Cookie Booth Sales
The Girl Scouts River Valleys Cookie Program returns February 21-March 30, 2025.
Cookie Booth Basics 
Credit Card Payments
Getting Ready for Your Booth
During and After Your Booth
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Cookie Finder Direct Ship Troop Sales
All troops that set up their troop site in Digital Cookie will automatically be added to the GSUSA Cookie Finder, which helps customers find nearby cookie booths. Customers use the Find Cookies feature available on the River Valleys website or at www.GirlScouts.org. Customers will see a list of local troops and can purchase directly from these troops for direct ship and/or cookie donations. Your only step at the end of the sale is to transfer these sales to participating Girl Scouts.
Hybrid Cookie Booths for Pre-Paid Pickup of Delivery
Note: Very few River Valleys troops use this option to participate in booth sales. Troops can utilize the Troop site links in Digital Cookie to allow customers to pre-pay online for in-person delivery or to pick up at an existing booth location. Orders must be reviewed and approved in the troop’s Digital Cookie site within five days of the order.
In-Person Cookie Booths
Council-Secured booths are arranged by Girl Scouts River Valleys staff with our corporate and community partners. The sign-up process for these booths is in two phases: Lottery and First-come, First-served (FCFS). A calendar of sign-up dates and times will be published on Cookie Central and in the Cookie Press.
Troop-Secured booths are arranged by troops at local businesses or community centers/events that don’t have an existing partnership with Girl Scouts River Valleys. Having your troop contact local businesses is an awesome way for Girl Scouts to learn business strategy and people skills.
Cookie Stands are booth sales on a person’s property. Girls can gather together in pairs or more and sell right from their yard! The troop can enter this as a troop-secured booth to use Digital Cookie to process credit card payments, and enter sales in the Smart Booth Divider to distribute credit to the Girl Scouts that worked at the Cookie Stand.
Drive-Thru Booths are where troops sell cookies at an outdoor location with customers driving up in their vehicles to purchase cookies. You’ll arrange the location, the traffic flow, volunteers, and signage to draw customers in. Enter the drive-thru booth as a troop-secured booth in Smart Cookies to take credit card and mobile payments. Experienced troops can add pre-paid pick up options for customers to pay online and pick up their order the day of the drive-thru.
Check out the Smart Cookies and Digital Cookie Guides on Cookie Central to review the steps for scheduling council-secured booths, entering lottery choices, and entering troop-secured booths.
No Matter Which Booth(s) You Participate in…
Make it a Learning Opportunity
Cookie booths are a great opportunity for girls to see what it’s like to run a small business. Assigning roles like greeter, order packer, change-maker, etc. and swtiching them often can help the girls stay engaged, learn new skills, and grow confidence! Keep in mind, roles can always be adjusted depending on girls interests. Remember to feature important information like your troop number, your troop’s chosen donation recipient, your sales goal, and creative signage to draw customers in.
Summary of Resources
General Resources
- Cookie Booth Policy – Read the Girl Scouts River Valleys Cookie Booth Policy before planning your cookie booth sale.
- Cookie Central – Your one-stop hub for all things cookies.
- Cookie Donations – Learn more about Cookie Care donation options.
- Online Cookie Systems Guide – Use these step-by-step tutorials to guide you through using Digital Cookie and Smart Cookies online systems.
- ABCSmartCookies.com – Use Smart Cookies online to sign up for a council-arranged booth, request a troop-arranged booth, report booth sales with the booth divider, and so much more. Sellers and volunteers are able to use their online account starting November/December.
- Smart Cookies Guide – Use these step-by-step tutorials to guide you through signing up for a council-arranged booth, requesting a troop-arranged booth, reporting booth sales with the booth divider, and so much more.
- GirlScoutsRV.Box.com/Booth-Instructions – Each council-arranged booth location has a special set of instructions.
- GirlScoutsRV.Box.com/Historical-Booth-Data – View historical booth data from past years. These sales are self-reported and are not a guarantee of sales.
- Mid-Season Sales Data – Check sales at your booth location for an estimate of how many cookies to bring. These sales are self-reported and are not a guarantee of sales.
- Cookie Booth Locations-Do Not Contact List – Includes all potential council-secured cookie booth locations. Please review this list prior to securing your own troop cookie booths to ensure that you don’t call a location that is already council arranged. Finalized council-secured cookie booth locations are listed in Smart Cookies. You can also reference the Newly Available Locations to Contact List.
Cookie Booth Sales Kit
- Meet the Cookies Poster (PDF) – Show customers all available cookie varieties by posting this colorful poster at your booth.
- Cookie Program Business Cards for Girl Scouts (PDF) – Girl Scouts can write their troop numbers on these fillable business cards and share with customers.
- Cookie Program Door Hanger (PDF) – Troops can leave these customizable door hangers with customers.
- Cookie Care Donations Poster (PDF) – Encourage customers to donate a boxes of Girl Scout cookies by posting this colorful poster at your booth.
- Cookie Booth and Sales Guide (PDF) – Your go-to guide for guidance, participation options, creativeways to host a booth, sales success tips, and more.
- Payment Types Accepted at Cookie Booths Poster (PDF) – Post this at your cookie booth to show what type of payments your booth accepts.
- Cookie Booth Tally Sheet (PDF) – Track your sales using the tally sheet, and later enter them into Smart Cookies using the Smart Booth Divider when you get home.
- Cookie Program Sales Goal Chart (PDF) - Use this chart to track Girl Scouts sales goals throughout the Cookie Program.
