Huge demand for GSC coupled with supply chain issues means that in some areas they are facing a shortage. During the pandemic they had an issue trying to get the product out to people and were struggling to sell some but now things are much different.
A shortage with the popular cookies has now hit New Mexico and other areas around the United States which are now seeing the same issues.
This means their sales are going to be impacted by having to wait for more product to arrive.
What is contributing? It is said to be a worldwide peanut butter shortage that is playing a role in the shortage issue here, production challenges have also impacted things.
Still waiting on delivery for thousands of boxes
There is such high demand for the cookies that they are eagerly waiting for thousands of more cookie boxes to be delivered so that they can try and meet demand.
This limits how much they can raise and where they might be able to sell. Each year they bring in millions of dollars with those cookie sales. Thousands of sellers participate around the country selling millions of cookie packages.
Last year they were stuck with millions of boxes of cookies that needed to be sold. But now they have the opposite problem for the cookie operation.
They are hoping that this demand continues even when things start to even out and more cookies come flooding in to balance the market. There will be some areas that are expected to be extending that cookie sale because of the ongoing supply chain issues for GSC products.
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Sources:
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211103/wheres-the-peanut-butter-supply-shortages-are-changing-food-menus-at-some-suburban-schools
https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/supply-chain-shortages-hit-new-mexico-girl-scouts-cookie-sales/6417466/
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/14/1006373856/the-girl-scouts-have-unsold-cookies-left-15-million-boxes
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-28/cookie-mergency-girl-scout-goodies-are-in-short-supply
https://www.fastcompany.com/90720616/girl-scout-cookies-smores-supply-chain-crisis
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-28/cookie-mergency-girl-scout-goodies-are-in-short-supply
https://www.masslive.com/food/2022/02/some-girl-scout-cookie-varieties-are-in-short-supply-in-central-and-western-massachusetts-as-well-as-new-hampshire.html