Store partners with Girl Scouts to help sell cookies
CLIFTONPARK, N.Y. » To ensure the income from hundreds of thousands of boxes of unsold cookies is not lost, Price Chopper/ Market 32 is partnering with the Girl Scouts to sell more than 300,000 boxes of the famous confections in its stores.
Proceeds from the sale of the cookies - which are to be prominently displayed and featured in the chain’s weekly circular - will benefit Girl Scout councils across the Schenectady-based company’s six-state footprint.
The unsold boxes had been slated to be sold during booth sales, which have been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown.
Price Chopper/ Market 32 and Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York officials joined to announce this new partnership during a press conference on Friday at the Market 32 store at Shoppers World in Clifton Park. Representatives from Troy-based Girl Scout Troop 1165 were present for the event as well.
“First and foremost, we want to thank our friends at Price Chopper/ Market 32 for stepping up to help thousands of Girl Scouts across the Northeast by marketing, advertising, and selling our cookies in all of their stores. We had two warehouses full of them and nowhere to turn when we asked Price Chopper/Market 32 to come to the rescue, on top of everything else they are doing right now to take care of the community,” Mary Buszuwski, CEO of Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, said in a press release.
“When we went into quarantine, our council was one of only a handful across the country that had not even started our cookie booth sales. We will now have the opportunity to not only recoup our costs but to fund important educational and leadership programs for our more than 8,200 Girl Scouts in this region.”
Beginning June 7, Price Chopper Supermarkets and Market 32 stores in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire will be selling Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do- Si-Dos, Trefoils, and Lemon-Ups from special displays designed to draw attention to the product, as well as to the tremendous opportunities and exciting adventures provided to girls by their Girl Scout councils. The retail price is $5 per box.
“This is one of those very special community opportunities for which we knew we could provide a solution. It pairs us with a dynamic and historically significant non-profit organization that does great work empowering girls in our communities, while at the same time enabling us to give our customers access to these delicious cookies, which remain an iconic part of the American experience,” Price Chopper/Market 32 President and CEO Scott Grimmett said in the release.
“In the midst of this national and global COVID-19 challenge, it is heartening to see members of our community coming together and developing solutions in response to this crisis,” Congressman Paul Tonko added in the release. “I thank Price Chopper/ Market 32 and the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York for this important partnership that will keep Girl Scouts safe as well as benefit both parties and consumers across the region.
“This smart investment will help ensure that the Girl Scout councils can continue to deliver important services for our community and offer volunteer, leadership and learning opportunities for girls everywhere.”
Other Girl Scout councils partnering with GSNENY are Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, Girl