NPR.com - Inflation has come for the Do-si-dos cookies. Many Girl Scout regional councils are raising the price of their popular cookies to help cover rising costs at the two commercial bakeries that make the treats.
That means your favorite box of Samoas that used to sell for $5.00
will soon cost $6.00 in many parts of the United States.
"Just like many other products that you see out in the world, our Girl Scout cookies are not immune to a lot of the same rising costs," says Wendy Lou, chief revenue officer for Girl Scouts of the USA.
Well, if she was at the door, maybe...
Are they made with real Girl Scouts?
ReplyDeleteThey already reduced the amount of product you get in a package several years ago, which was essentially a price increase. Since girls can now join the Boy Scouts, it seems redundant and inefficient to have Girls Scouts too. Time to merge and consolidate, cut costs, and quit trying to support girls, since nobody in positions of authority seems to be able to define what they are.
ReplyDeleteA box of cookies has been $7.50 the past two years in the ATL.
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