In a return to normal after a tough couple of years, Girl Guides are now selling cookies across B.C.
At a Delta warehouse Saturday (March 12), hundreds of cases of chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies were loaded into group-leader vehicles for distribution to young Girl Guides to sell door-to-door and outside retail stores in Metro Vancouver.
Every $5 box of cookies helps fund outdoor camping adventures, science events, art workshops, community service projects and more.
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The cookies are sold until stock runs out, for a limited time.
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A can be found on the website girlguides.ca.
I'm first to open a box of Girl Guides cookies this week, as sales start across B.C.
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The debate is: Are the mint ones sold in fall better than the chocolate/vanilla cookies of spring?
(No, my package-opening skills aren't great)
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Dare Foods makes the cookies and ships them across Canada with the help of AMJ Campbell Van Lines.
At the Delta warehouse on River Road, close to 3,500 cases of cookies were shipped this week. With 12 boxes per case, that香蕉视频直播檚 around $210,000 in cookies to sell.
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Other cookie warehouses are located in Victoria, Prince George and Kelowna.
Two years ago, in the very early days of the pandemic, Girl Guide cookies were shipped to local warehouses the week everything shut down.
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