NEW FOR 2023: Due to our national agreement with Walmart and GSUSA, all Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Markets, regardless of location in our 47-county footprint, are in the booth lottery.

Happy Holidays Troop Cookie Managers & Leaders,

For those troops interested, the next step in the Cookie Program is the Cookie Booth Lottery. The lottery is a way for us to fairly distribute booth opportunities for locations that are in high demand. And as noted above, all Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Markets that have opted to host booths are in this lottery.

The Cookie Booth Lottery Opens January 2, 2023 at 7 AM and closes at midnight on January 9, 2023

Lottery results will be announced, via email from noreply@abcsmartcookies.com early morning of January 9. 

What do you need to know?

• There is no advantage to what time you enter the lottery; it is a random pull from all entries

• You may enter a total of three times and may only earn one spot

• Emails received are auto generated and will tell you if your troops was, or was not, assigned a location

• Troops not assigned to a location will be contacted by council starting January 9. The email indicates to contact us – please do not. All troops who entered but were not placed are contacted by the Product Program Team in an effort to find a mutually agreeable location.

• During the timeframe when the Product Program Team is working on this process, the booth tab on Smart Cookies will not be visible. We will announce the tab's return via a future Cookiegram and details on First Come, First Serve (FCFS) booths.

• Who should enter? Any troop in GSKSMO who is interested in a booth at Walmart, Walmart Neighborhood Market and/or a destination location like Bass Pro.

• Troops outside of the KC metro area should contact their SU PPM for additional locations in their area.

• For more information on booths, the booth lotteries and FCFS booths visit the Cookie Booths section of Cookie Central.

•  Access the entering the booth lottery step by step video now

• Access the written step by step guide to entering the lottery - Instructions begin on Page 7 

A Few More Reminders

Reminder: Raspberry Rally, our new cookie, is an online exclusive. Troops are asked to not purchase in bulk to sell at booths.

Reminder: ALL cookies must be sold at the council established price point of $6 per package. You may not sell them for more, or less, than $6. 

Join us for Cookie Coach on January 3 at 6 pm: Cookie Booth Lottery. We’ll review how the lottery works and the various ways to acquire Cookie Booths with Q & A to follow. Register here.

Check out past Cookie Coach Sessions now

And all your cookie resources + important dates are on Cookie Central.

Thanks,

The Product Program Team

cookies@gsksmo.org