4. • 2011-12 Program Goals
• Continue Cookie University
• Expand Cookie Program Aide
• Expand Cookie Corps
• 2012 Sales Goals
• 6% increase in cookie sales over 2011 sale
• 2% increase in participation over 2011 sale
5. How do we sell cookies?
Booth
Sales
Online
Marketing
Direct Sales/
Order taking
6. Important Cookie Program Dates
Cookie Sales Begins January 6 , 2012
Cookies Now! events January 7, 2012
Girls sell cookies to January 6 – February
customers. 19, 2012
7. How the Cookie Crumbles
22% - Troop/Girl
• Girl Recognitions and Cookie Bucks
• Troop Profit
30% - Cookie Cost and Sale Expense
48% - Girl Scout Services
• Program and resource materials
• Facilities, including camps
• Financial aid for membership needs
• Program events
• Staff who support girls and volunteers
8. Safety First!
SAFEGUARDING SAFEGUARDING
GIRLS MONEY
• ADULT • GIRLS TURN IN
SUPERVISION MONEY REGULARLY
• DAYLIGHT HOURS • USE RECEIPTS TO
• FOLLOW SAFETY TRACK PRODUCT
CHECKPOINTS AND MONEY
• DON’T CARRY LOTS • TROOPS DEPOSIT
OF CASH CASH FREQUENTLY
• ADHERE TO
ONLINE SAFETY
GUIDELINES
9. Money Matters
Selling Price
$3.50 /package
Troop Proceeds
.55 /package
.60 /package –(C,S,A only – option with
no recognitions)
10. What Is Returning In 2012
5 Core Business Skills
Goals for Service Units
Service Unit Bonus
Cookie Calculator
Going Green with Troop Manuals
12. Service Unit Bonus
Structure
Why does it matter?
What will the bonus do for
the Service Unit.
13. Money Matters!
In 2011 Texas Oklahoma Plains
troops earned
$1,365,876.45
in troops proceeds from the Cookie Sale!
14. Money Matters!
In 2011 Texas Oklahoma Plains
Service Units earned
$40,118.10
in bonuses from the Cookie Sale!
15.
16.
17. What Is New In 2012
Snap Upgrades
Streamlined reports for Service Units and
Troops to view.
Transfer cookies by flavor
Service Units and Troops will no longer be
able to add or delete girls’ names. Girl
registration information will be uploaded from
the Council registration software.
Booth Scheduler
Booth Locator
18. Booth Scheduler
Council Secured Cookie Booth Locations
Cookie Booth locations that are secured by the Council.
Troops will request a set number of locations through
the Booth Scheduler in SNAP.
Round 1: Fort Worth Region will be November 15 -27,
each troop may select two locations.
Round 2: Fort Worth Region will be December 1 -10,
each Troop may select two locations.
Round 3: Fort Worth Region will be January 6 to
February 19th, troops may secure unlimited locations.
Clean up Sales for these locations will also be available
starting January 6.
19. Booth Scheduler
Council Secured Cookie Booth Locations
Notifications
Cookie Booth process will be run through SNAP.
Emails will go out from SNAP to notify Troops which booth
location/date/time they have received.
Troop Cookie Chair will need to print the email confirmation
and have it with him/her on the day of the Cookie Booth
as confirmation of their Booth date/time/location.
Note: Troop Cookie Chairs must complete their Profile in
SNAP, or they will not receive an email notification about their
booth assignments.
20. Troop Cookie Booth
Troops are encouraged to secure Cookie Booths on their own,
in addition to Council Secured locations.
Troops should include cookies for their booth sales for the first
two weeks in their initial order.
Troops should request cookies at least one week prior to their
booth sale.
When a troop has a troop secured date/time/location they
need to go into SNAP through the Booth Scheduler and
―Request a New Location‖.
Troop Cookie Chairs will receive a confirmation email for their
booth request.
