Girl Scout Troop 2702 annual cookie sale presentation. Not sure what the policy is on sales? Check here! It's all in the slideshow!

1. Everything You Wanted to Know But Were
Afraid to Ask

2. Troop 2702 Cookie Chairs
Rachelle Whiteman 817-929-2388
Lindsay Foster 817-475-7467
Text messaging during business hours only.
Messages will be returned AFTER business hours.
(8-3 for Lindsay; 8-6 for Rachelle)

3. Troop 2702 Cookie Chairs
Contact the Troop Cookie Chairs with ANY questions
regarding the cookie sale.
Signing an M-3 receipt or a Cookie Sales Permission
Slip commits the signee to paying for ANY and ALL
cookies which are checked out to that individual.
Do NOT sign an M-3 for any other individual. Cookie
Chairs (or their representatives) will not accept an M-
3 signed on “behalf” of another individual.
In other words, if you sign for the cookies, the cookie
credit AND responsibility is YOUR Scout’s… not
someone else’s!

4. What Cookies Do We Sell?

5. VARIETIES 2016

6. NAME CHANGE?
Sometimes you are asked for a cookie you don’t
recognize. As there are two bakers who provide Girl
Scout Cookies, you might hear these names (which are
the trademarked names of Little Brownie Baker – NOT
our cookie supplier).Little Brownie Baker
(The other Girl Scout cookie supplier)
ABC Baker
(GS-TOP Supplier)
Do Si Dos Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Tag Alongs Peanut Butter Patties
Samoas Caramel deLites
Trefoils Shortbread

7. How Do I Get My Scout’s
Cookies? (aka Pick Up)

8. PICKING UP COOKIES
Cookies NOW!
(aka “Zoo” Cookies)
 Pick up 12 cases of
cookies at the FW Zoo
on one of two days -
January 15th or 16th
 You are responsible
for the 12 cases of
cookies (144 boxes)
 There will NOT be a
Troop table top. You
are welcome to set up
a table top and sell
your cookies on your
own.
 Cookies NOW! Money
and/or cookies due in
by Saturday, January
Troop Cookie Cupboard
 Pick up cookies at the
Troop distribution date
(Wednesday, January
20th) based on the
Cookie Depot
distribution.
 You are responsible
for any cookies picked
up.
 Unsold cookies due in
by February 17th or
you purchase them for
your Scout.
 All money is due in by
February 26th
 Additional cookies
available upon turn in

9. 12 Cases as listed below; NO
exchanges, substitutions, or deletions.
All money or cookies MUST be
exchanged, returned or paid to Troop
by Jan 19th.
3 Thin Mints
2 Caramel DeLites
2 Peanut Butter Patties
2 Lemonades
1 Peanut Butter Sandwiches
1 Shortbread
1 Thanks A Lots

10. YIKES! My Cookies Aren’t Selling! What Do I
Do?
(aka Exchanging or Returning)

11. EXCHANGING COOKIES
 Go to our Facebook Group
 Facebook Post should read:
 WANTED (Cookie Type) (# of boxes)
 EXCHANGE (Cookie Type) (# of boxes)
 RETURN (Cookie Type) (# of boxes)
 Please EXCHANGE cookies that are not selling for
ones you need to fill orders BEFORE you ask for
additional cookie orders from the cupboard.
 Please RETURN cookies that are not selling to the
Troop cookie cupboard.

12. How Much?
(aka Money Matters)

13. COST/MONEY
$4.00 per box (Trios Gluten-Free are
$5.00 per box)
12 boxes per case so a case is $48.00
Cash, check, or major credit card is
accepted as payment.
We MUST have a current driver’s license
and current contact phone number on
each check accepted.
Checks are payable to Girl Scouts.
The Troop has four (4) credit card
scanners.

14. M-3 Slips – DO
Remember!
M-3 slips are YOUR receipt and proof:
 That you checked OUT money
 That you turned IN money
 That you checked OUT cookies
 That you turned IN cookies
 That you checked OUT/IN credit card scanner
Save your M-3s!

15. M-3 Slips – DON’T
Remember!
M-3 slips are NOT processed at:
Troop meetings (These are the girls’ times to meet – not to
conduct individual or group financial business transactions.)
Table Tops (These are the girls’ times to conduct their
collective business. Do NOT mix individual transactions and
group transactions; this causes balance sheet issues.)

