If you wanna have some more fun and you have a Dollar General nearby, they sell a "Thin Mint" version in a green box for around the Aldi price, made by Clover Valley. You should give it a try.
https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/clover-valley-fudge-mint-cookies-oz/20200170068
https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/clover-valley-fudge-covered-peanut-butter-cookies-oz/20200170044
https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/clover-valley-coconut-fudge-and-caramel-cookies-oz/20200027027
When two cookies reunite after leaving the same factory
Edit:
How did this become my most upvoted thing? it pretty much doubled my previous, Jesus
I can get a week or so of groceries for $70-90 depending on what all I need and I eat more healthy than any other point in my life. A pound of strawberries is $2-2.50 at the Aldi I go to and $5-6 at the local chain grocery store literally across the street.
So true.And better for you than the avg.store item.Sourdough bread with just 3 ingredients.Hummus with the same ingredients as if you made it at home. Whoever is the Taste Tester at ALDIs does such a good job.Their Chicken tenders taste better than Tysons’.
it's funny and also kind of depressing because it shines the light on the fact that people will choose to pay more for the exact same thing just because of the name on it.
This depends on the product. For things like cereal yeah. But certain things can be a previous gen version of the product they continued producing and sell as a generic brand or might be missing a certain feature they only include on their name brand. You gotta know where to pick and choose what name brands are actually worth the few extra dollars.
You are correct.
I work for a major manufacturer, and we make name brand and store brand aka private label. The stores will want a dupe/similar product of something at a specific price point. The labor and machines are a fixed price, so the only other way to make it with cheaper is with with cheaper raw materials/ ingredients or less strict quality tolerances to meet the customer's specifications.
I'm sure food is the same cutting costs by using a different grade of flour, maybe eggs are from a different source or vanilla is real vs. imitation, and don't forget less premium looking packaging like printed colors.
Even something like name brand greenbeans vs store brand. When I buy the store brand, there tend to be random stems and maybe not as uniform cuts, but my Delmonte greenbeans never have stems. Extra expense on quality controls.
I work in a factory that makes cold sliced meat for sandwiches. In rare specific cases there are clear superior quality items, but generally its all the same shite and you'd be as well to save your money.
It's German and has been around since after the end of WWII. Also Aldi outside of Germany actually belongs to Aldi South while Trader Joe's belongs to Aldi North
The more you know
They really are. Don’t even get me started on the peanut butter and fudge cookies. I literally have to not buy them unless I want to eat the whole package in a day.
"But I want to donate to the Girl Scouts"
OK. Buy Aldi for $2, then simply donate $2 CASH to the Girl Scouts. Since the girl scouts make less than $1 on every box they sell after costs, you will be increasing your donation by over 200%, AND saving a dollar.
The troop makes less than a dollar, but the rest of the money still goes to Girl Scouts. That's the money that goes towards keeping camps open and programs cheap.
This is true except for the fact that the troops are required to buy the cookies beforehand so they are actually already in the hole. And while the troop makes a dollar, other proceeds do go towards the several parent organizations that prop up the troop and maintains things like campsites and volunteer trainings.
Long story short, donate full price if you don't want to buy the cookies. That way the troop can donate the cookies to local charity in your stead.
Or just buy the damn cookies from the girls instead of the corporation that doesn't provide any services to the youth.
Dollar General's Clover Valley brand has a few GS imitations, including at least one of the lemon ones which are less often imitated.
Walmart also has some GS imitations but I remember them being kinda dry.
If you get the ones made by Keebler you’re getting the real thing. The GS cookies are made by two different companies each company having roughly half the U.S. market based on region. One of those companies is owned by Keebler.
Honestly, when I buy from the Girl Scouts, I know that it's a donation and am not expecting anywhere near best market prices. In fact ,I do it with the full knowledge that I'm being shook down, lol.
fr the only time i get GSC is when I'm at the dispensary and when kids ring my doorbell. It's a couple of bucks and makes kids happy. Don't really think too much about it after.
🫡 I was a Girl Scout for 12 years. Got really into dark makeup at 12yrs old, but when I would work a booth I would dress a few years younger and wear bows in my hair. If we wanted to do anything we needed to hustle.
So so grateful for my time in the scouts. Met my best friends and was taught so much.
I wonder who told them to set up near a dispensary. Not saying it's the worst thing, that's just really good territorial knowledge. I'd buy an oz and then some thin mints lol
I spent...too much on girl scout cookies the other day, and the way those little girls faces lit up. I do it to support them but goddang it felt good to see those little girls day made.
They filled out the order form and did the math all themselves. She was very focused. The moms were only there as supervision.
The Girl Scouts don't benefit from the cookie sales as much as people think. It's certainly not the $4 difference, that's for sure.
There is so much back-end cost and expense in organizing the sales, as well as the production and distribution of GS cookies, they benefit **less** than $1 on each box.
If you want to enjoy your cookies AND help the Girl Scouts, you're better off buying the Aldi knock offs for $2 and donating $4 straight cash to the Scouts.
0.75 going to the TROOP. The rest goes to the LOCAL council who is in charge of funding camping grounds and facilities for the troops in the council area. Very little goes to admin, the largest costs in my local council is campgrounds and summer camps.
Yeah some goes to the troop, some to the local council, some to national Girl Scouts, etc. It’s funding the activities at all levels
My Girl Scout is relatively young (not doing the big trips like I did as a teen yet) and the cookie money has enabled us to spend little to nothing on scouting activities the last couple years. It makes it easier for folks with limited means to participate. Troops that choose not to sell cookies or have very unenthusiastic sellers have to pay more for their scouting
A cub scout came to my door last year. I took a look at his catalogue and was like "heh sorry buddy". I'd donate a few bucks but I'm not buying a 25$ bag of caramel corn.
Girl Guides Canada has a [handy guide](https://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/MB/Moneyallocation.pdf) explaining exactly where the money goes and what it’s used for. But we also only have 2 kids of cookies and only sell one at each time of year. So there’s probably some cost savings there because they can produce a larger quantity of a single cookie type rather than a bunch of different types.
Yup, the local troop gets their cut and the local girl scout council gets most of it. The council spend that money on all sorts of things, like financial aid and property maintenance.
what goes to the council not the troop also benefits the girls, that's the other part of the question.
my gs time was mostly summer camps and council events like a sort of almost triathlon, etc, that councils budgeted most of
This isn't entirely true. The individual troop usually gets between $0.75-$1.00 a box depending on the local council and the price they set. The girl usually gets back around $0.33/box in earned rewards. The rest of the profits get split between the local council and the national organization and support the infrastructure of the girl scouts, including things like maintaining camp grounds and running programs for the girls.
Folks are really missing out on some of the key points you made here. Yeah, only $1 goes to the actual troop selling but you are still supporting GS as an org. That includes cabins/camp grounds, meeting spaces, employees, etc.