23. 1) From the Snapshot screen within the Calendar
2) Within the Schedule Booth Sales page under the
Cookies Icon
24. Booth Locator
Potential customers can go to the GS-TOP or
GSUSA website and enter their zip code for
booth locations .
Any Council Secured or Troop Secured Booth
Locations within that zip code will pop up
showing the address and location on a map.
Potential customers can then go during those
time periods to purchase Girl Scout Cookies.
25.
26. Booth Sales verses Clean up Sales
Are ways to sell directly to the public.
Booth Sales held January 7 – February
19
Troop earns .55 cents per package sold.
Clean up Sales are the 3 weekends after
the sales ends
Troops earns $ 1.00 per package sold.
Variety and assortments vary based on availability.
Why Participate?
27. Booth Etiquette Pledge
Some Examples of what is in the Booth Etiquette Pledge
We will not complain about any of the rules that a business sets and
will promise to follow them.
When a double booking occurs at a business, troop volunteers will
demonstrative the Girl Scout Promise and Law and come up with a
mutually agreed upon solution to the problem demonstrating sound
business ethics to the Girl Scouts.
As a troop we will be identifiable as Girl Scouts and wear a
Membership Pin, uniform or other Girl Scout clothing and have neat
and clean appearances.
At all times we are a representative of Girl Scouts of Texas
Oklahoma Plains, Inc. and will obey and live by the Girl Scout
Promise and Law.
28. It’s As Easy As…
Training your Troop Cookie Chairs in your
Service Unit
29. • What is the Key to Cookie Sale Success?
• It’s as easy as…….
30. Always Set Goals
Girl Planning
• Creates environment for
success
• Teaches valuable life skills
• Motivates girls by
personalizing goals
• Set troop and individual
goals, it’s a team thing!
35. Be @ parent meeting
• Family support is essential – Parent Permission Signed
• Helps family adults ―see‖ benefits for their daughter
• 5 Business-building skills that last a life time
– Goal Setting
– Decision Making
– Money Management
– People Skills
– Business Ethics
36. Family Planning Meeting
Review the 5 Business Skills
Review Key Dates
Talk about Safety
Review Products and sample the Shortbread cookie
Have girls share troop goals
Set up troop cookie network
Talk about other resources on web
Have Fun!
37. Key Points for Family
Training
Have
FUN!
How To
Get Help
Online
Resources
Skill Building
Goals
Cookies
Safety
Dates
38. Communicate!
Girl/Adult Partnership
• Girls who set goals sell 37% more cookies
than girls who don’t
• Hold troop progress meetings
– Keep girls excited
– Help with problem-solving
• Communicate throughout the sale
39. Do Have Booth Sales
• Girls who go beyond friends & family sell over
35% more
• 88% of folks who are asked to buy cookies do
so
• But only 60% of folks are ever asked!
• Win-win for girls, family adults and
consumers
• Girl can sell 30 to 40 packages of cookies per
hour.
40. Booth Sale Support
Traditional
venues
Grocery Stores
Retail Stores
$3.50
box
FUN IDEAS
Hair and nail salons
High school and college athletic
events
Churches
Cookie caravans
ht
Office buildings afternoon breaks
Hold a ―Cookie Garage Sale‖
Think outside the cookie box!
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dissemination or copying of all or part of this material by any other party is strictly prohibited and is subject to the economic espionage act of 1996.
42. As Easy as…….
Always set Goals
Be sure to have a
Parent Meeting
Communicate
throughout the sale
Do have Booth
Sales
43. MM
$2.5
$1.5
$1.0
$0.5
$0
This material has been prepared by Interbake Foods solely for the internal use of customer and contains confidential and trade secret information. The use,
dissemination or copying of all or part of this material by any other party is strictly prohibited and is subject to the economic espionage act of 1996.
51. Before the Sale
Where do I get information on troops that will
participate?
What materials will troops need to make the sale
successful?
How will I set up for delivery day?
Reserve your delivery location
Seek Volunteers
Recheck delivery location and volunteers the
week of delivery
Assign Volunteers Tasks
52.
