Do all the proceeds from girl scout cookie sales go back to the troops?

[graffeng]

I can't imagine that it costs that much to keep a girl scout troop going. I remember being in boy scouts and we never had to sell anything. I can't help thinking that someone is making some $ on the side. How much do the bakers bring in? Why don't we just sell the cookies in the grocery store? Is it important for girl scouts to learn capitalism at a young age?

[happymomanna]

vicky Has it Right!!!!

As a Girl Scout and Girl Scout Leader for more than 25 years I can inform the public that the Cookie Money is vital and provides many levels of programs, training and activities for Girl Scouts.

Buy GS Cookies even if you do not eat them--freeze them and give them away for Christmas! The funds do provide more then the public might ever imagine and this is a positive way to support the young people in your community.

[vicky]

With every box sold, approximately 70 percent of the proceeds go to the local girl scout council to support girl scouting.

Of that amount, about 12 to 17 percent goes back to the local troop, which can put that money towards a community service project, field trip or other activity of their choice.

And the balance, about 30 percent off the top, goes right back to the one of the two licensed girl scout cookie bakers, ABC Bakers, a unit of Interbake Foods, and Little Brownie Bakers, although the percentage of net profit is unclear.

if there was no money coming in from sales they have throughout the year then they wouldnt be able to go camping and go on fieldtrips. joining the girlsscouts would be pointless. it goes towards the trips they take when they go carolling (spelling) at christmas time in the senior centers for the little gifts they make to take with them..
the only people making the money is the people high up the actual girl scouts get very little from their efforts
boy scouts do have to sell things dont you remember the popcorn sales? my husband was a boyscout and my oldest son was a boyscout i was in girlscouts...
and boys i think sold more then the girls did. the boys had their popcorn money help out those wooden derby car races those cost quite a bit of money.
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[Caren]

When Girl Scouts sell cookies, I doubt they even think about capitalism. It's about teaching planning, teamwork, finance, organization, communication and goal setting.

From Wikipedia and the Girl Scout Cookie order form:

Profits go to the local Girl Scout Council and individual troops, and is used to pay for events and activities for the Girl Scouts, maintenance of the council's Girl Scout camps and other properties, cookie sale incentives, and Council administration costs. Each council can provide a breakdown showing how cookie money is used in that council (this information is usually printed on the back of the girl's Cookie Order Form).

[Kody W]

No normally scouts only get about 36% of their sales back to them and their troop but you can always ask their leader.