POPCORN NEWSLETTER
August 11, 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:
STOREFRONT INFORMATION
INITIAL SHOW & SELL ORDER DUE AUG. 16
POPCORN FESTIVAL EVENT
STOREFRONT SIGN-UPS MADE EASY
This year your unit can take advantage of over 15,000 hours of pre-booked storefronts for your Scouts to sell at.

  • As the kernel, simply login to your Unit Dashboard and select Storefront Reservations in the left menu.
  • Select the date you are interested in, and then choose from available storefront locations on that day.
  • Or, you can book your own storefront hours at any location that has not already been secured (list of secured locations below).

A few quick reminders about storefronts:
1) Pre-booked storefronts are currently available to all units across the entire council. There are currently no restrictions on district or number of hours booked.
*Please only book hours you intend to fill and release hours you are not able to fulfill.
2) You may contact any location that has not already been secured. We've provided a list of good storefront leads that you may want to consider below.
HOW TO BOOK YOUR OWN STOREFRONT HOURS
1) Contact the store manager of local retailer or location with high foot traffic.
2) Focus on the community impact and ask for the managers support to help your local youth by hosting a storefront. View a sample below.
3) Confirm parents/Scouts to work the shifts requested.
4) Provide resources to families to conduct the storefront sale: popcorn, banner, table, cell phone/charger and credit card reader to collect orders, cash box/change, donation bucket, shift end envelope/summary.
5) Thank the store manager
6) Reconcile items sold with items returned at the end of the day/weekend.
PREPARING FOR YOUR INITIAL ORDER - DUE AUG 16

A reminder that your initial Show & Sell order is due to be placed by August 16th. As a kernel, you can place your order online by logging into the Trail's End Leader Dashboard and clicking the large blue Order Popcorn button.

We provided 2019 sales totals to all units at the popcorn rallies, but please let us know if we can help to provide this for you. There is also a new "Auto-Populate" feature at the top of the order page (see example image). This will help to provide a breakdown of the typical average amount of each item is sold to help determine how much to order of each type of popcorn. First determine your overall unit goal, and the portion of the goal you expect to come from Show & Sell and Take Order. Example, total goal equals $10,000 and I expect $7,000 from Show & Sell and $3,000 from Take Orders. Enter $7,000 in the box and click auto-populate to help give you a ballpark estimate of the typical amount that would be sold. Please note this number is based on past annual averages and is only an estimate. You can adjust your order as you see fit.
STOREFRONT KROGER

You should have hopefully received some past communications related to Kroger storefront opportunities. As was shared previously, we were recently informed by the Kroger corporate office that they would no longer be supporting centralized scheduling (like we have utilized in the past) or solicitation from a corporate level. We have also since learned that we believe this new shift in policy extends beyond the BSA to multiple organizations. As we shared previously, there are still many opportunities for your unit to fully capitalize on storefronts. If you have specific questions about your local Kroger, please feel free to contact us here.
FREE POPCORN FESTIVAL AT THE ZOO! AUG. 28th
RSVP REQUIRED BY AUG 20

The Popcorn Festival is free event for popcorn units and their families to 1) Learn a little bit more about popcorn so you can have a great sale, and 2) Have a great time together at the Cincinnati Zoo!

The Popcorn Festival is on Saturday, Aug 28th. At the festival we'll have 4 popcorn stations so that Scouts can sample popcorn, practice their sales pitch, learn about prizes and more. Families can enjoy the zoo the entire day and visit the popcorn stations which will take approximately a total of 20-30 min. Stations will be open from 10am-2pm. A free ticket is provided for each selling Scout plus 1 adult (1 Scout and 1 Adult). Registration is required in advance by Aug. 20th. Additional discounted tickets are available for purchase. You may also use your zoo membership. Please indicate if you have a zoo membership during registration. Additional details available at www.danbeard.org/popcorn-festival.
POPCORN SALE RESOURCES
For more valuable popcorn sale resources, please visit: danbeard.org/popcorn
Questions? Contact us at: Popcorn@Danbeard.org