53.
54. Action: T=Troop
C=Cupboard
B= Bank
Troop is checked as Active
D=Delivery Station
Double check that the
information is correct
Check or change Contact and email
information
56. Why and how do we manage inventory?
Who owns the cookies in your Service
Unit?
Assisting New Troops with Initial Orders.
Assisting existing Troops with Initial
Orders.
Planning for Service Unit Cupboard.
Troop planning for first two weekends on
Cookie Orders
57. How do SU Goals Relate to
Inventory Management?
Why are you the Service Unit Cookie
Chair?
No really – Why?
Inventory management (YOU!!)
Sales increase +10% over
Last Year’s Service Unit numbers
End of sale inventory return less than 1.5%
of total inventory picked up throughout sale
58. Step 1: Initial Orders From Troops
Troop Initial Orders are due to SU Cookie Chair
12/5
Distribute Last Year sales numbers to troops by your
November Service Unit Meetings
Initial Orders must be input by Troops into SNAP
Cookies Now! at the Fort Worth Zoo
2 Week booth sale supply
Troops should not ―Commit‖ in SNAP
New Troop Guidance
59. Cookies Now! At the Fort Worth Zoo
Changes to Cookies Now! at the Fort Worth Zoo:
4 Cases of Thin Mints
2 Cases of Caramel deLites
2 Cases of Peanut Butter Patties
1 Case of Lemonades
1 Case of Peanut butter Sandwiches
1 Case Shortbreads
1 Case of Thanks-A-Lot
No Shout Outs will be given out at Cookies Now!
TOTAL of 12 Cases given this year!!
Last Date for Cookies Now! Money MUST be turned in or cookies exchanged
returned by January 17th.
60. New Troop Ordering Suggestion
A good initial order for ―NEW‖ Girls in a troop
would be the following:
24 boxes of Thin Mints
12 boxes of Caramel deLites
12 boxes of Peanut Butter Patties
6 boxes of Lemonades
6 boxes of Peanut butter Sandwiches
6 boxes Shortbreads
6 boxes of Thanks-A-Lot
3 boxes of Shout Outs
TOTAL of 75 Boxes for their initial o
61. SNAP – Troop Initial Order
Under Cookies select
Initial Order
Have troops input as ―Booth‖
in Cases at the bottom.
They will need
to ―Save‖ not
―Commit‖
62. Step 2: Initial Orders from Service
Units
SU Initial Orders are due to Council 12/8
Tools:
ABC Cookie Calculator
You will need the following:
SNAP Troop Initial Orders input into SNAP
Input cupboard order (finalized by council)
Number of Girls going to Cookies Now!
Last Years Troop sales
This Year’s Sales Goal (Given to you from Council)
63. Step 3: Inventory Management
Throughout the Sale
Planning
For EVERYTHING!!!!
Troop reorders / Booth Sale requests
Difference
Booth Sale dates/times at least 2 weeks in advance
Troop reorders to SU no later than 7 PM Sunday(suggested).
SU Cookie needs
SU reorders to council by 9:00- 10:00 PM Sunday (no exception).
Communication
Within your SU
SU’s to Council
SU’s to other SU’s
64. Weekly Inventory Counts
and Reorder Form
Service Unit Cookie Chair Inventory Report & Cookie Request Form
Sunday's
Due To: Judy Treacy jtreacy@gs-top.org Date: 01/16/11 Instructions:
Due Date: 11:59 PM Each Sunday during the sale 1. Fill in all "Pink" Cells
All Blue cells will autopopulate
Service Unit Number:
Contact Person: Phone: E-mail:
Please complete form in full. E-mail requests (send as attachment) to Judy Treacy by 9:00 PM!
