- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Millions of Girl Scout cookies have gone unsold this year — and it’s not because of thinning demand for Thin Mints.
Girl Scouts of the USA said it will be forced to donate or sell 15 million boxes before their expiration date runs out in 12 months as local troops nationwide canceled their sales routes this year for COVID safety reasons, according to a report.
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“This is unfortunate, but given this is a girl-driven program and the majority of cookies are sold in-person, it was to be expected,” spokesperson Kelly Parisi told the Associated Press.
In normal times, the 109-year-old group sells some 200 million boxes a year that generate $800 million in sales that are used for programming and camps.
But some Girl Scouts leaders say there are other reasons for the glut of Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. They point to declining membership in the civic organization — about 1.7 million in 2019,…
