--- title: Where are the Girl Scout cookies? - The Hustle description: A Girl Scout cookie shortage has resellers hawking boxes for up to $35 each. image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1297273758-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-09T235137.777Z.webp --- # Where are the Girl Scout cookies? ![Juliet Bennett Rylah](https://53.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/53/assets/hubspot.com/web-team/WBZ/HubSpot%20Media/Blog%202021/Images/Nav/Optimized/TheHustle_Icon_Dark.svg) [Juliet Bennett Rylah](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/juliet-bennett-rylah) [Juliet Bennett Rylah Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/JBRylah) Published: March 10, 2023 Updated: October 11, 2023 Since 2020, shortages have spread across industries, but this one hits right in the sweet tooth. The Girl Scouts of the USA are in a cookie shortage. ![Where are the Girl Scout cookies?](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1297273758-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-09T235137.777Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=1297273758-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-09T235137.777Z.webp) Girl Scout troops sell [~200m cookies](https://open.spotify.com/episode/46O6N9n3EcL5tVEW9xpCBe?si=ba735b2b93f24f0a&nd=1) per year, bringing in ~$800m to fund activities. They’re so popular, other cookie companies cut advertising and lower sales expectations during the January-to-April selling season. #### **But this year…** … cookies are in short supply, especially for online shoppers. When the Girl Scouts began selling cookies in [1917](https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies/cookie-history.html), members baked them. But as sales scaled, troops turned to commercial bakers. Today, ABC Bakers in Virginia makes ~25% of the cookies, and Ferrero-owned Little Brownie Bakers (LBB) in Kentucky makes ~75%, [per](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/girl-scouts-cookie-shortage-baker.html) *CNBC*. Since January, LBB has experienced delays due to supply chain issues, labor shortages, and weather-related power outages. Ferrero maintains it’s still on track to meet initial orders, but many Girl Scouts have been unable to meet their sales goals. #### **And then there’s eBay** The saddest kind of reseller has got to be a Girl Scout cookie reseller, but here we are. The hottest flavor is Raspberry Rally, a new limited-edition “sister” to Thin Mints. Typically, they go for $4-$7 per box, but the often sold-out cookies are now listed on eBay for up to 5x as much, [per](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/business/raspberry-rally-girl-scout-cookies.html) *The New York Times*. Assuming this isn’t the work of a particularly entrepreneurial middle schooler, the troops aren’t benefiting financially from the increased demand. #### **For that reason…** … and because they can’t guarantee quality otherwise, the Girl Scouts have asked buyers to purchase only through local troops. Speaking of, you can find yours [here](https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies.html). Topics: [Food](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/tag/food) ## Follow us on social media prev next - ![Holy smokes, there may actually be a limit to Texans’ love of barbecue](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1244337807-httpsthdaily.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comfinal_size-Texas-BBQ_20230928210924.webp) ### Holy smokes, there may actually be a limit to Texans’ love of barbecue - ![Think your industry is weird? 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