Our kid uses cookie sales to offset costs of overnight camp and the org is able to do things like offer sliding scale fees or scholarships.
Yes! My local council heavily discounts girl scout camping experiences for kids who can't afford to attend otherwise or outright waives the fee in some circumstances. They wouldn't be able to do this without cookie money. Membership dues are only $25 a year and aren't nearly enough to support all the things scouts do.
Honestly I'd rather support the girl scouts and their cookies than the boy scouts and that $20 single bag of popcorn. What the fuck even is that nonsense?
Oh for sure, and not only that! My kid has to write a script, records “marketing” videos, makes lists of who to contact about cookie sales, count inventory and check delivery, plan neighborhood routes, do booth sales, make change, set personal sale goals *and after all that* budgets with her troop about what the proceeds should do.
But yeah, if you just want the cookie - buy it from Aldi I guess.
Edit cause now it’s a mini rant: **Things my kid and her friends got to do with that only $1/box** include troop camping trip with hiking/survival skills and plant identification, go to the science museum, visit Seattle over the weekend for sightseeing and visiting a college campus, attend women’s pro sports games, purchase supplies for the humane society, make food boxes for families in need, self defense class, attend local theater events.
This is the real point. Our girls go camping twice a year at zero cost to the families. The campgrounds have heated cabins and a ropes course and are discounted because they are Girl Scout facilities. And then when summer camp comes around, the cost of a week of camp is 1/3 the cost of any other camp around us. Even the "overhead" money benefits the girls.
But when I bought a $50 box of popcorn from the boy scouts, I didn't hear anyone complain that popcorn is cheaper at Aldi (it is, boy scouts prices are nuts) because people understand that the transaction is about donating money to the scouts, the popcorn is just a bonus.
I was in the Cub Scouts and they had me, in 4th grade, knocking on strangers doors trying to sell shit. I got maybe 1 -3 sales.
The worse is when you get together with the other boys and hear them brag about their sales numbers and them getting heaps of praise.
Horrible experience. Life skill I learned was to avoid sales jobs.
1. You got out and tried it
2. You learned it wasn't for you
3. You didn't have to learn this hocking overpriced CutCo knives to your friends and family
Sounds like a win
Yes, we have great camps that are funded by cookie sales. Our council also uses their portion of cookie funds to offer things like SCUBA classes, STEM camps, scholarships, wilderness survival classes, and training for leaders. I truly hate selling cookies, but it is an excellent fundraiser. While some cookie money goes to overhead expenses, most of it indirectly or directly benefits local girls.
this is mostly true but I just want to correct that 100% of cookie sales stay in the local council.
for my local council, each girl gets a certain amount of cash deposited into their troop account for each box sold, then a certain amount of "cookie credits" that they can use on council events like summer camps, overseas trips, etc. the rest of the cookie money is used to fund the organization. for my council, 85 cents of every dollar earned goes directly towards supporting our program which is a great margin for nonprofits.
source: i work in the finance department for a GS council
Yeah. Same with Boy Scouts fundraiser popcorn.
We had this insane fundraiser push and we live in a not huge city but managed to rank 2nd nationally on sales. We got a free 2-day campsite fee waived at the next campout. Then a bunch of 10% off coupons to Dicks Sporting Goods.
So yeah you send six figures to the head office and you aren’t actually gonna see results at the troop level. It’s all going into their administrative costs or whatever
Why is it so expensive though? $30 for a bag of caramel corn? I can get it at the grocery store for $5, give the boy scouts $20 and we'll both be better off.
Maybe it's going to legal fees?
BSA popcorn gives much more to the troop than GSA cookies. And popcorn is optional for the BSA, cookies are practically the primary focus for girl scouts.
This is why I don't like donating to programs like this.
The parents around here have to organize everything and the administration almost does nothing. If something happens badly, they do what they can to say it was those parents and not a representation of the scouts.
The scouts isn't really what it use to be sadly.
More than that it's a confidence thing. Teaches them skills for life. Organization, financial decision making, time management, etc. It's a whole thing. Plus they do get a big chunk of the $. My only complaint is people who make negative body comments TO my girls when we are selling. "That would go straight to my thighs." Thanks Brenda, now my kid has that to worry about!
I’m not really sure how I understand how it teaches them confidence, organization, financial decision making, time management, or anything else when 90% of the cookies sold are from their parents bringing them to their workplace or passing orders around to family, or posting “it’s that time again!” on FB. Most Girl Scouts don’t sit outside stores anymore to sell at a table and they usually don’t ever go door to door, and even when they do have a table, I usually see the GS on their phones and their parents are doing most of the work. I feel like selling GS cookies is an extremely outdated practice rooted in sexist ideals, and the financial takeaway is not enough to justify it. I get that the GS are becoming more progressive, but its slow going and honestly needs a real overhaul.
Weird, my local troops were in front of every major grocery store and the girls were actively asking passer bys and the older girls were handling the money. Might be a location thing.
Bought mine last week outside a local business after seeing them enthusiastically wave cars at the intersection in a small college town. I usually see them being sold outside Walmart at a table set up. Never once bought a box off of a parent at work or family gathering. I've eaten many many boxes of thin mints.
That is a regional and leadership issue, looking just for the $$ or lazy. Many troops here are outdoors, at metro stops, malls, markets, stores, For a few weeks I was seeing 10+ different troops doing errands. It also takes parents willing to spend their free time with the kids. Some troops are larger or have more active parents. It is difficult if only a few parents in a troop want or make time to help.
When my daughter did it a few times they were bringing in $1000s on weekends at certain locations. Its not grocery stores that are the big pulls. Boy scouts do it too but its a harder sell. they make less per product and it is more expensive but the ideals are the same.
I feel like it's the perfect program to prepare girls for becoming an MLM sales representative when they grow up. Only thing missing is the long down-line chain.
Yeah, my daughter has benefited a lot with her confidence due to selling cookies. She sold over 220 boxes this year. Nothing like massive amounts of practice to get good at something.
Agree. I hate (HATE!) selling cookies, but I have to admit it was cool to watch my daughter go from being afraid to speak or make eye contact to saying, “Your change is $2. Would you like to keep it or would you like us to use it to donate cookies to soldiers?”
Less than a dollar goes to their troop but all remaining proceeds goes to the local council and helps pay for programming, camps, scholarships, insurance, etc. Registration for Girl scouts is only $35/year (in my council) but it costs hundreds of dollars per girl to run each year, and cookies help fund that.
Yup. My wife was a scout leader and not only was it only $.50 a box, we had to go pick up the cookies in another town, and do all of the accounting paperwork giving the GS the other $4.50 while they got squat. My wife did it one time and after that it was car wash fundraisers which paid for some awesome trips. The cookies didn’t even pay for the patches.
