I don’t know if you know this already and just made the joke anyway, either way its hilarious, but they only get 10% of the profits from the cookies, that’s why they have to sell so many to make any funds. its really ridiculous how greedy that cookie company is.
Precisely why when I order cookies form one of my neighbors’ kids, I always add at least a $5 donation for the troop… usually more though. Otherwise, they’d make next to nothing for all their effort.
In Australia they make all the food they sell. Or they did when I last checked. Everything from cupcakes to lemonade, pies to biscuits… But theyn, they wouldn’t be able to compete with a Tim Tam, that’s probably why.
It’s actually an excellent question. I think only a small amount gets to the local troop that sells the cookies. I’ve got a feeling that the cookie manufacturer gets the bulk of the sale price.
If Girls Scouts are like Boy Scouts, a lot of the money goes to the regional and national councils. The cookies themselves aren’t that expensive – you can buy similar in stores for much less.
I don’t know what the national organization does with a bulk of the money, but a portion of it (rather small portion) is given to the girl that sells the cookies to help offset yearly dues and camp fees that parents would otherwise have to pay.
They call it “Cookie Dough” which I thought was pretty clever.
I think cookie cartel bug should look more like William Shatner as General Mortars from Loaded Weapon. “Half the payment now. Half tomorrow. Half on delivery”.
Girl Scout Cookies are the reason that the GSA is generally more progressive than the BSA. The Boy Scouts of America are quite a bit more socially conservative than the average American — they still have problems with gays, and some troops still of problems with non-Christians, even. There are still questions about whether you can be a Boy Scout of America and not worship some sort of God that fits into the Christian definition of what a “God” is.
The Girl Scouts of America, on the other hand, generally support LGBT-type issues, and are more generally socially progressive.
And the cookies are the reason why.
The Boy Scouts of America are entirely dependent on outside funding. Boy Scouts do very little fundraising themselves, and they are therefore completely dependent on the support of outside organizations, who tend to be conservative. The support for the BSA comes significantly from conservative churches and other fellow travellers, and the Boy Scouts have to dance to their tune.
The Girl Scouts, on the other hand, are not beholden to any special interests, and are therefore able to be more progressive.
Well, I think it’s also important to remember that, most of the time, most people on most sides of issues are motivated by morality. I don’t like assuming that people who disagree with me are acting badly, by their lights. Oftentimes, the disagreements are either because of different weightings of balancing things that we all agree are good.
Actually, the reason that the BSA is more conservative is because we were founded according to the beliefs of the founder. The founder was Conservative and Christian, and thus, so is the BSA, at least in name.
As for sales, the Boy Scouts got into a national popcorn sales on the order of 20 years ago. See my comment on their frowning on the troop going off and selling something else.
As for “god”, the Boy Scouts have had awards Scouts could earn with their spiritual advisers for many decades. The religions are beyond all the Christian sects and have long included Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and a number of Asian religions .
Gays and scouts – a situation they have more recently been dealing with. yes, they were behind the times but have in recent years they have had their internal discussions and made policy changes.
My daughter was a girl scout since kindergarten. The cookie sales funded their troupe to do things from going to camp, getting supplies for crafts, and in the last 2 years of highschool they saved enough dough to go to a 10 day tour of Greece and Italy! Some of it goes tot eh state level adn that pays the salaries of the full time employees, rent on the building that houses the HQ as well as used for scholarships to send girls to camp who could not afford it. Some goes tot eh national level to pay for the administration and things like keeping the website up, advertising etc. Some of course has to PAY for the cookies. Overall they are very transparent with their funds and nothing hinky is going on, nor are they beholden to a certain very large Utah church for their funding. (I was also a boy scout leader for a short while til they did the whole “You can’t be gay” thing I am not but I refuse to be somewhere that a gay friend would not be welcome!)
And that kind of gives away the game, doesn’t it? He demands — and gets — pretty close to the same level of excellence and professionalism from the kids as he does from adults, adjusting for childhood development and experience. And he does this without being abusive to them. He’s not EASY on them, but he’s not MEAN.
And that shows that he knows how to get the best out of people without being abusive. Which suggests to me that the whole “abusive Gordon Ramsay” thing is at least partly something he does for television, and it’s not completely real.
I was part of a small girl scout troop in elementary school. We used the cookie money for one special trip each year. With anywhere from 20 to a measly 5 scouts, we earned enough for a shopping trip, a day at a local amusement park, or a manicure trip for the whole troop each year.
