How Troops and Girls Get Cookies

Initial Orders

Troops will pick up initial order cookies at Initial Pick Ups. These pickup locations are reserved by the Service Unit Cookie Chair and are where all the Service Unit cookies will be delivered at the same time! Your Service Unit Cookie Chair will let you know the date, time, and location of your Initial Pick Up.

Cookie Cupboards

Cookie Cupboards open in mid-February. Cupboards are a resource for troops to restock on inventory when their initial cookie orders run out. Before heading out to a cupboard, make sure to place a Planned Order in Smart Cookies ahead of time—see page 43 on how to place one!

From Other Troops

Transferring cookies between troops is another way to manage troop inventory. Troops with an excess of one or multiple varieties can transfer to troops who need more.

The Inside Scoop on Initial Orders

The Initial Order Period happens January 5–19. This is the time when girls can go around with order cards—collecting orders from customers, but not collecting money. Initial Orders are due from girls to the Troop Cookie Chair through Digital Cookie on January 16 and troop Initial Orders are due to Service Unit Cookie Chairs on January 19.

Troops place Initial Orders to receive cookies as soon as the Direct Sale Period starts. Here are some benefits to placing Initial Orders:

• Initial Order Cookies are shipped directly to your service unit! All you have to do is communicate with your Service Unit Cookie Chair to schedule a time for pick up.

• If troops include cookies for Cookie Booths on their initial order, it decreases trips needed to a Cookie Cupboard—saving gas and time!

• Placing Initial Orders also helps prevent shortages. The cookies you order in your Initial Order are guaranteed by our baker for you to receive.

Part of your troop's Initial Order will be the cookies girls have sold with their order cards during the month of January. Troops can also order additional cookies for booth sales on the initial order—using the booth cookies line. Do not enter extra booth cookies in Smart Cookies as a girl order. Smart Cookies will automatically round each variety up to the nearest full case after initial orders and extras are entered. The troop is responsible for selling these extra packages.