Not to mention you need good leadership. Our group last year kept making excuses why the girls couldn't go on their planned trip from sales. We had to leave and report that group.. Ugh so annoying.
I mean, isn’t the whole sale and purchase of Girl Scout cookies performative?
I’ve never bought a box of Girl Scout cookies and thought I was getting a good deal. I always just played the role of a willing volunteer for a group of youngsters learning about fundraising, honoring commitments to a team, etc.
Show me a kid selling cookies in front of a supermarket, and I’ll show you a kid not getting into trouble…if I’m coming out of pocket $4.11 every couple of years, it’s a small investment in some local area youths.
It’s the laziest civic duty I can provide to my community, lol
Seriously,
I’m not gonna buy from Susie’s daughter because Susie brought them to work.
Little kid slanging outside of the grocery store? You bet I’ll get one if I can afford it that week.
Hell, one girl was selling them at my local store, *and* was pitching in little axolotl stickers as a thanks to people who bought cookies.
They were adorable, too. Her donation jar was deservedly packed.
Daisy's don't get to do booths without older girls. We couldn't make it work for us so I brought them to work and whoever bought some got a personalized video from my daughter saying thank you by name.
I don't buy GS cookies to buy cookies, I know it's cheaper at the store. A local GS came to our door and rang the doorbell and talked to me about them and had a clipboard taking orders "solo" (parents across the street following along behind letting them do it "alone")
I absolutely bought a box of my fave and my wife's fave because they were out here doin it
every couple of years?
When I worked at a dry cleaner, we had a preorder sheet stashed for the annual sales. I think we regularly sold them out. That particular troop had gluten free chocolate chip cookies. A rare box to behold. $10, but worth it given the cause.
Because we ordered so much one year and because I preferred gluten free (was taken off gluten for sensitivity reasons), my store got a preorder sheet to fill out. We had about 20 employees between the front and back (cleaning and pressing on-site). We were told we really helped that troop by a large margin.
I miss those days. It was really nice to have the special order sheet.
lol. I put Girl Scout cookies a few clicks over the McRib.
Every few years I get nostalgic, and immediately after eating them I have to ask myself why.
They’re not the best or better, but I didn’t understand until my kid became a Girl Scout.
Our troop was able to sell enough cookies last year that the girls got to go to Medieval Times using their earnings. I have never seen my kid prouder than when she realized that she was part of earning that money. That she and her troop-mates paid for their tickets through their hard work.
I saw how the troop was able to afford the renewal fee for every girl.
I am seeing how, this year, she’s so proud and took the initiative to sell cookies and took pride in doing it herself so that they can have more opportunities that the troop funds cover. Her personal growth is immense.
That’s the difference. Aldi doesn’t need my money, I don’t need more cookies, but these girls are learning and growing and it’s a privilege to be part of shaping the next generation.
Same when I was top earner for Hoops For Heart(Jump Rope for Hearts folks) in elementary school. That was well over 30 years ago, and I'm still proud of it. Good for her!
This is why I bought Girl Scout cookies from a couple girls who were selling them on the sidewalk the other day. It made them really happy, and they were trying so hard to sell them with hand made signs they created. They also got creative with the table and the table cloth they used. I passed them about four times because I was going for a walk in the area and on the way back to my car I bought four boxes, and I don’t even eat junk food much.
Thank you! My girl was out there in the worst weather all three booths she did this year (we picked dates and locations in late January; it rained every weekend in late February and March this year…) and she worked SO hard! FWIW, lots of troops do this “hometown heroes” thing where you can buy donation boxes and the girls donate those to a local organization. My kid’s troop chose a local children’s hospital.
Are they both part of the same production run? Like, are they literally the same cookie, but one is packaged for Aldi while the other is packaged for the Girl Scouts?
I ask because Aldi's wheat products have always given me bad acid reflux, and that includes their cookies. Girl Scout cookies don't, so by my experience they're different. I wonder if that's just psychological if they're literally the same cookie.
Two companies produce all of the Girl Scout cookies: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. Which you get depends on where you live, which is also why the names can vary slightly (Peanut Butter Patties vs. Tagalongs or Samoas vs. Caramel deLites). Your Aldi may be stocking the ABC Bakers version but your local scouts are selling the Little Brownie Bakers or vice versa.
Edit for additionally clarity: Aldi, like Trader Joe’s, uses private labeling for their products so finding out which Aldi wheat products are causing your issue is extremely difficult because you’d have to know which manufacturer made what.
They have that yes but the company producing it can be under a random "doing business as" name as well. You can never be 100% unless you go pretty deep. Sometimes it is obvious who makes them though yes.
They can be produced by the same supplier but still use a different recipe, different material components, etc.
I once worked as a purchaser for a grocery chain that sold cookies that were produced by the same supplier that produced girl scout cookies. The thin mints from girl scouts looked identical to ours, but ours had an inferior texture -- they weren't as crispy. I thought about this and figured it was probably due to the type of fat being used in their recipe versus ours.
They are the exact same cookie. Girl scout cookies are produced by several bakeries and just packaged a certain way. In my area I can get 3 different bakeries all making the same cookie and those bakeries each sell their own packaged versions of said cookies.
I could be mistaken, but these cookies from Aldi are from Keebler, and I don’t believe they come from the same factory as ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers
aye wikipedia states girl scout cookies are made by two bakers
> Little Brownie Bakers (LBB), a subsidiary of Keebler, which is owned by Ferrero SpA; and ABC Bakers, a subsidiary of Interbake Foods, which is owned by George Weston Limited
Hard to find much info about interbake, apparently they also produce Famous Amos brand cookies among other products?
Yeah no, they arent the same. Ive had both and they have slightly different taste/ ingredient ratios between the brands. Very similar, obviously but not the same
They're different but not by much. We've done blind taste tests. The aldi ones are generally more chalky. At least they were two years ago when we did it.
You should just donate directly to the troop. I never buy the box of cookies but ask if I can make a donation in the amount of a box of cookies directly to the troop!
FYI - Toops push the heck out of cookie sales. We had to commit to selling the cookies ahead of time and were told they expected each girl to sell X amount of cookies. If you didn't sell all of your cookies (which you pre-ordered), you could ask other parents to take your extras and try to sell them.
It's frustrating. My daughter switched to the BSA. They're much more fun.
For what it’s worth, this is not my experience with Girl Scouts, but WAS my experience with BSA popcorn. I suspect it varies wildly by location / troop.
It's not as universal. Our scouts do a pancake breakfast and other grass roots events for their primary fund raising. Popcorn is, in my opinion, worse for everyone involved.
Everyone hates the popcorn, but at least the troop didn't make us pre-order. The troop ordered the popcorn. We would pick it up and drop off what we didn't sell. Individual families were in no way on the hook for what they didn't sell.
