Thinner Mints: Girl Scouts have 15 million boxes of unsold cookies due to pandemic Share Updated: 6:37 PM EDT Jun 14, 2021 By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer Thinner Mints: Girl Scouts have 15 million boxes of unsold cookies due to pandemic Share Updated: 6:37 PM EDT Jun 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MEREDITH: NEW AT FOUR, THOUSANDS OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, ARE GOING TO WASTE. SUMMER: THE LOCAL COUNCIL IS HAVING TROUBLE SELLING THEM DURING THE PANDEMIC. 214,000 BOXES ARE SITTING IN THE WAREHOUSE, READY TO BE SOLD. AND EATEN. WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH TALKED THE SCOUT LEADERS ABOUT IT. MICHELLE: IN TERMS OF SALES, YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE GIRL SCOUTS WORST NIGHTMARE, 214,000 BOXES OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES SITTING IN AN ORLANDO WAREHOUSE. UNSOLD. WHAT HAPPENED? TWO WORDS, THE PANDEMIC. >> IT IS A SERIOUS PANDEMIC, SO FAMILIES KEPT THEIR DAUGHTERS HOME. THEY TUNED OUT COMPLETELY, AND THAT’S OK. MICHELLE: READY FOR THIS? THESE COOKIES REPRESENT $1 MILLION IN SALES, MONEY GIRL SCOUTS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA DIDN’T GET FOR PROJECTS, TRIPS, AND DOING WHAT GIRL SCOUTS DO. >> IT IS TO MAKE THEM OUR FUTURE LEADERS, TO BUILD THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS. MICHELLE: THE GIRL SCOUTS TRIED EVERYTHING TO SELL COOKIES DURING A PANDEMIC. THEY SOLD THEM ONLINE, THEY USED GRUB HUB, USED ZOOM, USED DOOR HANGERS, PUT THE COOKIES ON THE FRONT DOORSTEP. I JUST HAD TO DO THAT. >> SO THIS IS WHEN I SOLD 500 BOXES LAST YEAR. MICHELLE: NOW FOR THE RECORD, GIRL SCOUTS WERE ALLOWED TO SELL THE ADDICTING COOKIES, AND SOME DID, LIKE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PHAILANI PHARELL, WHO’S A BROWNIE. PHAILANI SOLD DOUBLE HER GOAL, 1200 BOXES. YOU SAW THERE WAS A BIG DEMAND FOR THESE COOKIES. >> YEAH, AND NOW TO THINK OF IT I WANT TO SELL MORE MORE AND MORE AND MORE TILL ALL OF THEM ARE OU MICHELLE: WHAT’S THE PLAN? THE GIRL SCOUTS ARE ENCOURAGING CORPORATIONS AND COMPANIES TO BUY, THEN DONATE THE COOKIES TO THE MILITARY AND SECOND HARVEST. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, THERE’S A REASON THE COOKIE SEASON IS FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY IN FLORIDA, BECAUSE IF THE COOKIES STAY IN THE WAREHOUSE MUCH LONGER IN THIS HEAT, THEY WILL MELT IN ORANGE COUNTY, MICHELLE MEREDITH, WESH TWO NEWS. SUMMER: TO LET YOU KNOW, THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE THE THIN MINTS. MEREDITH: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE? SUMMER: I DON’T, BUT TONY WAS SAYING THOSE ARE HIS FAVORITE. MEREDITH: T