The price was just
23 cents per box of 44 cookies
, or six boxes for $1.24! Girls developed their marketing and business skills and raised funds for their local Girl Scout council. A year later, Greater Philadelphia took cookie sales to the next level, becoming the first council to sell commercially baked cookies.
When were Girl Scout Cookies 50 cents a box?
In
2004
, troops in some areas raised the price 50 cents to $3.50 per box. The increase was made as a result of higher expenses for cookie bakers and an increase in the amount given to each troop per box of cookies sold, The Marshall-Democrat News reported.
Did Girl Scout Cookies go up in price?
For the first time in at least a decade, we will update the price of Girl Scout Cookies
by $1 per box
. The core variety cookies — Thin Mints
What is the cost of Girl Scout Cookies?
All Girl Scout Cookies cost
$5 a box
. This simplifies goal-setting and money management for girls, and makes pricing clearer to consumers.
How much did a box of Girl Scout Cookies cost in 1975?
In 1975, the average cost of a box of Girl Scout cookies in Houston was
$1.25 a box
. Two years later, in 1977, the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council sold one million boxes for the first time.
The price was just
23 cents per box of 44 cookies
, or six boxes for $1.24! Girls developed their marketing and business skills and raised funds for their local Girl Scout council. A year later, Greater Philadelphia took cookie sales to the next level, becoming the first council to sell commercially baked cookies.
How much money does the CEO of Girl Scouts make?
Anna Maria Chavez, the Girl Scouts’ “cookie monster” CEO, isn’t making crumbs. New tax filings peg her yearly salary at
$393,380
— nearly four times the $104,000 she made annually heading a scout council in Texas, and more than her predecessor, Kathryn Cloninger, an eight-year CEO who made $356,911 in 2010.
This year’s prices range from $5 to $6 a box —
each local Girl Scout council
sets their own pricing based on factors that include ingredients, market size and shipping costs, so prices may vary by region, CNBC reported — but those first Girl Scout cookies were sold for just a quarter.
As the cost of baking and transporting the group’s famous sweets shoots through the roof, the Girl Scouts of the USA has decided to package fewer cookies into boxes of Thin Mints
Somewhat unsurprisingly,
Thin Mints
In July 1922, Girl Scout national headquarters published an edition of The American Girl magazine for all Girl Scouts. The issue contained a recipe for a sugar cookie that could be baked and sold to raise funds for local councils. Thus,
the simple sugar cookie
was arguably the first true Girl Scout Cookie.
Today, Girl Scout cookies are produced by
two bakeries
: ABC Bakers (a subsidiary of Interbake Foods, which is owned by George Weston Limited) and Little Brownie Bakers (a subsidiary of Keebler, which is owned by Kellogg’s). The only cookie name shared by both companies is Thin Mints
This past season, the scouts added a French toast-flavored cookie called “Toast-Yay!” In 2020, the new addition was a crispy, lemon-flavored cookie called
Lemon-Ups
, and in 2019, the gluten-free option Caramel Chocolate Chip joined the lineup, both of which were still available in 2021.
What did Trefoils used to be called?
Trefoils are now called
Shortbread
, Tagalongs are Peanut Butter Patties and the Do-si-do is a Peanut Butter Sandwich cookie. The Thin Mint
Caramel Chocolate Chip
.
Lemonades
. Girl Scout S’more (soon to be discontinued)
Girls held their first sale of not just any cookies, but of what they specifically called Girl Scout Cookies in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, in 1933. Those forward-thinking girls learned goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—something that continues to this day.