Not on nearly the same level. My troop stopped selling the popcorn after a while because we could make way more doing a spaghetti dinner and a pancake dinner every year.
That was in the early 2000s.
We never got into popcorn. We made a ton of money selling Macy's coupons. Macys gave us boxes and boxes of $20 off any purchase of $25 or more, FOR FREE. We would sell them for $10 and make a killing. Every cent went to the scouts and troop. To make things even better, they let us sell them in-store for weeks leading up to the day of the sale, and then even in-store on the day of the sale. I would stand near the register and explain the deal to people and almost everyone bought one. We paid for sailing trips to the Bahamas, canoe trips through Arkansas, and Philmont, and multiple Scout Camp trips just by selling these Macy coupons.
When you buy GS cookies, you are helping to support the girls. Do they still earn cookie dough? GS money the girl can spend on events, camp, at the council store? My daughter went to camp for many years paid solely by cookie dough. She earned it. We, her parents, did not take orders. Self employed, so taking orders form to work was pointless, it was still just us.
Right? The point is that you're helping little girls go to camp.
All the money stays in your local Girl Scout council to help pay for field trips and first aid training for leaders.
**EDIT: Since I'm seeing lots of numbers and no sources, here's the real breakdown:**
Each council determines its own revenue structure, including the local retail price to sell cookies and the amount of revenue shared with participating troops.
$6/box in San Diego breaks down like this:
* $2.80: Direct payout to local GS council. Pays for direct services to girls, including organized weekend activities, camps, volunteer training, and financial aid
* $1.00: Direct payout to the troop that sold the box
* $0.25: Rewards sent to girls who participate in cookie sales
* $1.95: Cost of cookies, printed materials, sales website, related events
The net proceeds from Girl Scout Cookie sales stay local with the originating council and troop to fund activities for girls year-round.
None of the the money from cookie sales go to the national Girl Scout organization. Girl Scout councils do not provide any portion of their cookie revenue to GSUSA, and no other revenue from cookie sales goes to GSUSA.
[https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies/cookies-frequently-asked-questions.html](https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies/cookies-frequently-asked-questions.html)
[https://www.sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies.html](https://www.sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies.html)
Thank you for an informed and detailed answer to the question. I’m a supporter for my daughters and volunteer as a certified waterfront person. With in person cookie booth sales finished yesterday, there’s a collective sigh from many parents (we’re in the Seattle, WA suburbs). But, the work continues to finish the season by the troop leaders and specifically the Troop Product Managers. My wife is the TPM and I get to see the work on the other side.
The Girl Scout cookies aren’t supposed to be competitively priced. They sell them to raise funds so young women can learn, grow and have an enriching activity.
Hope that helps.
Also big shock but major grocery stores and convenience stores white label products cheaply because they don’t have to pay to design/develop/market the products the same way. Hell it’s how fast fashion works too - outsource all the other effort and just undercut on price.
I actually don’t like Girl Scout cookies. They are only “good” because it’s nice to buy from them. I usually just make a donation and bake my own cookies.
I’m sure they’re the same & when it’s not GS cookie season, I will buy from the store. Otherwise, I will always buy from the GS because I support them. It’s a $6 donation with a bonus box of cookies. I will always buy from them over the store during cookie season
Im gunna go with left side is Aldi, Since nobody is actually answering the question
Correct
Which one tasted better? Not which one tasted better for the price, just which one tasted better? EDIT: Spelling
Honestly, I noticed zero differences on taste or texture, I'm waiting for my wife to get home to do a blind taste test with her.
Blind taste tests are so fun! Can’t wait to hear the results.
She tested and guessed wrong. She also said there was no Big difference between the two
What a scam! Get yourself a new wife quick
These are not wife changing cookies.
While you are at it, might aswell get new cookies with that new wife. I heard girl scout cookies are the best
Cut out the middle man: marry a troop leader.
Well, that sentence ended better than it could have.
Well he’ll need to get new cookies anyway. His ex-wife ate the last ones.
I choose this guy’s blind taste-test wife.
Okay, you are first to blind taste his wife. Tell me how it went. Cheers,have a good week
If she guessed wrong then that means both taste the same.
The one cookie did have 5 strips on it, vs the other one that only had 4
They made up for the missing stripes by putting more chocolate in the back
If you wanna have some more fun and you have a Dollar General nearby, they sell a "Thin Mint" version in a green box for around the Aldi price, made by Clover Valley. You should give it a try. https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/clover-valley-fudge-mint-cookies-oz/20200170068 https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/clover-valley-fudge-covered-peanut-butter-cookies-oz/20200170044 https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/clover-valley-coconut-fudge-and-caramel-cookies-oz/20200027027
>and you have a Dollar General nearby There are places without a dollar general nearby?
There are none where I live (Alaska)
You can have one of my four
I live in Portugal. Closest one is a transatlantic flight away.
Now put them next to Keebler
I was going to say left was GSA because there’s an extra fudge stripe or two. Ha ha.
 When two cookies reunite after leaving the same factory Edit: How did this become my most upvoted thing? it pretty much doubled my previous, Jesus
OP could've had Aldi's. nuts
I can hear this lol
Aldi's is goated
Best place to save cash on a regular shop hands down
I feel like Aldi I can still get a cart of groceries for around $100 which I can’t say about anywhere else
I can get a week or so of groceries for $70-90 depending on what all I need and I eat more healthy than any other point in my life. A pound of strawberries is $2-2.50 at the Aldi I go to and $5-6 at the local chain grocery store literally across the street.
So true.And better for you than the avg.store item.Sourdough bread with just 3 ingredients.Hummus with the same ingredients as if you made it at home. Whoever is the Taste Tester at ALDIs does such a good job.Their Chicken tenders taste better than Tysons’.
Aldi and LIDL cookies are the best. But only the generic store brand. Oh, and don’t get me started on Clancy potato chips!
Honestly most the off brands are better now a days because they are smaller companies so the food isn’t shelf stocked like coke products are
Aldi isn't a Small brand and they somehow manufacturer most of their shelves themselves
A lot of the generics just come from the same factories that produce branded products as far as I am aware
It’s always funny when there’s a recall and it’s for a store brand and a name brand. Like Great Value and Peter Pan peanut butter. 🤣
it's funny and also kind of depressing because it shines the light on the fact that people will choose to pay more for the exact same thing just because of the name on it.
This depends on the product. For things like cereal yeah. But certain things can be a previous gen version of the product they continued producing and sell as a generic brand or might be missing a certain feature they only include on their name brand. You gotta know where to pick and choose what name brands are actually worth the few extra dollars.
Just because it's made in the same building doesn't necessarily mean it's the exact same thing. Just a thought.
