As I have previously reported, the consumer seems to be getting less product for the same price – especially in this economy. As I recently read on The Comsumerist, I am sorry to say that this truth can now be applied to the sacred institution of Girl Scout cookies. Due to the rising costs of ingredients, you might notice a few changes when you order your cookies this year. According to CBS11:
“But this year, Girl Scout leaders admit something is different about their cookies. The cookie boxes have shrunk and so have the number of cookies in the boxes … But the prices have not changed.â€
Now, I am the last one to give the Girl Scouts a hard time, but seriously, what’s next?? First of all, how much did it cost to completely change the packaging of the cookies – smaller box, smaller trays? That has to account for at least one half Thin Mint right there!
And frankly, I would rather pay a little more for the regular amount of cookies. The standard is the standard, and I will never understand why a company would rather shrink the product than increase the price (but when they do both – ERRRR!).
Am I way off? What was the best thing for the Girl Scouts to do here?Â
To the comments section, Batman!!
And you can buy your smaller-boxed cookies here. See – I do care.
H/t to Baking Bites for the pic.
17 responses so far ↓
1 Hilary // Jan 27, 2009 at 8:35 pm
It must be a tough year for Girl Scout Cookie HQ. I also read that the Kosher symbol was accidentally omitted from many of their boxes which caused its own uproar.
2 Nate // Jan 27, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I bet even the size of the cookie has shrunk.
3 Sassy // Jan 27, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Now I’ll feel even less guilty when I polish off a whole box. Maybe I’ll make it two boxes.
4 DCBlogs » DC Blogs Noted // Jan 28, 2009 at 12:02 am
[...] of So Good asks the quintessential question – Is nothing Sacred? – in examining the changes to Girl Scout [...]
5 lacochran // Jan 28, 2009 at 9:46 am
Those boxes were pretty dang small to begin with. Save the Samoas!
6 Alex // Jan 28, 2009 at 9:50 am
And the latest cookie (the Dulce de Leche, I believe) isn’t all that good either. Much like a corrugated piece of cardboard with some caramel drizzle on top.
7 Joanne // Jan 28, 2009 at 10:03 am
Guess the GS are just following suit with other companies – eg. Peanut butter. It appears the same, but the put a little “dent” in the bottom of the jar which reduces the amount of PB per jar. Trickery! Sheer trickery! I’m with lacochran – SAVE THE SAMOAS!
8 Amy // Jan 28, 2009 at 10:43 am
Or you could make your own!
http://bakingbites.com/2005/10/thin-minties/
When I have hours to spare I’ll certainly try.
bakingandmistaking.blogspot.com
9 Denise Smith // Jan 28, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I just found you from dcBlogs, and I am cracking up. I LOVE food and I LOVE to talk about it, bitch about it, savor it, dream about it…well you get the picture. GS cookies pissed me off long ago. The Samoas are ridiculous. Every year there is one less in the box. This year, if they are actually releasing the fact that they are reducing the contents means what? I get two-one per side? No way.
10 Cary // Jan 28, 2009 at 1:11 pm
sad. what’s great is that this gives me the reason i needed NOT to purchase girl scout cookies.
those peanut butter cookies are delicious (mouth waters, falls off desk lost in cookie dream world…)
11 JT // Jan 28, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Looks like we beat CNN to the punch again!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/28/girl.scout.cookies/index.html
12 Attiya // Jan 28, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Thin Mints >> Dulce de Leche
13 Eats.com - Foodie News Archive // Feb 2, 2009 at 12:51 pm
[...] for Girl Scout cookie season? Good. Now get ready for a little downsizing on them green boxes o Thin Mints. [...]
14 jackie // Mar 10, 2009 at 4:58 am
this makes me so angry!! seriously — way to look stupid. just raise the damn price. i’m boycotting girl scout cookies.
15 BNET Food Blog | Archive for January, 2009 | BNET // Jun 3, 2009 at 1:12 pm
[...] a response to the rising cost of ingredients, according to the organization. [Source: CBS11 via So Good] Katherine Glover is a Minneapolis-based print, radio and online journalist. She’s written for [...]
16 FOOD ALERT! Girl Scout cookie Thin Mints are still smaller, so try this recipe | Web Watch by Web Gangsta // Feb 22, 2010 at 8:16 pm
[...] as the Chicago Sun-Times and others pointed out last year, Girl Scout cookies were getting a bit smaller, perhaps due to the [...]
17 cb // Oct 15, 2012 at 5:47 pm
sounds like a first world problem
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