system.
As demand surged, with some cookies even ending up on eBay, in some cases listed for about $40 per box, supply stayed the same because cookie makers couldn’t quickly pump out more Rallies. One of the Scouts’ manufacturers, ABC Bakers, said it needs lots of lead time to make limited-edition cookies. The other, Little Brownie Bakers, said bad weather caused power outages at a Kentucky plant, contributing to other inventory issues that lead to tight supply.
As a result, the Rallies sold out rapidly, leaving scouts and parents to explain the situation to annoyed shoppers even as they tried to make sense of it themselves.
Girl Scouts USA seemed surprised by the level of interest in the Raspberry Rally. - Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images For young scouts, having to tell customers there are no Rallies available “is a particularly frustrating transaction,” scout parent Betsy Everett told CNN. “When people ask for the new cookie, we tell them the situation and then they don’t want to buy anything. It’s disappointing for the girls.”
Some parents have been frustrated not only by the shortages, but by what they say is piecemeal communication from Girl Scouts USA. And after years of Covid-related disruptions, their own patience is wearing thin.
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I don’t support pro-abortion organizations.
Well. That's life.
However with the girl scouts going anti-American I stopped buying.
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You and most aware Americans.
This is just a urinalist
peeing their reason for low sales
on legs claiming its rain.
I saw them hawking their wares yesterday ,
and my appetite fled as nausea overtook me
realizing the rainbow gender abuseing filth
these poor girls have been exposed/ flashed to.
Poor kids.
i always buy cookies- it’s not the kids fault upper management made decisions. i would have given those raspberry cookies a try.
The knee-jerk responses are wrong and predicable. It's become common currency at FR.
i always buy cookies- it’s not the kids fault upper management made decisions.
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But it is you supporting and extending those warped decisions made management with your money.
Something to consider I respectfully suggest.
I despise the Girl Scouts organization. Vowed I would never buy GS cookies.
Then came along 3 sweet little granddaughters who are now GSs. Couldn’t say no to their sweet little faces.
The cookies are pretty good though.
I agree. FR has changed very much since it’s beginning.
i buy stuff from lots of places- some share my views, some do not.
it’s up to me.
I think they have more traditional values, even through they may be rebels in they eyes of their organization.
GS cookie season is over around here. I don’t think it ended any earlier than usual.
i buy stuff from lots of places- some share my views,
some do not.
it’s up to me.
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Yes it is, thankfully,
God bless America !
Do they support the destruction
of mental and physical and social
and national health ?
Cuz the rainbowbadging g.s’s do.
Maybe you should reconsider supporting
those who groom for perverts and commies ?
Please.
I Agree with the facts
girl scout cookie sales are a scam for supporting the mother ship in D.C. ... it has nothing to do with local chapters ... the reason i know this is that whenever i’m approached to buy cookies i always offer to make a cash donation to the local chapter, and am always told that they’re not allowed to accept donations ...
“Just give the girls cash directly. The cash will stay with the Troop.”
every time i’ve offered cash donations in lieu of buying cookies i’ve been told that they’re not allowed to accept donations ...
Then that has changed or the local troops moms don’t want to deal with it.
Wouldn’t surprise me if NY
Changed things they are all about them not the girls
Same here. Haven't bought any in many years now. I reckon they were always un-American at heart, but when they made it obvious I quit buying. Besides, my favorite was Samoas, and WalMart sells a pretty good knock-off for a buck a pack.
Used to buy a bunch of boxes & then send to various friends who had sons/daughters overseas in the military. Small thank you for their service.
Care packages... Whenever we got good stuff like cookies everybody got some. A little bit of heaven from home. My dad sure knew what to send.
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