Price of Girl Scout cookies here NOT going up

“All varieties are $4, with the exception of gluten-free Toffee-tastics, which will remain $5”, L’Oreal Payton, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, said Thursday. In fact, Girl Scout cookies in Massachusetts, California and Hawaii are making boxes an incredible $5 each. As a result, their profits stand to increase from 62 to 90 cent per box.

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Tuesday night, CNBC aired a segment on an anticipated price hike on Girl Scout cookies.

With these two councils’ decision, all of California will be at the $5 mark, wrote Elizabeth Locke-Thomas, the council’s executive vice president, in an email.

The prices of these beloved treats are going up to $1 a box and even higher.

Councils set their own cookie prices and it’s generally based on baker costs, ingredient costs, market size and availability and shipping costs.

So what do you think about paying five bucks for a box of Girl Scout cookies?

About 70 percent of proceeds go to the councils and the troops while the remainder goes to the baker, Gentry said. Official sales will begin in February.

For the first time, the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama will sell cookies online. Download the Girl Scout Cookie finder where you usually buy your smart phone apps.