Girl Scout Cookie Sales Stats & Heists
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:12 pmRather than starting 2 separate threads for these topics, I thought it made more sense to combine them. First, there's the sales stats which are pretty impressive.
Most Popular Girl Scout Cookies & Percent of Sales
Thin Mints 25 %
Samoas / Caramel deLites 19 %
Peanut Butter Patties / Tagalongs 13 %
Peanut Butter Sandwich / Do-si-dos 11 %
Shortbread / Trefoils 9 %
Others (Lemon Chalet Cremes, Shout Outs!, Thank U Berry Munch, et al.) 23 %
Girl Scout Cookie Sales Statistics & Data
Record for most boxes sold by a single girl (Jennifer Sharpe, age 15) 17,328
Holy Crap! Bravo, Jennifer... BRAVO!
First year of Girl Scout cookie sales 1917
Annual sales revenue from Girl Scout cookies $656 million
Annual number of Girl Scout cookie boxes sold 175 million
Number of Girl Scout cookie varieties 28
Percent of sales that goes to local troops 10 %:shock: Seriously? Are you kidding me?!
Percent of sales that goes to the council 50 %
Girl Scout Statistics & Data
Total number of girl scouts 2.3 million
Number of adult girl scout member volunteers 880,000
Unfortunately, there's a dark, seedy side to cookie sales. Every year. there are stories in the news about local troops having their money stolen by either a corrupt troop leader or someone associated with her - or - some jerkoff doing a snatch & grab at the local grocery store where a troop has setup shop hoping to bolster their troop's sales revenues. This particular one involved a mother and daughter team:
http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/stor ... OkpCw.cspx
And this year was no different in that respect. A Google search resulted in many incidents like these nationwide.
This year, however, there was a heist that breaks the record for stolen cookies/cookie money.
In Spartanburg, SC, a thief robbed a storage facility which was acting as the distribution center for troops in several counties. Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for stealing 5,000 boxes or $19,000 worth of cookies. As you might guess, it was an inside job. The man worked at the facility as a truck driver.
Initial story of robbery here:
http://www.goupstate.com/article/201302 ... /130229671
Updated story including arrest of suspect:
http://www.wbtw.com/story/21541894/sc-m ... ut-cookies
If you're so desperate that you need to steal the little bit of cash a troop may have in their cashbox outside the grocery store, then you should be seeking assistance from the state or local shelters. Don't steal $$ from Girl Scouts....
Most Popular Girl Scout Cookies & Percent of Sales
Thin Mints 25 %
Samoas / Caramel deLites 19 %
Peanut Butter Patties / Tagalongs 13 %
Peanut Butter Sandwich / Do-si-dos 11 %
Shortbread / Trefoils 9 %
Others (Lemon Chalet Cremes, Shout Outs!, Thank U Berry Munch, et al.) 23 %
Girl Scout Cookie Sales Statistics & Data
Record for most boxes sold by a single girl (Jennifer Sharpe, age 15) 17,328
Holy Crap! Bravo, Jennifer... BRAVO!
First year of Girl Scout cookie sales 1917
Annual sales revenue from Girl Scout cookies $656 million
Annual number of Girl Scout cookie boxes sold 175 million
Number of Girl Scout cookie varieties 28
Percent of sales that goes to local troops 10 %:shock: Seriously? Are you kidding me?!
Percent of sales that goes to the council 50 %
Girl Scout Statistics & Data
Total number of girl scouts 2.3 million
Number of adult girl scout member volunteers 880,000
Unfortunately, there's a dark, seedy side to cookie sales. Every year. there are stories in the news about local troops having their money stolen by either a corrupt troop leader or someone associated with her - or - some jerkoff doing a snatch & grab at the local grocery store where a troop has setup shop hoping to bolster their troop's sales revenues. This particular one involved a mother and daughter team:
http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/stor ... OkpCw.cspx
And this year was no different in that respect. A Google search resulted in many incidents like these nationwide.
This year, however, there was a heist that breaks the record for stolen cookies/cookie money.
In Spartanburg, SC, a thief robbed a storage facility which was acting as the distribution center for troops in several counties. Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for stealing 5,000 boxes or $19,000 worth of cookies. As you might guess, it was an inside job. The man worked at the facility as a truck driver.
Initial story of robbery here:
http://www.goupstate.com/article/201302 ... /130229671
Updated story including arrest of suspect:
http://www.wbtw.com/story/21541894/sc-m ... ut-cookies
If you're so desperate that you need to steal the little bit of cash a troop may have in their cashbox outside the grocery store, then you should be seeking assistance from the state or local shelters. Don't steal $$ from Girl Scouts....