Even the Girl Scouts Can’t Escape Inflation as Troops Raise Cookie Prices
A Girl Scouts chapter in upstate New York this week announced it would increase its cookie prices this season due to rising costs, following other chapters that made similar decisions last year.
The Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson chapter announced in a letter this week to troop members and parents that it will raise prices for all its cookies to $6 during its January to April sales season from $5, an 18% increase. Some specialty cookies like S’mores and Toffee-Tastic were already priced at $6.
“In order to combat rising production and material costs, GSHH will be increasing the price of all cookie packages to $6.00,” the chapter’s interim CEO Helen Wronski wrote in the letter obtained by CNN. “We expect our neighboring councils to announce similar increases in the coming weeks and months.”
The letter said that the chapter and its supplier, Little Brownie Cookies, "are not immune to inflation, and costs have risen for all aspects of the business."
Other chapters in New York, Louisiana and California raised their cookie prices during last year's selling season by the same amount.
"Each of our 111 Girl Scout councils sets local Girl Scout Cookie prices based on several factors," a Girl Scouts of the USA spokesperson told The Messenger in an emailed statement. "In some instances, councils are faced with the tough decision to raise the prices, though prices have remained steady in many areas for a number of years."
The Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson chapter did not respond to a request for comment by The Messenger.
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