16. Why Is My Scout Doing This?
(aka Purpose & Recognition)

17. PURPOSE
Entrepreneurship skills
Leadership skills
Financial awareness and budgeting
skills
All Scouts earn recognition toward
their financial literacy badges.

18. How May My Scout Sell Cookies?

19. WAYS TO SELL
Table Top (Direct to Customer) Sales
Take Order (Cookie Order Form) Sales
Cold Calling Sales
Phone Sales
Internet Sales (Note: Using the internet order system
does NOT process an order for your Scout. Orders
placed on the website are forwarded to the phone
bank and should be followed up by a Scout. At this
time, we cannot process an order via the internet.)
Door to Door Sales (Note: Scouts should NEVER be
allowed to sell door to door alone. Please accompany
your Scout(s) or send her with a buddy to sell
cookies.)

20. COCOmobile App
COCOmobile FREE
mobile app designed
for girls—
Set and track Cookie Sale goals
Take and manage orders
Track recognitions earned and
Track order payment and
delivery status with their Apple®
iPhone®, iPad®, or iPod touch®.

21. Where Are Scouts Permitted To
Sell?
 Girl Scouts may only sell cookies in the counties in the
Fort Worth Area of Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma
Plains. Those counties include: Hill, Hood, Johnson,
Parker, Somervell and Tarrant. This is true for both
door-to-door sales and booth sales.
 Workplace sales are allowed IF a parent/guardian’s
primary workplace is located outside these boundaries.
 Booth sales are NOT allowed outside of your area.

22. Table Top Sales Information

23. Remember the Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be
honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
and to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.
When selling cookies, we expect that
members and representatives of
Troop 2702 will honor the Law in ALL
ways.

24. TABLE TOP SALES 1
Cookies NOW! (January 15-16, 2016)
offers Scouts the opportunity to get cookies
in hand one week earlier than those waiting
for a Troop Depot pick up and thereby get a
head start. Individual Scouts may arrange
their own direct to customer sales following
their Cookies NOW! pick up.

25. TABLE TOP SALES 2
Table Top Sales are organized by the
Troop
Table Top Sales require a minimum of two
(2) Scouts to be held.
If there are not two (2) Scouts registered at
least 72 hours prior to the table top, it will
be cancelled.
Any registered Scout may check out
cookies from the cupboard to cover a
cancelled table top and host an individual
sale. All cookies checked out will be the
responsibility of the Scout and will be

26. TABLE TOP SALES 3
Table Top Sales are posted on the Troop’s
Facebook events calendar due to
previous“raiding” of our Troop calendar.
Troop leadership may add additional dates.
All Table Top Sales sign ups are first
come/first reserved. Please check the Troop
Facebook page about the most up-to-date
times & locations.
Scouts who make initial contact for a Table
Top will be given FIRST PRIORITY and
CHOICE for time slot. (In other words, if you
bring the contact to Troop leadership, you

27. TABLE TOP SALES 4
Cookie/money discrepancies will be the
responsibility of the Scout(s) and her
parent or guardian. The Troop does not
cover cookie/money discrepancies.
There will be NO cookie sign outs or
returns at Table Tops. (Nothing that
requires an M-3 will occur at a Table Top
sale!)
Scouts MUST be accompanied by a
parent or guardian AT ALL TIMES. (If
you leave the table top, your Scout
leaves with you.)

28. TABLE TOP SALES 1st SHIFT
First shift Scouts & parents/responsible
adults will be responsible for:
Picking up the money bag, table top
inventory, and supplies the NIGHT
BEFORE the scheduled table top AT A
SCHEDULED TIME.
Arriving at the table top location at least
five minutes prior to scheduled start time
to set up.
Notifying location management, if
necessary, of Troop 2702’s arrival.
(Check Facebook Events calendar for
details regarding management

29. TABLE TOP SALES LAST SHIFT
Final shift Scouts & parents/responsible adults
will be responsible for:
Returning the money bag, table top inventory
(closing), and supplies within one hour or at the
scheduled Close/Counting Appointment of the
table top completion.
Notifying location management, if necessary, of
Troop 2702’s departure. (Check Facebook
Events calendar for details regarding
management notification.)
Counting all table top funds with Troop
leadership before they will be excused.
Checking in all inventory with Troop leadership
before they will be excused.

