Booth Sales

If you, your co-leaders, the girls and their parents are ready to get out to a booth site, all safety precautions must be followed. All Girl Scouts and volunteers are expected to follow the guidelines below when participating.

Safety is our first concern! If you, your co-leaders, the girls and their parents are ready to get out to a booth site, we need you to think safety first.

Anyone not following Girl Scout Etiquette will forfeit the remainder of their scheduled booth season.

Do’s

  • Do observe the booth sale starting date—contact Site Sale Coordinators if you need to cancel the day of
  • Do enter all your self-scheduled (my sales) booths into eBudde for approval from su402 Product Team
  • Do arrive five minutes before your booth start 
  • Do leave promptly when your time is over
  • Do check with the store manager at arrival
  • Do follow the requests of store managers
  • Do stay at the booth
  • Do practice the “buddy system” if the girls or adults need to leave the booth
  • Do take your booth permit with you depending on village location
  • Do bring your own table – try to avoid bringing chairs
  • Do take extra change with you – keep bank close to you at all times
  • Do wear a uniform or Girl Scout T-Shirt if possible 
  • Do be polite and friendly
  • Do keep area neat
  • Do say “Thank you” whether customers buy or not
  • Do leave the area cleaner than you found it – remove empty boxes and ALL trash – recycle if possible
  • Do be a great role model
  • Remember we are all volunteers

Don’t

  • Do not allow a girl to participate without a signed permission form and contact numbers
  • Do not bring non-Girl Scout friends and/or siblings.
  • Do not contact local businesses or managers without contacting eBudde for approval. Booths for these places are only scheduled by council/su402 and are available through eBudde or SignUp.
  • Do try not to have more than 4 girls at a booth – schedule shifts if needed
  • Do not sit on or use store merchandise (for example, do not sit on patio furniture that is for sale).
  • Do not eat or allow girls to eat at a cookie booth
  • Do not let girls shout or scream 
  • Do not ask store managers to mediate any conflict
  • Do not argue in front of customers, girls, or store employees
  • Do not let the girls run around or block entrances or exits
  • Do not block entrances or exits
  • Do not leave trash behind including empty boxes (keep it cleaner than how you found it)
  • Do not sell expired cookies (last year cookies) even if they were frozen
  • Do not bring space heaters or anything that needs to be connected to an outlet*

*If the weather is not desirable consider canceling, stay for a shorter time, or have the girls come in shifts. We highly recommend hand/feet warmers, snow pants/suits, hats/mittens, umbrellas, and canopies (if allowed at site, check with the su402 Product Team).

WHAT TO BRING

  • Table and/or chairs. (Locations WILL NOT supply for the Troops. Troops are responsible to bring their own tables, chairs, table cloth, tents, and cookies. Space heaters are not allowed.)
  • Cookies of course! Use Cookie Calculator (to come) to figure out how much cookies to order and take along. Type in the hours in blank box and hit enter. Need additional cookies? Use the Cookie Cupboard, Goal Getters, Troop-to-Troop Transfers (eBudde) or post on our su402 Facebook page.
  • Cash box/bag – keep close at all times.     
  • Cash, we recommend $100 – mostly $5s and $10s.
  • Forms
  • Troop First Aid Kit

Below are recommendations and are optional.

  • Card Reader or use Digital Cookie for Credit Card orders
    • Troop Card Processor: Clover Go option allows troops to accept credit cards at booth sites with no cost to troops. Card payments are processed through the Clover Go app, downloaded to your phone or tablet. Card readers are not required, but you may use a Clover card reader along with the app. Contact Council for additional information.
  • Grocery plastic or paper bags (reuse some of your the cookie cases for customers)
  • Hand sanitizer, mask for all, gloves if desired. – Keep social distancing in mind.
  • Posters/Yard Signs (large enough for passers-by to see from a distance.) Anyone holding a poster should be with/near an adult and should not be on the street or curbside. Safety first.

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