VOLUME 16 | October 17, 2019
Proven Methods to Sell Your Remaining Popcorn
Have popcorn left after your peak show and sell season? Don't stop now try these proven end of the popcorn season sales techniques, so your Unit and Scouts can maxmize your commissions and not have to take a trip to Re-Balance Day on October 26th.
 
  1. Show and Sell: There is one more weekend, try the local pizza shop that is always busy on Saturday or your local down town shopping district.
  2. Wagon Sales (aka Show and Deliver): Scouts take product door to door in their neighborhood, click here to learn how! Great way to get rid of your remaining popcorn to all those hungry Eagles fans waiting to root against that team from Dallas.
  3. Take Order: No product, no problem sell to neighbors and deliver later click here to learn how.
  4. Online Sales: Did you know the Average Online Sale is Over $70?! Scouts Create and Share your Online Scout Page Today! Click Here!

Council does have a limited amount of extra popcorn left over following Order #2. Below is a list of the product available upon request on a first come first serve basis. To request additional product Unit Kernels should email popcorn@colbsa.org.

Limited cases of the following product are available:
  • Kettle Corn
  • White Cheddar
  • Caramel Corn
  • Cheese Lovers Box
  • Chocolate Lovers Tin
  • Chocolatey Caramel Crunch
  • Popping Corn
  • Premium Caramel with Nuts
  • Salted Caramel Corn
How Your Unit Can Earn a Bonus 2% Commission?
Units can receive a bonus 2% commission if they do not return popcorn to the Cradle of Liberty Council. Come re-balance day on October 26, 2019, you may have product left over. Before you bring that popcorn to re-balance day, ask yourself two questions;
 
1.  Did I use any left over popcorn to fill part or all of my units final take order? Make sure you do this, so that you can reduce the amount of product you would have to place and pickup with order #3. And eliminate the need to drive to re-balance day.
2.  Would my Unit earn more by returning product at re-balance day? Or keeping what I have left (after answering question 1) and earning the bonus 2% commission?
 
To calculate the answer to question 2, click below to download the popcorn re-balance calculation form.

Scouts Must Have a Trails End Account to Earn Prizes
To earn an Amazon Gift Card through Trails End Scout Rewards program or the Cradle of Liberty Council Scout Champions Event for Scouts that sell over $1,000 and $750 Club incentives, Scouts must have created a Trails End Scout Account.

To do so, Scouts or their parent (if Scout is 13 years of age or younger) go to trails-end.com and register. For a quick and detailed video of how scouts create an account or make sure they are registered with their current unit, and for leaders to approve Scout Rewards, CLICK HERE!
 
If you run into any issues with the Scout Rewards program in the Trails End Leader System , or a Scout isn't showing up with your Unit even though they have a Scout Account email support@trails-end.com.
Re-Balance Day is Saturday October 26th (8am - noon)
This is the final opportunity for all units to return unsold product; popcorn cannot be accepted after this time.

If your unit has returns and no one is available to arrive during your unit's scheduled time between 8:00 AM and 12:00 Noon on Saturday, October 26, 2019, you MUST make alternate arrangements with your district popcorn kernel or executive to make returns prior to Saturday October 26. There are no exceptions, sorry.

  • Please use the Unit Returns feature through the Trail's End Popcorn System to indicate how many cases of each product you will be bringing to Re-balance Day. A complete how to will go out in a special Kernel Connection early next week.
  • Units are provided with specific times between 8:00 AM and 12:00 Noon to make the process smoother. Units who are returning product need to enter their returns by Wednesday October 23. So we can out the schedule together.
  • Bring the list of items needed for your Take Orders. Make sure to compile Military Donations ($30 and $50 levels) as well!
  • Bring a blank check to pay your balance due (optional).
  • If you are attending Re-Balance Day Do not enter your Take Orders (Order #3) into the Popcorn System. We will fill as much as your Take Order needs as we can that day, based on inventory. We will place your unit's Order #3 on site on Saturday for pickup on November 10.
  • If your Unit is not attending re-balance day and you have no returns to council, you will receive a bonus 2% commission. You also need to enter your Order #3 by midnight on October 26.
  • Please note that the following items can be returned:
  • Full cases of single product types (ex. 1 case of caramel corn with 12 containers inside)
  • Individual containers that were damaged when your unit received them. Please point out these items when you are returning and we will make sure your invoice is adjusted.
  • We are unable to accept:
  • Any individual containers (individual bags, microwave boxes).
  • Any chocolate products that appear/feel to be melted and solidified.
  • Any Chocolate Lover's Tins.
  • Individually packaged items that were not intended for retail sale (i.e. individual microwave pouches, foil bags from collections).

Reminder this year at Rebalance Day, only full cases can be returned.
Cradle of Liberty Council | popcorn@colbsa.org | 610-688-6900 | colbsa.org/popcorn