PRODUCT SALES

Cookie Booths Everywhere!
Cookie booth time is when Girl Scouts are the most visible in our communities and have the opportunity to share Girl Scouting with the public. Girls can wear their uniforms proudly and speak about the badges they have earned, activities they have participated in and the future programs that are possible because of the cookie program. They can also tell their customer about the Cookies From Home Gift of Caring Community Service Project. Customers at the booths can contribute to this worthwhile cause and help the troops with their planned activities.

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Cookies In the Media
Since the start of the Cookie Program, we’ve received numerous mentions in our local media. In addition, on Monday, Feb. 23, CEO Jody Johnston appeared with Gayle Guyardo on “News Channel 8 Today” on the Tampa NBC station, and both Jody and girl board member Lauren Mayor appeared on ABC’s “Positively Tampa Bay” on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Click here to see their “Positively Tampa Bay” interview!

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Cookie Booth Locator!
The new Cookie Booth Locator is up and running on our website! Each service unit’s cookie booths can be located on this link, and customers looking for cookies can enter their zip codes and find cookie booths in their area within seconds. We will also have billboards this year on major roads that will guide customers to the Cookie Booth Locator.

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Mystery Shopper Program
Mystery shoppers will be out in the Girl Scout communities checking out the cookie booths within the next few weeks. This program is designed to recognize girls that have outstanding cookie booths. The criteria to receive the booth patch are:

• Wearing pins or uniform components/Girl Scout t-shirts
• Up to four girls present
• Two adults present
• Speak politely (please and thank you)
• Adults not smoking
• Selling cookies for $3.50 per box
• Know their products (kinds of cookies)
• Know their troop profit ($.60 per box)
• Protecting cookies (out of the sun, behind or under table)
• Girls are doing the selling

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Cookie Deposits
Cookie deposits for money owed to the council should be made with the pre-encoded deposit slips for Regions or Wachovia banks only. The product sales department cannot identify the blank deposit slips you pick up at the bank that are made without using the pre-encoded deposit slips. Troops that do not have pre-encoded deposit slips should contact the service unit cookie program manager immediately or the product sales department at dharris@gswcf.org or jhall@gswcf.org.

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Cookie Warehouses
Troop cookie program managers can pick up additional cookies at the cookie warehouses listed in the troop cookie manager’s manual using the Warehouse Authorization Card only. The warehouse personnel will not distribute cookies without this authorization card. Please contact your service unit cookie program manager for this card. The warehouse addresses and phone numbers are located in the troop cookie program manager’s manual on pages 22 and 23.

Note: The Brandon warehouse address is correct but the map is incorrect; the address for Blocker Allied should be 2300 31st Street North. Morris Commercial warehouse hours for Monday, Wednesday and Friday are noon – 6 p.m. Please make these changes in your manual.

If you have questions concerning the Cookie Program, please contact the director of product sales.

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E-mail Communications
New! Regularly scheduled e-mail communications will be sent throughout the cookie program. These e-mails will be sent to all girls, leaders and assistant leaders to keep them informed and up-to-date on all the great information available so our cookie program is the absolute best! If you would like to subscribe to these e-mails please click on the button below to update your e-mail preferences and select Cookie News 2009. If you would like to subscribe to these e-mails please click on the button below. You will receive a notice that says you are already on this mailing list, re-enter your e-mail to update your preferences and then select Cookie News 2009.