S/O How do you manage your GS cookie purchases?

For us it’s really unpredictable how many scouts will come hit us up. There used to be a few in the general area but whether they would come to the house or not is hit or miss. Then someone on DH’s bowling team had a kid who was selling them, but that might not be the case anymore. Worst case scenario, they can usually be found at the grocery store on weekends selling from a table at the front of the store, or outside of Walmart. 

The bad part is that after DH brought home about six boxes from the guy at bowling last year, I went to put them away and found 4-5 boxes still in the cabinet from the previous year that we never ate.   Whoops.

I keep thinking one of these years I’m going to grind up a box or two to make cheesecake crust but then I never do.

No GS selling cookies here.
I do place an order for several with my great niece who lives in another state. Her troop had online purchasing made available. If a person wants to do so, the cookies are donated to the local VA hospital and that is where my cookies go.

We also buy 2 from everyone who asks... we live rural so they don't knock door to door... but from work and at the grocery store... i cant resist...

I also buy from every bake sale at the grocery store!!!

When dd was a Scout our neighbor would buy 21 boxes from her. We always went door to door in our neighborhood. I haven’t had anyone come to our door since she left Scouts 10 years ago. We do buy from them at the grocery store.

Yep, that's exactly what I do. Unfortunately one of my husbands friends has a daughter in scouts and he always ends up spending $100 through her in one big purchase

I no longer purchase GS cookies. I'm retired so no co-workers to buy from and no door to door here and I refuse to go in Walmart being compromised and care taker of my 92 year old mother, so I miss the table sales. I do believe Kings and Safeway do not allow cookie selling in front of their stores. But, I don't miss it because the baker for our region sucks. I noticed quality going downhill for several years, but it was this one year when I went to eat a peanut butter one and the top and bottom were not connected. I was shocked to see that each of these cookies were put together with a dime size amount of peanut butter filing. I am not exagerating, it was the size and thickness of a dime. Okay, I got a box that obvioulsy had a machine problem. Next were the Thin Mints. As I was putting the cookie to my mouth, I notice I could see the cookie on the underside. The cookie was not entirely covered in chocolate. Examining them, each cookie was exposing at least 1/3 of the cookie. I thought, man, they are getting cheap, can't even cover the entire cookie any more. lol Well, I wrote the baker for our region and told them about the cookie mishaps and told them I would be embarrassed to produce less than stellar product for such a prominent organization. Maybe I offended them, but the reply I received back from them was we would never put out inferior product for the Girl Scouts. We have excellent quality control. Thank you, have a good day. No sorry you received a batch of cookies the obviously had some machine problems, or we really do strive to do a good job, sorry your box didn't meet our expectations. So with that, it defintiley has helped me not be tempted by the extra calories and carbs that I absolutely do not need.

I don't know that I've ever had anyone come to the door to sell GS cookies. Sometimes other items for school fundraisers, but never GS cookies. I've always bought them from stands or coworkers children (except a couple of years when dd was in Brownies). Never had to manage it, just bought what we wanted and that was it.

you can go online ---find the local gs council and order online, a girl will contact you and tell you why she is selling this year.. and you get a package in mail

For me price isn't the point.  It's about supporting a good cause.

I used to work with a connection, now I don't.  So I order from them online.  I think I ordered 6 boxes last year, and they go straight to the freezer.  I think I still have 3 boxes in the freezer from last year!! 

I'll order 6 more this year and be better about taking them out to eat/share more often.

I buy every time I see girls selling. I also buy fromamNy girls I know selling. This year it is one Scout and I bought a box of each, We don’t always like the new cooKIES, but these girls LOVE orders like that. When my dad was a scout , a coworker of mine would buy a case of Thin Mints every years!

Thin Mints from the freezer are the bomb👍

I don't buy enough to manage.. I usually just buy at the grocery store or sometimes some random co-worker or friend will have them. The most I have ever bought was probably five boxes.

DS who lives with me and my youngest was in the military for 7 years. Let me tell you, Girl Scouts or whoever buys them and send them overseas.. they are good to the military people. At least where my son was stationed. He ended up with cases of cookies very year. He can't even eat them anymore.. lol

How many boxes are in a case and how much are they this year?

Thin mints are what I am asking about.

I usually buy two boxes only, from the first cookie booth I encounter.

I used to be a Girl Scout so I buy, to be supportive.
To be honest, the price for the minimal quantity of cookies received....is high, and not cost effective for those with a smaller and tighter budget.
A package of store bought cookies around the same price as the GS cookies, has 2 to 3 times the quantity.

No plan. A coworker’s daughter is in GS. Bought a four boxes. DH will likely consume the majority of the cookies.