girl-scouts

Buying Girl Scout Cookies With Fake Money Is The Lowest Of The Low
So you're jonesing for some Thin Mints and hey, a Girl Scout comes around willing to sell you some. It doesn't matter if you need those cookies like Jersey Shore needs canceling, it is very bad form, not to mention illegal, to give a girl in green counterfeit money. More »

Locate The Nearest Girl Scout Cookies With Your Smartphone
As you sit at your desk, are you wondering if it is possible for you to somehow acquire Girl Scout cookies right now? Maybe you can. The Girl Scouts' cookie-sales locator website or their Android or iPhone apps can help you to find the nearest boxes of fundraisey goodness available: or at least tell you how long you have to wait. More »

Girl Scouts Add New "Good Credit" And "Finance" Badges
The Girl Scouts just finished their first redesign of their badges in 25 years, adding several new ones that will appeal to Consumerist readers. More »

Girl Scouts Open Pop-Up Shops In NYC
The Girl Scout are going through a modernization revamp, and it tastes delicious. Besides testing out accepting credit cards via smartphone, they have also opened up several "pop-up" shops in each of the five New York boroughs. That's right, a physical location that you can drive to to purchase Thin Mints, Tagalongs and Samoas that has regular business hours. And unlike the front of a grocery store, they're inside a building. Here's a list of their cookie depots, which will be open until May 5. If one of these was opened in your town, would you frequent it?

Woman Robs Girl Scout Of $92
A 7-year-old Girl Scout and her mom set up shop selling cookies at a Florida shopping center when a woman in her 30s allegedly decided that she preferred a wad of cash to Thin Mints. Police say the woman swiped $92 and sped off in her car. More »

Weird-Tasting Girl Scout Cookies Recalled
Some Girl Scout cookies have been recalled because they "contain oils that may be breaking down which can result in an off taste and smell." Fortunately, only the lemon creme sandwich cookies were affected, and nobody likes those anyway. More »

Walmart Rips Off Girl Scout Cookies

—>Walmart is selling cheap knockoffs of Girl Scout signature Thin Mint and Tagalongs cookies, says a former Cookie Mom and blogger CV Harquail. She writes, "It's not discriminating against women, strong-arming suppliers, polluting neighborhoods or racing to the bottom of the China Price. No, this time, it's closer to home, and in my case, really close to home. This time ... Walmart is knocking off the Girl Scouts."  More »

Evil, Evil Person Steals $800 From Cookie-Selling Girl Scouts

—>The news just keeps getting worse for the Girl Scouts. First some jerk started paying for cookies with fake money — now some guy in a ski mask robbed some Girl Scouts who were selling cookies outside of a grocery store in Alaska.  More »

Girl Scout Cookie Sales Are Down, And Some Jerk Is Paying With Fake Money

—>Delicious though they may be, Girl Scout Cookies are not recession-proof. Sales are down by as much as half according to one troop leader.  More »

Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Girl Scout Cookies

—>Sad news for lovers of the Thin Mint — you'll be paying the same amount for fewer cookies this year.  More »

Girl Scout Cookies Are Tax Deductible. Sort Of.

—>If you're planning on buying lots of Thin Mints this year (and if you're not, there's something deeply wrong with you) you're probably wondering if the cookies are tax deductible.   More »