Troop Cookie Coordinator Guide 2013 - Girl Scouts of Central Illinois

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to announce many positive changes this year, including using a Direct Sale format. Please take some time to thoroughly review the new updates to the program and use your troop coordinator guide as a handy reference. This manual should answer most of your questions. A Direct Sale format will provide your troop more opportunity in sales and troop profit. Girls will earn Cookie Dough and recognitions throughout the entire program, including during Cookie Booths. This means that girls will earn more Cookie Dough and recognitions and parents/guardians will save lots of time because cookies in hand means just one transaction. Returning to customers’ homes after an order has been placed is now a thing of the past! To help your troop manage your cookie inventory, and also to provide cookies for additional sales, your troop will be provided six opportunities to place a troop order. You will have one Initial Order and five additional Planned Orders. As in previous years, your initial order will arrive at your local delivery site. (After your Initial Order you will have five opportunities to place additional planned out troop orders.) The Planned Orders will arrive at strategic locations called cupboards. You will have an opportunity to choose your cupboard location if your area has multiple cupboards to choose from. Cookie inventory management will be very important to you. Inventory management requires communicating with girls and parents. With good communication between the troop cookie coordinator and parents, your troop will be able to have cookies when and where you need them and your troop will not end up with more than you need. Be sure to look at the resources on the Troop Cookie Resource CD. You will find several tools that will help you determine troop orders as well as tools that will help you keep track and manage your troop inventory. If you have questions we are here to help! Our Program Specialists, Membership Specialists, and Product Sales team will be happy to assist. Have a safe and fun cookie season! What’s Inside What’s New Page 5 Troop Proceeds and Troop Bonus Page 16 Calendar Checklist Page 6 Cookie Dough and Recognitions Page 17 What Is A Direct Sale Page 7 Council Recognition Levels Page 19 The 5 Skills for Girls Page 7 How the Cookie Crumbles Page 20 Planning Your Sale Page 8 Cookie-Related Awards Page 20 Selling tips Page 9 Cookie Cupboards Page 21 Goal Setting Page 10 Cookie Booths Page 22 Virtual Cookie Program Page 11 Snap Instructions Page 24 Estimating Your Initial Order Page 13 Money, Deposits, and Collections Page 28 Delivery Page 15 Frequestly Asked Questions Page 30 Operation Cookie Share Page 16 4
What’s New? Direct Cookie Sale! Girls will have cookies in-hand to sell to customers starting February 1, 2013. A Direct Sale is one stop shopping! Troop Bonus This year your troop will have the opportunity to earn $100 in troop bonus. Learn more in the Troop Proceeds and Troop Bonus section. Double per box earning potential! This year your troop will have the opportunity to earn $1.00 per box via Operation Cookie Share! Learn more in the Operation Cookie Share section. New Cookie We have a new cookie to offer our customers this year: Mango Crèmes. These tangy, refreshing tropical treats are packed with great taste AND vitamins! Crunchy vanilla and coconut cookies feature a mango-flavored crème filling with all the nutrient benefits of eating cranberries, pomegranates, oranges, grapes, and strawberries! Cookie Ordering Procedures Have Been Updated Our ordering procedures have changed to accommodate the Direct Sale format. You will have many opportunities to keep up with your customers’ cookie demands with ABC Snap’s new ordering procedures. Learn more and all the how-to’s in the Cookie Ordering section. Virtual Cookie Sale Beginning January 15, 2013 girls will have the opportunity to get an early start on the sale by logging onto www.abcsmartcookies.com and send out e-cards to family and friends to notify them of the sale. 5
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