# of Shout
Dates booths TAL Outs LEM Short Brd TM PBP CD PBS Totals
Monday Sunday
Current SU Cupboard Inventory
(in Packages) 01/10/11 01/16/11 0
* Zoo Returns through 01/16 * This line is only used during
(In Packages) 01/10/11 01/16/11 0 the first two weeks
Total Inventory (Lines 13+14)
(In Packages) 01/10/11 01/16/11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Packages needed to fill troop
orders (In Packages) 01/10/11 01/16/11 0
Upcoming Week's Booth Sales
Request (In Packages) 01/17/11 01/23/11 0
Difference Current Inventory VS. Positive Number: You will have this many packages
Needed Inventory (In Packages) 01/10/11 01/16/11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 left after fulfilling orders.
Case Conversion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Negative Number: You are short packages.
Total Council Request (In Cases) 01/17/11 01/23/11 0
Following Week's Booth Sales (In
Packages) 01/24/11 01/30/11 0
Lines 24-27 will help council project what
Additional Weeks Give Dates (In
needs to be ordered in the coming weeks.
Packages) 01/31/11 02/06/11 0
Please provide this information even if it is
Additional Weeks Give Dates (In an estimate. The council will not hold you
Packages) 02/07/11 02/13/11 0 to these numbers.
Additional Weeks Give Dates (In
Packages) 02/14/11 02/20/11 0
66. Step 4: Inventory Management
at the end of the Sale
Final 3 weeks planning
Mottos:
Take it or Leave It!!
I Like to Move It, Move It!!
Call Me!! I’m alive!!
67. Cookie Now! at the
Fort Worth Zoo
•Each girl will receive:
4 cases of Thin Mints; and
2 cases of Caramel deLites; and
2 cases of Peanut Butter Patties
January 7, 2012 1 cases of all other flavors except
• General Public 10-4 Shout Outs!
• FASTPASS opens at 9 The total for each girl is 12 cases
with a special line No substitutions
throughout the day •All Cookies Now! Money MUST be
turned in or cookies exchanged or
returned by January 17th.
68. Cookie Now!
at the Fort Worth Zoo
Special Zoo Rates - please promote to your troops to purchase
tickets starting in December in the Retail Shops.
Tickets purchased are good for any day in the month of January
69.
70. New Regional Top Cookie Sellers
Regional Top Sellers will be award to three girls
in the Fort Worth Region.
Will receive their choice of:
A family four pack of tickets for a day at Six Flags over
Texas
A family four pack of tickets for a day at Hurricane
Harbor
E-reader
Other options may be available at a later date
Three Top Council Sellers
A Council Top Seller cannot be a Regional Top Seller
71. Project Troop to Troop
Customers sponsor packages of Girl
2011 Project Troop to Troop Facts
Scout Cookies that are sent to our men •Over 26,000 packages of Girl Scout Cookies were
and women in uniform. sponsored in GS-TOP.
•The cookies were delivered by nonprofit agencies to
servicemen and women stateside and overseas.
•Cookies have been distributed to the following
organization throughout the council:
Airborne Angels
Blue Star Mom’s
Cannon Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base
Helping our Heroes
Socks for Soldiers
Sheppard Air Force Base
USO welcomed home military personnel at
DFW Airport
VFW
72.
73. Initial Delivery Day
How many cookies will you need?
Where will you get that information?
Who will help on Delivery Day?
Working with troops on that day.
Delivery Day pick up is for initial orders and not
additional cookies to be picked up.
Service Unit Cupboard
Hours of operation
Busiest days for cupboards are Thursday to
Sunday evening
75. During the Sale
Review Procedures for additional cookie pick up
Why we do not deviate from these procedures?
Count, count and recount—Keeping up with
product
Where do we get additional product
Other Service Units
Council
Weekly inventory counts and reorders due to Judy by
9 to 10 PM on Sunday evening via email
76. Deposit Slips
Troop Date of
Number Deposit
Electronic Stamp
Bank has stamped
the date time and
amount directly onto
the deposit slips.
OR
If the bank gives
you a separate
deposit receipt that Deposit
also needs to be Totals
turned in with the Number of
deposit slip for checks
validation. deposited
77. End of Sale
When should we close the Service Unit
Cupboard?