My sister raised money with cookie sales to go to a camp that was so cold the coffee froze in the pot. But ever since i learned how bad girl scouts get ripped off i’d rather just give the den mother a donation. But they usually just go “thanks for donating…. to the navy sailors who cant get girl scout cookies since their fighting for their country fund” Dammit i’m donating to the troop not to anyone else! Now i just seethe
I was a girl scout from kindergarten to the day I graduated high school. As others have said, only about 10% of the money goes to the troop. We were able to raise money for fun trips and whatnot, but with the exception of the highest individual earners (who ended up with a lot of money in their personal cookie fundraising accounts) we almost always still had to pay something out of pocket. Most of the time this wasn’t much – e.g., maybe $20 to pay for food/supplies when we went to a girl scout lodge for a weekend.
Selling cookies was my absolute LEAST favorite part of being a scout – I hated standing around for hours outside in the cold, trying to talk to strangers when I was 8 years old. Even as I got older, I just felt more awkward, like why would someone want to buy cookies from a 17 year old scout? Plus, as time passed, the price per box increased, and then we’d get scolded by customers for increasing the price of the cookies, even though we had no control over it and we were not benefiting from the increased price.
That said, I loved my time in Girl Scouts. Glad it was such a large part of my early life.
We’ve all said it it here it is again!
Cookie Dough (the cash we make from selling cookies) goes towards our funds for our projects, like our bronze, silver and gold awards, paying uniforms and badges, and helps cover the costs of camp outs, sleep overs, and and other trips the troops make.
That’s why we sell so many and the reason prices tend to go up.
It’s the main source of funding we have, outside of fundraisers.
And that is what we do with the money we make from Girl Scout cookies.
Oh, and it helps fund our Doomsday projects, but I’m technically not supposed to mention that.
I don’t know if you know this already and just made the joke anyway, either way its hilarious, but they only get 10% of the profits from the cookies, that’s why they have to sell so many to make any funds. its really ridiculous how greedy that cookie company is.
Precisely why when I order cookies form one of my neighbors’ kids, I always add at least a $5 donation for the troop… usually more though. Otherwise, they’d make next to nothing for all their effort.
Damn, that’s an asshole move.
So, how about training scouts to bake their own cookies? Hmm, they’d probably get kicked out.
As soon as one stupid kid burned herself the entire organization would be sued into the ground.
In Australia they make all the food they sell. Or they did when I last checked. Everything from cupcakes to lemonade, pies to biscuits… But theyn, they wouldn’t be able to compete with a Tim Tam, that’s probably why.
Gordon Ramsey bug = perfection. You have captured his rage—and more importantly his hair—perfectly.
I agree, the Gordon Ramsey bug is a slam dunk!
Thanks! I did spend time trying to get the hair right. Still could be a little better. I’ll have to bring him back and take another stab at it.
It’s actually an excellent question. I think only a small amount gets to the local troop that sells the cookies. I’ve got a feeling that the cookie manufacturer gets the bulk of the sale price.
According to an earlier comment, the troop only gets 10% of the funds.
If Girls Scouts are like Boy Scouts, a lot of the money goes to the regional and national councils. The cookies themselves aren’t that expensive – you can buy similar in stores for much less.
I should also add that yes, the troop gets little – 10% sounds about right.
That’s why the councils don’t like troops going off and selling something else; something the troop can buy wholesale and sell at retail prices.
I don’t know what the national organization does with a bulk of the money, but a portion of it (rather small portion) is given to the girl that sells the cookies to help offset yearly dues and camp fees that parents would otherwise have to pay.
They call it “Cookie Dough” which I thought was pretty clever.
I think cookie cartel bug should look more like William Shatner as General Mortars from Loaded Weapon. “Half the payment now. Half tomorrow. Half on delivery”.
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They’re using it to fund Planned Parenthood. S’why I don’t exactly have the greatest respect for them.
You don’t have respect for them because they fund something that provides sexual and reproductive healthcare and education?
What happened to my reply?
Anyway, I don’t respect them because they fund something that murders hundred of babies every month.
Please stop politicizing my comic strip. For Christ’s sake, it’s a joke about cookies!
Okay, you asked.
Do you have any proof of this you can share?
If not, shut up.
That can’t be Gordon Ramsey. There’s no censored swearing.
Girl Scout Cookies are the reason that the GSA is generally more progressive than the BSA. The Boy Scouts of America are quite a bit more socially conservative than the average American — they still have problems with gays, and some troops still of problems with non-Christians, even. There are still questions about whether you can be a Boy Scout of America and not worship some sort of God that fits into the Christian definition of what a “God” is.
The Girl Scouts of America, on the other hand, generally support LGBT-type issues, and are more generally socially progressive.
And the cookies are the reason why.
The Boy Scouts of America are entirely dependent on outside funding. Boy Scouts do very little fundraising themselves, and they are therefore completely dependent on the support of outside organizations, who tend to be conservative. The support for the BSA comes significantly from conservative churches and other fellow travellers, and the Boy Scouts have to dance to their tune.
The Girl Scouts, on the other hand, are not beholden to any special interests, and are therefore able to be more progressive.
