The distribution of girl scout cookies has developed and changed over the years of production. At first, they started off in Oklahoma selling only one type of cookie in a specific area. Now, they are world wide and with more than 12 cookies with different recipes. As the world has been advancing, so has the distribution of girl scout cookies. Girl scout cookies have been a huge hit in America and known as America’s beloved cookies.
First of all, girl scout cookies started in 1912. A lady named Juliette Gordon Low started these cookies, then in 1917 the Mistletoe Troops in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They started this bake sale in their high school as a cafeteria service project. In 1922, a writer for the American Girl magazine, named Florence E. Neil, …show more content…
They would sell their cookies at 23 cents per box of 44 cookies. This exercise of selling girl scout cookies would help them develop their marketing and business skills and raise funds for their local Girl Scout council. Next, the Girl Scout organization began the process to license the first commercial baker to produce cookies that would be sold nationwide. From 1933 to 1935 country wide, organized cookie sales grew with Troops in New York and Philadelphia using the cookie selling model to develop the marketing and sales skills of their local troops. In 1933, Girl Scouts in Philadelphia organized their first official bake sale, selling girl scout cookies in windows of local utility companies. In 1936, the National Girl Scout Organization began to license the first commercial baker to produce cookies that would be sold nationwide by the Girl Scout …show more content…
After the war, the shortages of sugar, flour, and butter disappeared and Girl Scout cookies went back to cookie selling. After girl scout cookies came out, the sale of Oreos went down. In 1951, Girl Scout cookies had expanded their variation in cookies. They came out with 3 different types of cookies: Peanut Butter Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints). The distribution of girl scout cookies has also advanced by being sold by girls at tables in shopping malls. Over the time period of six years, the Girl Scouts had evolved by selling a total of four basic cookies: a vanilla-based filled cookie, a chocolate-based filled cookie, shortbread, and a chocolate mint cookie.
During the 1960’s, there was an increase in baby births, also known as Baby Boom. This led the Girl Scout’s to expand their membership and their cookie sales increased significantly. Bakers that were licensed to make girl scout cookies began wrapping cookies in aluminum foil to protect and preserve their freshness. In 1966, there was a variety of cookies including the bestseller, the chocolate mints, now known as thin mints. They translated the senior girl scout handbook into
First of all, girl scout cookies started in 1912. A lady named Juliette Gordon Low started these cookies, then in 1917 the Mistletoe Troops in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They started this bake sale in their high school as a cafeteria service project. In 1922, a writer for the American Girl magazine, named Florence E. Neil, …show more content…
They would sell their cookies at 23 cents per box of 44 cookies. This exercise of selling girl scout cookies would help them develop their marketing and business skills and raise funds for their local Girl Scout council. Next, the Girl Scout organization began the process to license the first commercial baker to produce cookies that would be sold nationwide. From 1933 to 1935 country wide, organized cookie sales grew with Troops in New York and Philadelphia using the cookie selling model to develop the marketing and sales skills of their local troops. In 1933, Girl Scouts in Philadelphia organized their first official bake sale, selling girl scout cookies in windows of local utility companies. In 1936, the National Girl Scout Organization began to license the first commercial baker to produce cookies that would be sold nationwide by the Girl Scout …show more content…
After the war, the shortages of sugar, flour, and butter disappeared and Girl Scout cookies went back to cookie selling. After girl scout cookies came out, the sale of Oreos went down. In 1951, Girl Scout cookies had expanded their variation in cookies. They came out with 3 different types of cookies: Peanut Butter Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints). The distribution of girl scout cookies has also advanced by being sold by girls at tables in shopping malls. Over the time period of six years, the Girl Scouts had evolved by selling a total of four basic cookies: a vanilla-based filled cookie, a chocolate-based filled cookie, shortbread, and a chocolate mint cookie.
During the 1960’s, there was an increase in baby births, also known as Baby Boom. This led the Girl Scout’s to expand their membership and their cookie sales increased significantly. Bakers that were licensed to make girl scout cookies began wrapping cookies in aluminum foil to protect and preserve their freshness. In 1966, there was a variety of cookies including the bestseller, the chocolate mints, now known as thin mints. They translated the senior girl scout handbook into