Organize Troop Sale information
Schedule times for turning in of troop paperwork
Assemble each troop’s paperwork
Keep record of Project Troop to Troop Cookies
Virtual Cookies are cookies that the council surplus
Actual Cookies are cookies that the troops will
delivery
Collect bank deposit stamps
Schedule time with Regional Office to turn in final
paperwork
78. Outstanding Balances and Collections
Difference between Girl/Parent and Troop
Delinquency
New procedures:
Series of 3 letters will be sent out approximately every 30
days (Need Receipts and deposit slips for proof of payment, electronic
stamped)
1st letter is ―you have an outstanding balance‖.
2nd letter repeat of previous letter giving them another 30 days.
3rd letter is from the CFAO of GS-TOP stating they are going to
collection and will affect their credit history.
Payment plan can be set up to cover 3 months of
installments, if they miss a payment then it is sent directly to
collections.
Two Cookie University: Nov. 19 at the AISD Training Center in Arlington and Dec. 3 at TCC NE in North Richland HillsTrained in October 22 new Cookie Program AidesExpanding the older girl Cookie Press Corps
Teaching goals to set goals through the cookie sale.Girls make decision during the cookie sale.Troops manage money from profits earned during the cookie sale.Girls work with various types of people and develop communication skills.Girls learn and understand business ethics by selling cookies.
Troops earn .55 for each package soldCadette, Senior and Ambassador have the option to earn .60 with no recognitions
Service Unit BonusesService Units that increase their sales by at least 10% over their previous year’s sales will get .01/package.Service Units that increase their participation in the sale by at least 5% over last year’s sale will get .01/package.Service Units that have no more than 1.75% of their total sale in left over cookie inventory will get .01/package.Service Units that have a 10% increase in sales and a 5% increase in girl participation will get an additional .01/package
Cookie –Calc allows Service Units to see how reach your service unit bonuses. Service Unit has a goal and breaks it down to the troop levels to achieve the service unit goals.Troops can increase packages sold by troop and down to girl level.Troops can increase the number of girls selling in the troop to reach their goals.Troops can break their goals down by girls selling packages of cookie sold in the troop or increase the number of girls that are selling cookies.In SUCC Manual you have a copy of your service unit cookie goals for 2012.
Businesses that are participating: All Tom Thumb Stores, all Kroger stores, Lowe’s stores, Bass Pro Shop and Cabela’s.Why on two opportunities during the first two rounds? To give all 900 troops the opportunity to sell a council secured booth.Round 2 and 3 based on availbiltiy.
Sign in through Snap for the troop booths.Email confirmation that troops need to take for proof to the stores.Confirmations will confirmation the date/time/location.
Troop may also set up other cookie booth locations.Troops should include in their initial cookie order any booths during the first two weeks.Troops should request additional cookies at least one week prior to the booth sale. Troops can’t expect that cupboards will have cookies in stock. Poor planning by troops should not be a crisis for the cupboards.Troops can load their booth locations into the Council Booth Scheduler. This will give customers locations, maps and time of your booth sale.Troops will receive a confirmation email for their request. Avoid double booking of troops by asking different store personnel.
Schedule Booth Sale from the sub-menu.Booth SchedulerSNAP gives Troop users the ability to find and request booth sales that have been set up by your Counciloffice. Additionally, Troop users have the ability to submit requests for new booth sales.Find and Schedule a Booth SaleTo sign up for a booth sale, go to the Cookies icon, highlight Booth Scheduler drop box and then choose
To request a Booth Sale date/time/location, Search by entering the desired store name,city or zip to identify matching sale locations. If you know you’d like to stay within a certain area in aneighborhood, a ZIP code can be entered for that area and the number of miles to search within.Click the Search bar and you will be presented with a Result Set. To choose the one you would like, double click on the desired location. A pop-up calendar will appear to show all available dates for that location.You must click on arrow to change the month.