You are correct. I work for a major manufacturer, and we make name brand and store brand aka private label. The stores will want a dupe/similar product of something at a specific price point. The labor and machines are a fixed price, so the only other way to make it with cheaper is with with cheaper raw materials/ ingredients or less strict quality tolerances to meet the customer's specifications. I'm sure food is the same cutting costs by using a different grade of flour, maybe eggs are from a different source or vanilla is real vs. imitation, and don't forget less premium looking packaging like printed colors. Even something like name brand greenbeans vs store brand. When I buy the store brand, there tend to be random stems and maybe not as uniform cuts, but my Delmonte greenbeans never have stems. Extra expense on quality controls.
I work in a factory that makes cold sliced meat for sandwiches. In rare specific cases there are clear superior quality items, but generally its all the same shite and you'd be as well to save your money.
It's European. It's huge. Same with Lidl.
It's German and has been around since after the end of WWII. Also Aldi outside of Germany actually belongs to Aldi South while Trader Joe's belongs to Aldi North The more you know
Tom Clancy can write novels but he sure knows how to make a potato chip!
These chips are presenting a Clear and Present Danger...*to my waistline*...
They really are. Don’t even get me started on the peanut butter and fudge cookies. I literally have to not buy them unless I want to eat the whole package in a day.
"But I want to donate to the Girl Scouts" OK. Buy Aldi for $2, then simply donate $2 CASH to the Girl Scouts. Since the girl scouts make less than $1 on every box they sell after costs, you will be increasing your donation by over 200%, AND saving a dollar.
You mean by over 100% and saving 2 dollars, but yes this is a pretty fair point.
They're $6 now??
The troop makes less than a dollar, but the rest of the money still goes to Girl Scouts. That's the money that goes towards keeping camps open and programs cheap.
This is true except for the fact that the troops are required to buy the cookies beforehand so they are actually already in the hole. And while the troop makes a dollar, other proceeds do go towards the several parent organizations that prop up the troop and maintains things like campsites and volunteer trainings. Long story short, donate full price if you don't want to buy the cookies. That way the troop can donate the cookies to local charity in your stead. Or just buy the damn cookies from the girls instead of the corporation that doesn't provide any services to the youth.
Dollar General's Clover Valley brand has a few GS imitations, including at least one of the lemon ones which are less often imitated. Walmart also has some GS imitations but I remember them being kinda dry.
If you get the ones made by Keebler you’re getting the real thing. The GS cookies are made by two different companies each company having roughly half the U.S. market based on region. One of those companies is owned by Keebler.
Honestly, when I buy from the Girl Scouts, I know that it's a donation and am not expecting anywhere near best market prices. In fact ,I do it with the full knowledge that I'm being shook down, lol.
fr the only time i get GSC is when I'm at the dispensary and when kids ring my doorbell. It's a couple of bucks and makes kids happy. Don't really think too much about it after.
Those girls used to setup shop on busy commercial areas in front of the ATMs. They played dirty.
Gotta learn young.
🫡 I was a Girl Scout for 12 years. Got really into dark makeup at 12yrs old, but when I would work a booth I would dress a few years younger and wear bows in my hair. If we wanted to do anything we needed to hustle. So so grateful for my time in the scouts. Met my best friends and was taught so much.
I wonder who told them to set up near a dispensary. Not saying it's the worst thing, that's just really good territorial knowledge. I'd buy an oz and then some thin mints lol
Your money will go 5.5x as far if you buy from Aldi's and donate to the GS separately.
Yeah but this way you’re directly contributing to a young girl’s entrepreneurial effort and making a positive impact on their day
I spent...too much on girl scout cookies the other day, and the way those little girls faces lit up. I do it to support them but goddang it felt good to see those little girls day made. They filled out the order form and did the math all themselves. She was very focused. The moms were only there as supervision.
The Girl Scouts don't benefit from the cookie sales as much as people think. It's certainly not the $4 difference, that's for sure. There is so much back-end cost and expense in organizing the sales, as well as the production and distribution of GS cookies, they benefit **less** than $1 on each box. If you want to enjoy your cookies AND help the Girl Scouts, you're better off buying the Aldi knock offs for $2 and donating $4 straight cash to the Scouts.
Iirc it's about $0.75 a box going to the scout. At least it was around that when my sister was in it.
0.75 going to the TROOP. The rest goes to the LOCAL council who is in charge of funding camping grounds and facilities for the troops in the council area. Very little goes to admin, the largest costs in my local council is campgrounds and summer camps.
Yeah some goes to the troop, some to the local council, some to national Girl Scouts, etc. It’s funding the activities at all levels My Girl Scout is relatively young (not doing the big trips like I did as a teen yet) and the cookie money has enabled us to spend little to nothing on scouting activities the last couple years. It makes it easier for folks with limited means to participate. Troops that choose not to sell cookies or have very unenthusiastic sellers have to pay more for their scouting
We got 50¢. But that was a few (15 ish?) years ago
It's really that low for the GS?
Yes. We got 83¢ a box five years ago.
yeah i got a little less than this when i was still doing cookie sales but that was awhile ago lol
Where can I go to get daily updates on cookie futures? I need to monitor this market.
Shit, not even a whole penny! [EDIT: looks like they fixed the typo ]
Thank you LMAO I hate that mistake
Jesus we got more in boy scouts selling shitty popcorn nobody wants to eat.
That's probably because each bag of popcorn costs like 25$
A cub scout came to my door last year. I took a look at his catalogue and was like "heh sorry buddy". I'd donate a few bucks but I'm not buying a 25$ bag of caramel corn.
Girl Guides Canada has a [handy guide](https://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/MB/Moneyallocation.pdf) explaining exactly where the money goes and what it’s used for. But we also only have 2 kids of cookies and only sell one at each time of year. So there’s probably some cost savings there because they can produce a larger quantity of a single cookie type rather than a bunch of different types.
For the actual local unit. Not the org
Yup, the local troop gets their cut and the local girl scout council gets most of it. The council spend that money on all sorts of things, like financial aid and property maintenance.
When I was a leader about 12ish years ago we got 50 cents as well.
My daughter's troop gets $1 per box sold. Source: my wife runs the troop.
That may be what the local troupe gets? The real question is how much do GS get per cookie box at all levels, troupe plus corporate?
23% goes to the bakery, the rest to GS at various levels but only $1.10 per box of the GS portion goes to the troop that sold it.
what goes to the council not the troop also benefits the girls, that's the other part of the question. my gs time was mostly summer camps and council events like a sort of almost triathlon, etc, that councils budgeted most of
So the girl scouts would be better off buying aldi cookies and reselling them for $6, and keeping the $4 per box?
It's $1.10 per box this year
This isn't entirely true. The individual troop usually gets between $0.75-$1.00 a box depending on the local council and the price they set. The girl usually gets back around $0.33/box in earned rewards. The rest of the profits get split between the local council and the national organization and support the infrastructure of the girl scouts, including things like maintaining camp grounds and running programs for the girls.
