girlscoutsla.orgWe don't want to start a panic, so please take a deep breath and have a seat before you read this next line.
Girl Scout cookies are slowly but surely getting more expensive.
Sorry, those GIFs didn't help you not panic, huh?
CNBC is reporting that prices for Girl Scout cookies in Massachusetts, California and Hawaii have gone up to $5 a box. Some folks might call that figure a bit high, but us? Honestly, we are such groupies for Thin Mints and other delicious Girl Scout cookies that they could raise the price to $5 a cookie and we'd still whip out our checkbook and hand over a blank check.
(To any young person out there reading this: a "checkbook" is how humans paid for things before debit and credit cards were invented).
So what's with the price hike? Well, according to the Girl Scouts of Los Angeles website, the increase is to help offset the rising prices of running a non-profit organization.
"Primarily, the increase in the cookie price is because inflation has increased the cost of doing business for troops, service units, and the overall council. The last time we increased the price was more than 10 years ago," reads the website. "A price increase is necessary to keep up with the ever-increasing costs of running a nonprofit organization. Without an increase in price, we are unable to cover existing costs or provide for program enhancements, building repairs, or other investments on behalf of our membership."
The plus side of a more expensive box of cookies is that the Girl Scouts of America will in turn get more money. With this price bump, troop proceeds will increase by nearly 27 percent. That'll make you feel good about forking over some extra coin to get your hands on those Tagalongs, right?
So what do you think about paying five bucks for a box of Girl Scout cookies? Still worth it or will you be tightening your purse strings come cookie season?