Booth Sale Notification ProcessThe Troop Cookie Chair will be notified via email to the of the Booth Sale assignments. The email will include the date, time, location and any special notes that have been entered.Verify Booth Sales for the Troop The scheduled booth sales for the troop can be reviewed in two locations:
Booth LocatorPotential customers who contact the council web-site, GSUSA website or phone into council can go to their computers and enter their zip code.Cookies booths in that zip code will populate and show address and locations on a map.
The website example when customers can find cookie locations.
Why Participate in either type of sale.To reach as many customers as possible. To sell troop’s leftover cookies.To have FUN! To give girls who weren’t able to sell individually an opportunity to participate in the Cookie Sale.
Why Booth Etiquette?Standards for girls and parents.Businesses allow girl scouts to sell at their place of business and we need to be respectful of the place of business.Every Girl Scouts leaves a place better than they found it.Troops and girls need to look and act like Girl Scouts and show troop number at the booth sale.Problems at booth sales---Girls playing and running around the place of business or in the road.Girls and parents are aggressive to customers.Girls and parents forget the Girl Scout Promise and Law.Trash is left after the booth sale.Girls and parents not being positive when someone does purchase cookies.
Volunteers and parents can go to the abcsmartcookie.com for goal setting, activities for girls, parent information, volunteers. Information about the cookies and art gallery that girls can create signs or posters from.
Girls and parents can set the girls goals, track the girls progress through out the sale. Girls can increase their goal if goal is reached early during the sale.
Troops can chart the troops goals. Troop should set goals by packages sold, money earn that can be used for a troop activity.
Girls can send e-cards to family and friends throughout the sale. Girls can now create a contact list and collect orders on line.
Educate the parents about the sale, deadline dates, safety. Troop members can share with parents the troops goal and the individual girl goals. Emphasis on the 5 Business Skills that girls will use during the cookie sale.
Where can we sell cookies? Think out side of the traditional locations.
The cookie cases tell customers what girl scouts learn and do. Marketing tools are available at council retail shops.
Of the top 10 cookies sold, five are Girl Scouts Cookies that only sold a short period of time each year.If a consumer is asked to purchase cookies 9 out of 10 will purchase Girl Scout cookies.
8 flavors of the Girl Scout Cookies Sold. Our baker is ABC cookies, who has been baking Girl Scout Cookies for 75 years.
The Cookie that Started the Cookie Sale Tradition! Celebrating the 100 years of Girl Scouting with this new packaging.
I am a troop leaders how do we prepare for the cookie sale? Check out the Cookie Volunteers section of abcsmartcookie.com. Meeting activities, goals setting, was to incorporate the 5 Core Business Skills by grade levels.
Volunteer Guides can be read on line or downloaded.
Volunteer resource center on line with checklist, training , safety and even videos for volunteers.
Cookie Activity guides for each grade level. Girls, parents or troop leadership can print part of all of the guide. Activities are grade level appropriate.
Girls can play games, watch videos, and have fun in a safe environment.
Before the saleDid you receive your ABC cookie packages yet with order cards and information to distribute? Work with your Service Unit Manager and service unit registrar to find out contact information for each troop in service unit. Product Sales will also provide a list in December when the council list are updated for the 2011-2012.Where do I start? What do I need to do?Locate a delivery locations, service unit team and product sales department can help with suggestions. Is it easy to get cookie in and out of the building. Can cookies be brought in pallets or will they have to unloaded and wheeled in. How long will it take to before troops can pick up cookies.Count, count and recount the cookies you receive, have a few people count by flavors, you will sign off with the delivery agent on the correct amount.What do I need volunteers to do at the delivery site? checking in troops pulling cookie orders, checking out cookies and count, count and recount with the troop leadership what else?Who can help you on delivery day?Communicate with your location and volunteer the week prior to delivery.
SNAP is our cookie software system, cookies are transferred from service unit to troop.Troop to girls cookies will be transferred by flavor.Troops will post girl payment for cookies.Recognitions are ordered through the SNAP system at the end of sale by girl,Sales, payments, girl balances, troop balances etc are produced through SNAP.