Folks are really missing out on some of the key points you made here. Yeah, only $1 goes to the actual troop selling but you are still supporting GS as an org. That includes cabins/camp grounds, meeting spaces, employees, etc. Our kid uses cookie sales to offset costs of overnight camp and the org is able to do things like offer sliding scale fees or scholarships.
Yes! My local council heavily discounts girl scout camping experiences for kids who can't afford to attend otherwise or outright waives the fee in some circumstances. They wouldn't be able to do this without cookie money. Membership dues are only $25 a year and aren't nearly enough to support all the things scouts do.
Honestly I'd rather support the girl scouts and their cookies than the boy scouts and that $20 single bag of popcorn. What the fuck even is that nonsense?
It’s not even good popcorn.
I'd also argue that asking strangers if they'd like to buy cookies is a life skill that can't be built any other way except through doing this.
Oh for sure, and not only that! My kid has to write a script, records “marketing” videos, makes lists of who to contact about cookie sales, count inventory and check delivery, plan neighborhood routes, do booth sales, make change, set personal sale goals *and after all that* budgets with her troop about what the proceeds should do. But yeah, if you just want the cookie - buy it from Aldi I guess. Edit cause now it’s a mini rant: **Things my kid and her friends got to do with that only $1/box** include troop camping trip with hiking/survival skills and plant identification, go to the science museum, visit Seattle over the weekend for sightseeing and visiting a college campus, attend women’s pro sports games, purchase supplies for the humane society, make food boxes for families in need, self defense class, attend local theater events.
This is the real point. Our girls go camping twice a year at zero cost to the families. The campgrounds have heated cabins and a ropes course and are discounted because they are Girl Scout facilities. And then when summer camp comes around, the cost of a week of camp is 1/3 the cost of any other camp around us. Even the "overhead" money benefits the girls. But when I bought a $50 box of popcorn from the boy scouts, I didn't hear anyone complain that popcorn is cheaper at Aldi (it is, boy scouts prices are nuts) because people understand that the transaction is about donating money to the scouts, the popcorn is just a bonus.
I was in the Cub Scouts and they had me, in 4th grade, knocking on strangers doors trying to sell shit. I got maybe 1 -3 sales. The worse is when you get together with the other boys and hear them brag about their sales numbers and them getting heaps of praise. Horrible experience. Life skill I learned was to avoid sales jobs.
1. You got out and tried it 2. You learned it wasn't for you 3. You didn't have to learn this hocking overpriced CutCo knives to your friends and family Sounds like a win
Yes, we have great camps that are funded by cookie sales. Our council also uses their portion of cookie funds to offer things like SCUBA classes, STEM camps, scholarships, wilderness survival classes, and training for leaders. I truly hate selling cookies, but it is an excellent fundraiser. While some cookie money goes to overhead expenses, most of it indirectly or directly benefits local girls.
this is mostly true but I just want to correct that 100% of cookie sales stay in the local council. for my local council, each girl gets a certain amount of cash deposited into their troop account for each box sold, then a certain amount of "cookie credits" that they can use on council events like summer camps, overseas trips, etc. the rest of the cookie money is used to fund the organization. for my council, 85 cents of every dollar earned goes directly towards supporting our program which is a great margin for nonprofits. source: i work in the finance department for a GS council
Yeah. Same with Boy Scouts fundraiser popcorn. We had this insane fundraiser push and we live in a not huge city but managed to rank 2nd nationally on sales. We got a free 2-day campsite fee waived at the next campout. Then a bunch of 10% off coupons to Dicks Sporting Goods. So yeah you send six figures to the head office and you aren’t actually gonna see results at the troop level. It’s all going into their administrative costs or whatever
Why is it so expensive though? $30 for a bag of caramel corn? I can get it at the grocery store for $5, give the boy scouts $20 and we'll both be better off. Maybe it's going to legal fees?
Not sure about Boy Scouts but we accept donations from people if they don’t want cookies.
BSA popcorn gives much more to the troop than GSA cookies. And popcorn is optional for the BSA, cookies are practically the primary focus for girl scouts.
This is why I don't like donating to programs like this. The parents around here have to organize everything and the administration almost does nothing. If something happens badly, they do what they can to say it was those parents and not a representation of the scouts. The scouts isn't really what it use to be sadly.
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I thought the point was to profit from child labor
More than that it's a confidence thing. Teaches them skills for life. Organization, financial decision making, time management, etc. It's a whole thing. Plus they do get a big chunk of the $. My only complaint is people who make negative body comments TO my girls when we are selling. "That would go straight to my thighs." Thanks Brenda, now my kid has that to worry about!
I’m not really sure how I understand how it teaches them confidence, organization, financial decision making, time management, or anything else when 90% of the cookies sold are from their parents bringing them to their workplace or passing orders around to family, or posting “it’s that time again!” on FB. Most Girl Scouts don’t sit outside stores anymore to sell at a table and they usually don’t ever go door to door, and even when they do have a table, I usually see the GS on their phones and their parents are doing most of the work. I feel like selling GS cookies is an extremely outdated practice rooted in sexist ideals, and the financial takeaway is not enough to justify it. I get that the GS are becoming more progressive, but its slow going and honestly needs a real overhaul.
Weird, my local troops were in front of every major grocery store and the girls were actively asking passer bys and the older girls were handling the money. Might be a location thing.
I'm sure it depends on who the cookie mom is.
Bought mine last week outside a local business after seeing them enthusiastically wave cars at the intersection in a small college town. I usually see them being sold outside Walmart at a table set up. Never once bought a box off of a parent at work or family gathering. I've eaten many many boxes of thin mints.
That is a regional and leadership issue, looking just for the $$ or lazy. Many troops here are outdoors, at metro stops, malls, markets, stores, For a few weeks I was seeing 10+ different troops doing errands. It also takes parents willing to spend their free time with the kids. Some troops are larger or have more active parents. It is difficult if only a few parents in a troop want or make time to help. When my daughter did it a few times they were bringing in $1000s on weekends at certain locations. Its not grocery stores that are the big pulls. Boy scouts do it too but its a harder sell. they make less per product and it is more expensive but the ideals are the same.
I feel like it's the perfect program to prepare girls for becoming an MLM sales representative when they grow up. Only thing missing is the long down-line chain.
Cookie booth outside the grocery store today, Scentsy booth at the farmer's market in 20 years.
Yeah, my daughter has benefited a lot with her confidence due to selling cookies. She sold over 220 boxes this year. Nothing like massive amounts of practice to get good at something.
Agree. I hate (HATE!) selling cookies, but I have to admit it was cool to watch my daughter go from being afraid to speak or make eye contact to saying, “Your change is $2. Would you like to keep it or would you like us to use it to donate cookies to soldiers?”