Wow, a good lefty reason to buy cookies! Or just donate.
…or more accurately, a good moral reason, regardless of politics. Human rights are just that. It’s only extremists who start choosing who qualifies.
Well, I think it’s also important to remember that, most of the time, most people on most sides of issues are motivated by morality. I don’t like assuming that people who disagree with me are acting badly, by their lights. Oftentimes, the disagreements are either because of different weightings of balancing things that we all agree are good.
Actually, the reason that the BSA is more conservative is because we were founded according to the beliefs of the founder. The founder was Conservative and Christian, and thus, so is the BSA, at least in name.
Living in the past?
As for sales, the Boy Scouts got into a national popcorn sales on the order of 20 years ago. See my comment on their frowning on the troop going off and selling something else.
As for “god”, the Boy Scouts have had awards Scouts could earn with their spiritual advisers for many decades. The religions are beyond all the Christian sects and have long included Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and a number of Asian religions .
Gays and scouts – a situation they have more recently been dealing with. yes, they were behind the times but have in recent years they have had their internal discussions and made policy changes.
My daughter was a girl scout since kindergarten. The cookie sales funded their troupe to do things from going to camp, getting supplies for crafts, and in the last 2 years of highschool they saved enough dough to go to a 10 day tour of Greece and Italy! Some of it goes tot eh state level adn that pays the salaries of the full time employees, rent on the building that houses the HQ as well as used for scholarships to send girls to camp who could not afford it. Some goes tot eh national level to pay for the administration and things like keeping the website up, advertising etc. Some of course has to PAY for the cookies. Overall they are very transparent with their funds and nothing hinky is going on, nor are they beholden to a certain very large Utah church for their funding. (I was also a boy scout leader for a short while til they did the whole “You can’t be gay” thing I am not but I refuse to be somewhere that a gay friend would not be welcome!)
Child abuse isn’t funny, Adam.
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okay, it is when Gordon Ramsay does it.
Ramsay is actually great (and fun to watch!) with the kids on Masterchef Junior. Just to give him his due!
And that kind of gives away the game, doesn’t it? He demands — and gets — pretty close to the same level of excellence and professionalism from the kids as he does from adults, adjusting for childhood development and experience. And he does this without being abusive to them. He’s not EASY on them, but he’s not MEAN.
And that shows that he knows how to get the best out of people without being abusive. Which suggests to me that the whole “abusive Gordon Ramsay” thing is at least partly something he does for television, and it’s not completely real.
WHAT??? Reality television isn’t REAL???
Next you’ll be telling me the Easter Bunny is just some guy in a rabbit suit…..
No, he just spends the off seasons wrestling with the WWE.
I was part of a small girl scout troop in elementary school. We used the cookie money for one special trip each year. With anywhere from 20 to a measly 5 scouts, we earned enough for a shopping trip, a day at a local amusement park, or a manicure trip for the whole troop each year.
My sister raised money with cookie sales to go to a camp that was so cold the coffee froze in the pot. But ever since i learned how bad girl scouts get ripped off i’d rather just give the den mother a donation. But they usually just go “thanks for donating…. to the navy sailors who cant get girl scout cookies since their fighting for their country fund” Dammit i’m donating to the troop not to anyone else! Now i just seethe
I was a girl scout from kindergarten to the day I graduated high school. As others have said, only about 10% of the money goes to the troop. We were able to raise money for fun trips and whatnot, but with the exception of the highest individual earners (who ended up with a lot of money in their personal cookie fundraising accounts) we almost always still had to pay something out of pocket. Most of the time this wasn’t much – e.g., maybe $20 to pay for food/supplies when we went to a girl scout lodge for a weekend.
Selling cookies was my absolute LEAST favorite part of being a scout – I hated standing around for hours outside in the cold, trying to talk to strangers when I was 8 years old. Even as I got older, I just felt more awkward, like why would someone want to buy cookies from a 17 year old scout? Plus, as time passed, the price per box increased, and then we’d get scolded by customers for increasing the price of the cookies, even though we had no control over it and we were not benefiting from the increased price.
That said, I loved my time in Girl Scouts. Glad it was such a large part of my early life.
We’ve all said it it here it is again!
Cookie Dough (the cash we make from selling cookies) goes towards our funds for our projects, like our bronze, silver and gold awards, paying uniforms and badges, and helps cover the costs of camp outs, sleep overs, and and other trips the troops make.
That’s why we sell so many and the reason prices tend to go up.
It’s the main source of funding we have, outside of fundraisers.
And that is what we do with the money we make from Girl Scout cookies.
Oh, and it helps fund our Doomsday projects, but I’m technically not supposed to mention that.
90% fees, camping, cookie production, and taking over the world, 10% troop support- e.g. badges and badgework.