New in 2012Girls names are down loaded from the GSUSA membership software.Missing a girl name, or name is in correct, troops will contact SU Cookie Chairs.SU Cookie Chairs ask for copy of membership form and then contact the product sale department to add girl names.Girls will be counted as participating in the sale when you start to transfer cookies to the girl.
Troop cookie chairs will have to update their name and email address into the SNAP system.As SU Cookie Chairs, you will set up the troop, give a password to the individual. Make it general and easy to remember. Such as “Cookies 2012”.
Slides from Inventory Management can be insert for the Fort Worth Region or if you want to add any of the slides on Inventory Management for Initial Orders.
As a Cookie Chair getting troops and girls to participate will increase your sales and help to reach your SU goals.Cookie Chairs control the inventory in the service unit and ends to council at the end of the sale.Who owns the cookies in your service unit? Council, what does that mean? Council can move cookies where they are needed.
Troops enter initial or work with SU Cookie Chair and have in system by 12/5. Review past information in SNAP through the “Achieves” Attend your cookie trainingAt November Meeting a Product Sales Task Group will attend to go over key changes in the cookie sale.What does a troop to remember when placing an order? Will girls and parents pick up cookies at Cookie Now! What is the troop goals and what are the girls personal goals? If a troop is having booth sales within the first two weeks they need to include this inventory in their initial order. No not commit in SNAP Review new troop guide lines for suggested amounts.
At Cookies Now! Girls will receive 12 cases of cookies in these flavors, no substitutions.January 17th cookies need to be turned in, exchanged or returned to the troop leader who returns to the SU cookie cupboards by this date.
Suggested initial order for first time cookie sellers. Girls and parents can always get additional cookies, give small amounts, turn in money and then give out additional cookies. Do not over load parents or girls, be realistic with troop leadership each girl will sell different amounts of cookies.
Where and how do we order our initial cookies?Go to the Cookie IconClick on initial orderAdd quantity by “CASES” each case has 12 packages of cookies Insert quantities the BOOTH/EXTRA lineSaveDO NOT COMMIT
Service Unit Cookie Managers need to:Review troop orders on line.Are quantities realisticIf high did the troop think they were entering packages instead of cases? Such do they want 300 cases of Shortbreat or 300 packages. They would received 300 cases or 3600 packages,Is the order to small?Is the troop an experienced troop? Review old snap records and last years sales for the troop.What about my cupboard, how do I get additional cookies? Council will work with you Percentage of flavors sold Council will have formula’s that they will use to figure your cupboard order based on percentage of SU cookies ordered. Smaller initial orders means a percentage of additional cookies will go into the cupboard. Review previous years sale.Challenge troops under order cookies and need cookies in a couple of days. Troops need to increase order to about 50 to 60% of last year cookies up front.
Throughout the sale your job is to manage your SU inventory.Troop reorders, booth requests.Troops need to place additional orders with you,Troops should place orders each Sunday by 7 pm (suggesttime set up by SUCC).Service Unit Cookie Chairs will: Collect troop orders and total all requests Turn in email to your regional product sale coordinator each Sunday Turn in between 9 to 10 pm Council needs to know what is in stock and what your needs are, how many booths, etc.Communicate With your troops With your regional office Share with other Service Units
Weekly Inventory Count and Reorder FormRequired by all Service Units what do you in stock now what do you need this week what is coming up with troops booth sale The more the information the better for regional office to order, or move cookies to other Service Units.
How you manager your inventory will come down to the last 3 weeks.Sales generally are strong the first 3 weeks of the sale, sales start to decrease during the sale.Inventory bonus can be lost or earned by how you manage the last few weeks of the sale and your inventory.Service unit bonus is determined by returning to council 1.5% or less of your left over cookies based on your Service Unit Sales total.