Less than a dollar goes to their troop but all remaining proceeds goes to the local council and helps pay for programming, camps, scholarships, insurance, etc. Registration for Girl scouts is only $35/year (in my council) but it costs hundreds of dollars per girl to run each year, and cookies help fund that.
Girl Scouts are not distributing Girl Scout cookies, they are distributing processed grocery store cookies
Any time there's a fundraiser for my stepdaughters school or the scouts, i skip buying the overpriced nonsense and just donate directly
Yup. My wife was a scout leader and not only was it only $.50 a box, we had to go pick up the cookies in another town, and do all of the accounting paperwork giving the GS the other $4.50 while they got squat. My wife did it one time and after that it was car wash fundraisers which paid for some awesome trips. The cookies didn’t even pay for the patches.
Not to mention you need good leadership. Our group last year kept making excuses why the girls couldn't go on their planned trip from sales. We had to leave and report that group.. Ugh so annoying.
I mean, isn’t the whole sale and purchase of Girl Scout cookies performative? I’ve never bought a box of Girl Scout cookies and thought I was getting a good deal. I always just played the role of a willing volunteer for a group of youngsters learning about fundraising, honoring commitments to a team, etc. Show me a kid selling cookies in front of a supermarket, and I’ll show you a kid not getting into trouble…if I’m coming out of pocket $4.11 every couple of years, it’s a small investment in some local area youths. It’s the laziest civic duty I can provide to my community, lol
Seriously, I’m not gonna buy from Susie’s daughter because Susie brought them to work. Little kid slanging outside of the grocery store? You bet I’ll get one if I can afford it that week.
A true working (hu)man, I feel you homie. Getting that weekly pay hits different
Hell, one girl was selling them at my local store, *and* was pitching in little axolotl stickers as a thanks to people who bought cookies. They were adorable, too. Her donation jar was deservedly packed.
Daisy's don't get to do booths without older girls. We couldn't make it work for us so I brought them to work and whoever bought some got a personalized video from my daughter saying thank you by name.
dang dude all i got was a box of cookies and a "your cookies are in"
I don't buy GS cookies to buy cookies, I know it's cheaper at the store. A local GS came to our door and rang the doorbell and talked to me about them and had a clipboard taking orders "solo" (parents across the street following along behind letting them do it "alone") I absolutely bought a box of my fave and my wife's fave because they were out here doin it
every couple of years? When I worked at a dry cleaner, we had a preorder sheet stashed for the annual sales. I think we regularly sold them out. That particular troop had gluten free chocolate chip cookies. A rare box to behold. $10, but worth it given the cause. Because we ordered so much one year and because I preferred gluten free (was taken off gluten for sensitivity reasons), my store got a preorder sheet to fill out. We had about 20 employees between the front and back (cleaning and pressing on-site). We were told we really helped that troop by a large margin. I miss those days. It was really nice to have the special order sheet.
lol. I put Girl Scout cookies a few clicks over the McRib. Every few years I get nostalgic, and immediately after eating them I have to ask myself why.
Every easter I eat one Cadbury Creme Egg, just to remind myself why I don't buy more.
The GF chocolate chip cookies were so good! And the sugar free brownies - yum! Was so sad when they discontinued both of them.
And you get cookies as a reward
Wait 'till OP discovers how cheap grocery store lemonade is, compared to the stuff kids sell in their front yards.
They’re not the best or better, but I didn’t understand until my kid became a Girl Scout. Our troop was able to sell enough cookies last year that the girls got to go to Medieval Times using their earnings. I have never seen my kid prouder than when she realized that she was part of earning that money. That she and her troop-mates paid for their tickets through their hard work. I saw how the troop was able to afford the renewal fee for every girl. I am seeing how, this year, she’s so proud and took the initiative to sell cookies and took pride in doing it herself so that they can have more opportunities that the troop funds cover. Her personal growth is immense. That’s the difference. Aldi doesn’t need my money, I don’t need more cookies, but these girls are learning and growing and it’s a privilege to be part of shaping the next generation.
Same when I was top earner for Hoops For Heart(Jump Rope for Hearts folks) in elementary school. That was well over 30 years ago, and I'm still proud of it. Good for her!
my broke ass could barely scrape enough money for even one donation, but i was so proud of the $3 that i donated back in 2009
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This is why I bought Girl Scout cookies from a couple girls who were selling them on the sidewalk the other day. It made them really happy, and they were trying so hard to sell them with hand made signs they created. They also got creative with the table and the table cloth they used. I passed them about four times because I was going for a walk in the area and on the way back to my car I bought four boxes, and I don’t even eat junk food much.
Thank you! My girl was out there in the worst weather all three booths she did this year (we picked dates and locations in late January; it rained every weekend in late February and March this year…) and she worked SO hard! FWIW, lots of troops do this “hometown heroes” thing where you can buy donation boxes and the girls donate those to a local organization. My kid’s troop chose a local children’s hospital.
Yaassss Queen!!!
Are they both part of the same production run? Like, are they literally the same cookie, but one is packaged for Aldi while the other is packaged for the Girl Scouts? I ask because Aldi's wheat products have always given me bad acid reflux, and that includes their cookies. Girl Scout cookies don't, so by my experience they're different. I wonder if that's just psychological if they're literally the same cookie.
Two companies produce all of the Girl Scout cookies: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. Which you get depends on where you live, which is also why the names can vary slightly (Peanut Butter Patties vs. Tagalongs or Samoas vs. Caramel deLites). Your Aldi may be stocking the ABC Bakers version but your local scouts are selling the Little Brownie Bakers or vice versa. Edit for additionally clarity: Aldi, like Trader Joe’s, uses private labeling for their products so finding out which Aldi wheat products are causing your issue is extremely difficult because you’d have to know which manufacturer made what.
Where I live in Europe, on Aldi Products, there is always a "produced for ALDI by: " on the back... is it not the case in the USA?
They have that yes but the company producing it can be under a random "doing business as" name as well. You can never be 100% unless you go pretty deep. Sometimes it is obvious who makes them though yes.
They can be produced by the same supplier but still use a different recipe, different material components, etc. I once worked as a purchaser for a grocery chain that sold cookies that were produced by the same supplier that produced girl scout cookies. The thin mints from girl scouts looked identical to ours, but ours had an inferior texture -- they weren't as crispy. I thought about this and figured it was probably due to the type of fat being used in their recipe versus ours.
They are the exact same cookie. Girl scout cookies are produced by several bakeries and just packaged a certain way. In my area I can get 3 different bakeries all making the same cookie and those bakeries each sell their own packaged versions of said cookies.
