Hello Troop Cookie Managers & Leaders,
Thank you for your flexibility and support of Girl Scouts this week and weekend! We continue to be AMAZED by the hard work of our Girl Scout Entrepreneurs to reach for their goals and the INCREDIBLE support from our generous customers. There is certainly an unexpected and exciting demand for Girl Scout cookies now that our Girl Scouts can be out and about more than last year. We knew it would be better but nothing like this! Our council is performing above goal and all GS councils supported by ABC Bakers are outperforming as well. It's MAGNIFICIENT but also causes us to get really flexible and call on our patience. We are so appreciative to you for hanging in there with us through these changes!!
Planned Order & Preparation for this Week's Inventory
If you need a planned order for this week, orders are due by 9:00 pm, TONIGHT (Feb. 20) or defer to the time your Product Program Manager / Service Unit Cupboard Coordinator has given you. If you haven't placed a planned order before - here are those directions.
As a reminder if you were shorted cookies this past week, we don't backorder. If you still need those cookies to fulfill customer orders, go ahead and put that in your new planned order. Put in everything you need even as you read the below:
We strive to be fully transparent with you... when we know something, we tell you. We are preparing you for this week:
If all goes correctly, we have a truck arriving Monday / Tuesday of this week. The majority of our varieties needed will be on that truck. Fingers crossed, this will match up with what our troops will need going into this upcoming weekend.
We have been told that best case scenario, we will have a second truck on Friday. We don't have a full picture yet on this truck as it will mean cookies are baked and packed and we don't have a driver or weather issue. On this truck will be Adventurefuls and Peanut Butter Sandwiches.
So our plan will be to get as much product as we can to service unit cupboards mid week, there will be no Adventurefuls or Peanut Butter Sandwiches in these deliveries.
As we have a clearer picture about Truck #2, we will communicate this. There is always a chance it will move out faster, but we are not anticipating that. This will most likely put us in a position of pick up at council cupboards and potential extended cupboard hours at Schooner & Fry Wagner for those arriving Adventurefuls and PB Sandwiches.
Again, we are preparing you. We will always communicate as the schedule develops. Continue to watch for future Cookiegrams and messaging from your Service Unit Product Program & Cupboard Managers.
Please Note: Gluten-Free
GSKSMO stock of Gluten-Free Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies is exhausted. We are no longer taking names for our waitlist. Those on the waitlist will be contacted by the end of this weekend. If you need this variety, refer your customers to Direct Ship links.
Finance Q&A
We’ve been getting questions on finances so we wanted to answer some common questions and remind you about resources.
Q. Where do I log my booth money in Smart Cookies?
A. You don’t! Deposit any cash or checks collected into your troop account.
Q. Why don’t I log my booth money?
A. As long as you transfer the cookies to your girls using the Smart Cookies Booth Divider or do a troop to girl transfer and put the cookies under the booth column, the girls are credited with packages but aren’t asked to turn in money for them.
Q. What if it shows the girl has a negative balance?
Q. Do I have to record girl money?
SMART TIP: We don’t care if you categorize the payments as cash or check – that’s up to you. We also don’t see the notes you include – that section is for you as well. DO NOT record credit card or booth payments even though you see them listed as options when entering a girl payment; doing so will cause problems in your tracking.
Q. When are you taking money? And what are you taking? And what about Direct Ship sales – do they count?
A. The first ACH pull is February 28. Have any collected cash/checks deposited before February 28. We will pull $1 per package from your account. Both sales and credits from Direct Ship count so if the number of packages you’ve sold via Direct Ship plus any physical packages you’ve taken is less than the amount of money credited to your troop for credit card payments we will not need to take any money.
Q. When is all the money due?
A. Have all funds deposited by March 14
More resources
Bling Your Booth Round 1 Entry Reminder
Thank you for all you are doing! WE'VE GOT THIS!!
The Product Program Team