Final 3 weeks are critical you need cookies but not what you had previously.Rotate cookies from check out quickly. To many cookies of one flavor post on your yahoo group, council will also be watching your inventory.Troops want cookies, but your goal is the inventory bonus. How do we achieve both?Move the cookie flavors that you have.Stick to the 3 day return of cookies.Have extras of one flavor give the troops an extra case of cases to sell.Mottos:Take it or leave it---meaning this is what the cupboard has!Cookies do not sell in your cupboard! Move the cookies to the troops to sell, or post overages on yahoo group for other Service Unit to pick up.Call me!! I’m alive!!!---communicate with troops as well as with your regional office.
Cookie Now! At the Fort Worth Zoo! January 7thFor girls who want to get a jump start on the cookie sale, cookie deliveries takes 6 days for the region. This allows those girls to get cookies to have in hand. These cookies need to be sold with money turned in, exchanged for other flavors or returned by January 17th. Open 10-4Fastpass lines girls who sold 75 nut and candy items and siblings.Assortment of flavors.
Half price zoo tickets, no parking cost, activities inside the zoo just for Girl Scouts and their families.Tickets are good any one day in the month of January.Help support the zoo who is a major sponsor of Cookie Now!
Recognitions are voted on by the girls, recognitions are shown on the order card along with cookie buck for camp information and cookie bucks. These are a girl recognition not a troop recognition.
New this year Fort Worth will have 3 Regional Top Sellers with special recognitions. The total Council Sellers will have three top sellers, if you qualify as Top Council Seller, you will move up to this level and another person from region will be the regional top seller level.
Project Troop to Troop:To support the men and women in uniform.In 2011 GS-TOP has donated over 26,000 packages of cookies.Great for added on sales or for individual that do not personally what the cookies.Great way to sell to business to support our troops.
If you have done your before the sale planning correct, this day will go great!Delivery day is for initial orders not for additional cookies those cookies can be picked up when your Service Unit cupboard is i=open for business.Initial order is not returnable. Once a troop signs for those cookies they belong to the troop to sell.Remember the 3 day return of cookies checked out.Busiest days for cupboards are Thursday to Sunday evening and Monday for cookies picked up on Saturday.Great days to be closed are Tuesday and Wednesday
How do we write out receipts?Never check out cookies and collect money at the troop level on the same receipt.Types of Receipts:1. Checking out cookies like the initial order.2. Write out a return of cookie or exchange of cookies for Cookies Now! Cookies, or 3 day return cookies.3. Checking out cookies for 3 days or less with the cookie stamp and return date filled in.4. Payment of cookie at the troop level from the girls and parents.
What does a Service Unit Cookie Chair during the sale? Communicate with the troops. Who have NOT heard from? What the council procedures and why do we not deviate from them? Count and count and recount, before the product leaves your cupboards. Got a problem with a troop, contact the product sales department the sooner the better. Let them help you or give you advise. Getting additional cookies from other service units or council. Don’t forget your weekly counts, or you won’t have cookies in cupboard. Get weekly counts in by Sunday evening between 9 to 10 pm Council order is turned in for approval by 8:00 am
Review with troops how to fill out a deposit slip. Troop number on it Bank electronic stamp on deposit slip Remind troops to add totals multiple times.
It’s the end of the sale!Now what? When does the cupboard close? Where do the cookie go? How do I organize troop sale information? How and where do I schedule the turning in of the troops paperwork. Receive a list of information that needs to be turned into council List of Project Troop to Troop cookies both virtual and actual cookie numbers List of Cookie Diva’s or 2000 level or more girls with troop number and number of cookies sold Collect bank deposit stamps Schedule time to turn in final paperwork with your regional office.
What happens when a parent or troop does not turn in paperwork or money?Outstanding balances and collectionsSeries of three letters will be written by councilPayment plan can be set upRecognitions can be withheld until payments are made.
Sample of the new outstanding balance form.
Question?Announcements --Fort Worth Snap training and more in depth inventory management to follow for new SUCC or returning people who want more information.Oral evaluation