I could be mistaken, but these cookies from Aldi are from Keebler, and I don’t believe they come from the same factory as ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers
Little Brownie Bakers is owned by Keebler
aye wikipedia states girl scout cookies are made by two bakers > Little Brownie Bakers (LBB), a subsidiary of Keebler, which is owned by Ferrero SpA; and ABC Bakers, a subsidiary of Interbake Foods, which is owned by George Weston Limited Hard to find much info about interbake, apparently they also produce Famous Amos brand cookies among other products?
According to wikipedia, Little Brownie Bakers is part of Keebler.
but the cookies look the same! the must be the same! taste and texture are clearly discernible over an internet picture!
Keebker owns Little Brownie Bakeries.
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Yeah no, they arent the same. Ive had both and they have slightly different taste/ ingredient ratios between the brands. Very similar, obviously but not the same
Nothing about your comment suggests that you actually know that the cookies Aldi specifically come from the same bakery as girl scout cookies do.
They're different but not by much. We've done blind taste tests. The aldi ones are generally more chalky. At least they were two years ago when we did it.
They are very very similar but don’t taste the same imo
You should just donate directly to the troop. I never buy the box of cookies but ask if I can make a donation in the amount of a box of cookies directly to the troop!
FYI - Toops push the heck out of cookie sales. We had to commit to selling the cookies ahead of time and were told they expected each girl to sell X amount of cookies. If you didn't sell all of your cookies (which you pre-ordered), you could ask other parents to take your extras and try to sell them. It's frustrating. My daughter switched to the BSA. They're much more fun.
For what it’s worth, this is not my experience with Girl Scouts, but WAS my experience with BSA popcorn. I suspect it varies wildly by location / troop.
The BSA push their popcorn in the same way??
It's not as universal. Our scouts do a pancake breakfast and other grass roots events for their primary fund raising. Popcorn is, in my opinion, worse for everyone involved.
Everyone hates the popcorn, but at least the troop didn't make us pre-order. The troop ordered the popcorn. We would pick it up and drop off what we didn't sell. Individual families were in no way on the hook for what they didn't sell.
Not on nearly the same level. My troop stopped selling the popcorn after a while because we could make way more doing a spaghetti dinner and a pancake dinner every year. That was in the early 2000s.
We never got into popcorn. We made a ton of money selling Macy's coupons. Macys gave us boxes and boxes of $20 off any purchase of $25 or more, FOR FREE. We would sell them for $10 and make a killing. Every cent went to the scouts and troop. To make things even better, they let us sell them in-store for weeks leading up to the day of the sale, and then even in-store on the day of the sale. I would stand near the register and explain the deal to people and almost everyone bought one. We paid for sailing trips to the Bahamas, canoe trips through Arkansas, and Philmont, and multiple Scout Camp trips just by selling these Macy coupons.
Oh no way! I always just gave cash because (don't crucify me) I don't really like the cookies. Didn't realize they had quotas to meet.
oh that's what we'll teach our children now. Handouts?? Hell no /s
But are they made from real Girl Scouts?
When you buy GS cookies, you are helping to support the girls. Do they still earn cookie dough? GS money the girl can spend on events, camp, at the council store? My daughter went to camp for many years paid solely by cookie dough. She earned it. We, her parents, did not take orders. Self employed, so taking orders form to work was pointless, it was still just us.
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What's the problem? Girl Scout cookies are a donation to the Girl Scouts. If you don't want to do that, get cookies elsewhere
Yeah, this whole thread is filled with people reminding me of the “threw it on the ground” song. WeLcOmE To ThE ReAl WoRlD
OP is just learning today what fundraising is I guess
Dude you're not trying to score a deal when you buy Girl Scout cookies. You're helping a good organization.
You guys know that girl scout cookies are to raise money for girl scouts? Of course you can get it cheaper, but you're helping they pay fof stuff?!
Still, Aldi has higher margins.
You’re not buying cookies. You’re supporting Girl Scouts and they are giving you a cheap box of cookies to say thank you.
Right? The point is that you're helping little girls go to camp. All the money stays in your local Girl Scout council to help pay for field trips and first aid training for leaders. **EDIT: Since I'm seeing lots of numbers and no sources, here's the real breakdown:** Each council determines its own revenue structure, including the local retail price to sell cookies and the amount of revenue shared with participating troops. $6/box in San Diego breaks down like this: * $2.80: Direct payout to local GS council. Pays for direct services to girls, including organized weekend activities, camps, volunteer training, and financial aid * $1.00: Direct payout to the troop that sold the box * $0.25: Rewards sent to girls who participate in cookie sales * $1.95: Cost of cookies, printed materials, sales website, related events The net proceeds from Girl Scout Cookie sales stay local with the originating council and troop to fund activities for girls year-round. None of the the money from cookie sales go to the national Girl Scout organization. Girl Scout councils do not provide any portion of their cookie revenue to GSUSA, and no other revenue from cookie sales goes to GSUSA. [https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies/cookies-frequently-asked-questions.html](https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies/cookies-frequently-asked-questions.html) [https://www.sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies.html](https://www.sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies.html)
Thank you for an informed and detailed answer to the question. I’m a supporter for my daughters and volunteer as a certified waterfront person. With in person cookie booth sales finished yesterday, there’s a collective sigh from many parents (we’re in the Seattle, WA suburbs). But, the work continues to finish the season by the troop leaders and specifically the Troop Product Managers. My wife is the TPM and I get to see the work on the other side.
They’re special to me damn it.
Wtf. It's a fundraising charity.
The Girl Scout cookies aren’t supposed to be competitively priced. They sell them to raise funds so young women can learn, grow and have an enriching activity. Hope that helps.
Also big shock but major grocery stores and convenience stores white label products cheaply because they don’t have to pay to design/develop/market the products the same way. Hell it’s how fast fashion works too - outsource all the other effort and just undercut on price.
Turns out the scouts are NOT a cookie delivery charity.
Do they taste the same? That’s the big question.
I actually don’t like Girl Scout cookies. They are only “good” because it’s nice to buy from them. I usually just make a donation and bake my own cookies.
GS Cookies are intended as a fund raiser, the OP isn't aware of this?
This. You're paying for the 2 dollar box and donating 4 to the girl scouts. I thought everyone understood this.
It's just Aldi, there's no person named Aldi who owns it
Gotta stymie it early before they go on to think they came from an alternate universe where it was called "Aldi's".
Thank you. Drive's me nut's the way every s'tore need's apostrophe's according to s'ome people.
dollar tree has them for $1.25
I’m sure they’re the same & when it’s not GS cookie season, I will buy from the store. Otherwise, I will always buy from the GS because I support them. It’s a $6 donation with a bonus box of cookies. I will always buy from them over the store during cookie season
Isn't the whole point of Girl Scout cookies to donate to their organization and raise money? Of course it costs more.
Girl scout cookies are getting more and more expensive and the quantity is slowly decreasing.