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Jan 20, 2009 7:25 am US/Central
Economy Downsizing Girl Scout Cookies
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
Every year Girl Scouts work hard to try to sell as many boxes as they can.
"You can go on trips, and it can help pay for your trips," said Girl Scout Abby Mullan.
But this year, Girl Scout leaders admit something is different about their cookies. The cookie boxes have shrunk and so have the number of cookies in the boxes.
"It's shorter. It's smaller. It's an ounce less," laughs customer Suzanne Taylor.
But the prices have not changed.
"I could have bought a big thing of Oreos for three bucks," adds other customer Wendy Smoot.
Colleen Walker, the CEO for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, said they had to do it.
"Cocoa, sugar and flour have gone up a minimum of 30 percent in the last year."
So the leaders were down to three choices. They could use cheaper products, charge more or slice off a cookie or two.
"We had to take the lesser of the three evils," said Walker.
But Girl Scouts have a solution for the new packaging and Abby offers this advice: "Buy more boxes so you can get more cookies."
Girl Scout leaders want families to remember cookies are the Scouts' connection to the communities they help serve and eventually lead in some cases.
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