30. TABLE TOP SALES - SHIFT CHANGE
At change of shift, inventory count
MUST be taken and recorded.
Any shift with a discrepancy will
be the shift held responsible for
the discrepancy.
Do not count money at shift
change – COUNT INVENTORY!

31. Table Top Tips

32. TABLE TOP SALES TIPS
Successful table top (direct to customer)
sales include:
Scouts who have eaten before
they arrive or who have a light
snack to eat during the table top
Scouts who are well rested and
ready to promote cookie sales
Scouts who have used the
restroom or bathroom facilities

33. TABLE TOP SALES TIPS 2
Successful table top (direct to customer) sales
include:
Scouts who are dressed appropriately for the
weather conditions (hats, mittens, layers of
clothing, double socks, boots or other weather
appropriate footwear, windbreaker, rain gear,
etc.)
Scouts who are energetic and enthusiastic
Note: Scouts who are not actively participating
in cookie sales will be asked to leave and will
be replaced by other Scouts. Our previous
years’ sales tracking proves that Scouts who
are sitting DO NOT sell cookies…this lowers

34. TABLE TOP SALES TIPS 3
Successful table top (direct to customer) sales include:
(continued…)
Tracking cookie sales as they occur. Attempting to
match money with cookies or “back counting” throws
off the cookie to money count.
Breaking down case boxes and save them if that
flavor’s case is emptied. These are used to cross
check total sales. Please do not throw away empty
cases.
Separating cookie money and Troop to Troop
donations. All “keep the change” requests should be
placed in the Troop to Troop donations can. Any
donation or “tip” is not for the individual Scout – it is a
Troop to Troop donation! Put all T2T in the Ziploc

35. What Else Haven’t I Asked?
(aka Other Important Information)

36. WHAT’S for SALE?
ONLY COOKIES!
Do not sell props or decorations
Do not sell posters
Do not sell signage or banners
Do not sell your Scout
SELL COOKIES ONLY!

37. WHICH LOCATION?
Troop Cupboard
 Turn in money
 Exchange cookies
 Get more cookies
At Table Top
 Sell cookies
 Collect money
 Collect T2T donations

38. STORAGE
Store cookies where they aren’t exposed
to:
High heat (NO garages or cars!)
Direct sunlight
Dampness (use cardboard under cookies if stored on
concrete)
Potential water exposure – heavy rain, freezing pipes
Strong odors – moth balls, cedar chips, gasoline
Ants – it won’t take them long to find the cookies
Dogs and young siblings who love cookies!

39. TROOP CUPBOARDS
For respecting the Troop Leadership’s time
with their families
For understanding that the Troop Leadership
also has Scouts who are participating in cookie sales
For calling ahead to make sure that the Troop
cupboard is available
For making and keeping an appointment to
pick up cookies from the Troop cupboard
For calling to let the Troop cupboard know if
you are running late or will not make your appointment

40. TIMELINE
Jan. 15-16 – Zoo pick up/Cookies NOW!
Jan. 20-22– General troop cookie pick up
Jan. 25 – 100% money and/or cookies due
for any Cookies NOW!
Feb. 2 – 50% of money due in for additional
cookies
Feb. 16– 75% of money due in for additional
cookies. Return UNSOLD cookies no later than
Thursday, Feb. 14th to Troop for disbursement.
Feb. 25 – 100% of money and/or cookies due
in.
Sale ends FEBRUARY 28, 2016

41. MORE QUESTIONS?
Images in this presentation are courtesy of Scout Mom’s Scribbles

42. Thank you and
good luck on your
2016 Cookie
Sales!

43. VERIFICATION
SUBJECT: 2016 Cookie Presentation
(Scout’s Name)
NOTICE: By viewing this presentation the
viewer agrees:
That he/she has read and understands
the information presented in this
presentation.
That he/she is responsible for all
information contained within this
presentation.
That he/she agrees to abide by Troop
2702 cookie sales policies and
procedures.
That he/she will bring any complaint,