First the sweatshops and employee discrimination, now Wal-Mart is selling impostor Thin Mints and Tagalongs.
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Bakingbites.com Just in time for your sweets-banning New Year's resolutions, the Girl Scout troops are back this month, armed with cookie order forms. You know you want some. But if you're watching the expenses or hydrogenated oils, or just can't wait until the actual boxes show up this spring, Baking Bites has recipe spin-offs for some favorites (Thin Mint, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, and Tagalongs). While it would shatter the image of magical elves or fairies faraway shaping each Thin Mint or sprinkling coconut onto each Samoa, these might, gasp, taste better, while still looking authentic. Are you cutting back on Girl Scout cookies this year, for economical or local food activism reasons? Related Death of the Girl Scout Cookie? Girl...
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Founded in 1912, the Girl Scouts are pushing their 100th anniversary. But with few camp sites offering internet access and iPhone reception, and first aid badges losing hipness, the organization is fighting to remain relevant. With membership falling, the Girl Scouts hired a management consulting team and came up with one solution: de-emphasize the cookies. Apparently they want to be associated with more 21st century girl power, which doesn't leave room for the sweet snacks. Wait. Shouldn't cookies be associated with every era? And hope? And happiness? Since when does cutting them fix anything? Not to mention the entrepreneurial skills involved in selling cookies. November is usually prime time for the pigtailed brigade to go door-to-door and sweet-talk you...
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15-year old Jennifer Sharpe sold 17,323 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies in one season, more than any other Girl Scout has ever sold in the same time period. What's the secret? Manning her own temporary Girl Scout Cookies booth every day of the week probably had something to do with it—that's serious dedication....
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For the first time, the Girl Scouts are selling 100-calorie packs in a flavor they've baptized Cinna-Spins.
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