[Karren]

It's always seemed a little too effortless to finish off a box of Girl Scout cookies, but if they are a little easier to dust off this year, it's not just in your head. To offset the cost increases of cookie ingredients, Girl Scouts of the USA made the decision to shrink its cookie boxes by a centimeter, package fewer cookies into boxes of Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs, and reduce the size of its Lemon Chalet Crèmes.




According to the organization, the cost of flour rose by 30 percent, assorted cooking oils by 40 percent, and cocoa by at least 20 percent. The company felt this was the best method of dealing with increasing raw material prices. Alternatively, Girl Scouts could have used cheaper ingredients, or raised cookie prices from their current price of $3.50 per box.

This doesn't come as a surprise to me, since last year producers began rolling out shrunken products in reaction to the price of food on the rise. I'm secretly a bit excited — for once, the downsized box may be enough for me to stop short of a stomachache.

Source - http://www.yumsugar.com/2727272

And after I just ordered 6 boxes too!!! Lol

[Darla]

you know its not just this. I went to a local restaurant and they announced they had a lower price menu. well actually they had a lot of the same items just in much smaller portions. I guess that is a good thing if you are dieting. Blame the economy

[Adrienne]

LOL. It's funny how McDonald's downsized due to being the blame of obesity and now everyone is downsizing bc we're all broke.

[Nick007]

This came out after I ordered, too!!

[ticki]

smaller portions at cheaper prices. nice! perhaps this will help america's ever expanding waistline.

i never finish a meal at a restaurant because the portions are way too big, but this is just the cure for people who have the compulsion to finish everything on their plate.

[Annelle]

hmm *frown*

I just got an e-mail this morning that the daughters of one of the workers here is selling girl scout cookies for $4 a box.

Sounds like out here they shrank the box AND raised the prices.

[Darla]

smaller portions at cheaper prices. nice! perhaps this will help america's ever expanding waistline.

i never finish a meal at a restaurant because the portions are way too big, but this is just the cure for people who have the compulsion to finish everything on their plate.

you know its not a compulsion! its all mom's fault since she is always the one who wanted you to clean the plate.

[McRubel]

I knew those little girl scouts were schemers. Behind that sweet demeanor and cute uniform lies the heart of a drug-dealer getting us addicted to her gooey caramel delights, only to raise prices and provide less product. Does this money that you raise fund your plots toward world domination? I'm on to you!

[Darla]

I knew those little girl scouts were schemers. Behind that sweet demeanor and cute uniform lies the heart of a drug-dealer getting us addicted to her gooey caramel delights, only to raise prices and provide less product. Does this money that you raise fund your plots toward world domination? I'm on to you!

Krista do you buy into all these conspiracy theories?

[bella1342]

I can't wait to get some.

My favs are the sandwich cookies with the Peanut butter in the middle. I'm not sure of the name but they come in an orange box.

Anyway... with the peanut butter scare should we be afraid to eat these?

[Beautiijunkii]

Dryers downsized the 1/2 gallon containers of ice cream. I can't help but feel that if they wanna downsize something, they need to include that price tag. It's not right to charge the same for less product.

[bella1342]

Today we got like 10 boxes of girl scout cookies, and I just ate almost half of a box. That's ridiculous... now I won't touch them again, I've had my fill. Billy and Connor will eat them. The new ones, called Dulce du Leche are really good!