It\u2019s officially the beginning of Girl Scout cookie season, but it\u2019s the end for two flavors. <\/p>\n
The Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) announced that the \u201cS\u2019mores\u201d and \u201cToast-Yay!\u201d cookies will be discontinued after this year, joining the \u201cRaspberry Rally\u201d flavor in retirement. <\/p>\n
GSUSA is likely hoping that the heads up won\u2019t spark the online frenzy that happened two years ago, when the limited-edition raspberry cookie was more popular than anticipated and boxes were resold on eBay for as much as $30 each. <\/p>\n
The S\u2019mores were introduced in 2017 and the French toast-inspired Toast-Yay rolled out in 2021. GSUSA didn\u2019t reveal the reason for the retirements, but it often refreshes the lineup. <\/p>\n
Sadly, not even Girl Scout cookies are immune from inflation: The price of a box could cost $7 \u2014 an increase of $1 from the last two years. The organization last hiked prices to $6 in 2023, citing \u201crising production and material costs.\u201d Prior to that, the cookies increased in price from $4 to $5 a box in 2015. <\/p>\n
Nationally, the prices range from $4 to $7. However, some specialty products, like its gluten-free cookie varieties, might be priced higher \u201creflecting the cost of production,\u201d the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n
The cookies, which also include the popular Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs, among others, will be sold at booths beginning this week and online at the GSUSA <\/strong>website starting on February 21 through April. <\/p>\n The financially distressed 112-year-old organization recently voted to hike membership prices by 160% over the next two years. <\/p>\n Last September, the National Council voted to hike dues to $45 for the 2026 membership year and again to $65 in 2027. However, that\u2019s a smaller increase than the $85 per scout originally proposed. <\/p>\n Membership dues are the Girl Scouts\u2019 largest source of revenue, generating $38 million in 2023 from nearly 2 million total members. Despite supplementing dues with philanthropy and licensing deals, the organization is losing money, projecting operating losses of $5.6 million in 2024. <\/p>\n Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated how Girl Scout cookie revenue is distributed. It remains with local troops.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n It\u2019s officially the beginning of Girl Scout cookie season, but it\u2019s the end for two flavors. The Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) announced that the \u201cS\u2019mores\u201d and \u201cToast-Yay!\u201d cookies will be discontinued after this year, joining the \u201cRaspberry Rally\u201d flavor in retirement. GSUSA is likely hoping that the heads up won\u2019t spark the online […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}