Comments on: Wal-Mart Knocks Off the Girl Scouts

By: Diane Wagner

Diane Wagner — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:12 +0000

Wal Mart is infamous as a destroyer of small business’ in any community it invades. The company does not care about the communities in which they take over. They might convince their employees to donate to the United Way or Red Cross, but as for supporting the immediate community–closures upon closures of small family owned business happen. So to rob from the Girl Scouts —-Who should really be surprised?
A former Girl Scout, Girl Scout Leader, Cookie Mom and a mother to former Girl Scouts too. BOYCOTT Wal Mart!

By: julie

julie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:25:35 +0000

so i tried a girl scouts thin mint yesterday for the first time…………OMG………it was the best cookie i have ever tasted. i cant believe wal mart would try to sell a similar cookie. i just dont see this fake wal mart “thin mint” replacing such a delicious cookie.

By: Chode

Chode — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:45:44 +0000

I’ll buy the cookies from whomever sells a quality cookie at the lower price point.

I think $4.00 for a box of 14 Samoas is ridiculous.

-Chode

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:42:39 +0000

Meijer has them too!

By: GSleader

GSleader — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:46:57 +0000

I came across this site as I was researching why OUR local Walmart has banned any girl scouts from selling cookies on the property. So not only are they refusing to let us sell our cookies, they are selling a knockoff? NICE! One more reason I cannot stand that store.

By: BigDaddy

BigDaddy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:46:39 +0000

You know, I buy my Girl Scout Cookies every year AT WALMART! They put tables by the doors and those sweet little girls and their mom’s politely smile and offer them to me. I buy them because I love the cookies, and I buy them because sweet smiles warm my heart.

In this crazy world, our youth need to see people respond to them with a positive attitude, a smile in return and a little giving spirit too! This is how we teach others to be friendly people. Lead by example!

By: Cindi

Cindi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:23:41 +0000

Dollar General has a good version of several Girl Scout cookie flavors. Walmart is not the first to make similar cookies. I am sure there are other stores that do the same thing. Girl Scouts does need funding, no doubt. My girl really cannot be in it because of the cost, but also because Girl Scouts does not do the things I would want my girl to do…such as what the Boy Scouts do. I do that with her myself. Girl Scouts should be about more than self esteem building and arts and crafts, and also more family oriented. With those things in mind, Girl Scouts does not have a monopoly on cookies of any flavor, and would do well to change the way the organization operates to serve more girls in a comparable way to how boys are served in Boy Scouts…camping, survival skills, etc… are great self-esteem builders and essential to have in case of decline in the country or other issues which would make those skills necessary.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:17:31 +0000

Well, shame on you Wal-Mart – for denying GS the ’space’ to sell cookies outside your stores. Shame, shame, shame.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:04:52 +0000

I don’t understand all of the hate for the Boy Scouts here, and especially related to this story. It’s a good organization and I appreciated my time in it, even if I was indifferent about God.

If you want to get into a p***ing contest, Learning for Life is a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts that accepts anyone within a certain age range, even regardless of gender.

(cv’s note: See what I mean? What does this comment have to do with the actual post? Or with Girl Scouts?)

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:15:34 +0000

You think the people that shop at Walmart are really going to buyany more or less cookies than they ever did (if ever) from the girl scouts? Spend your time a little more productively than writing about this nonsense.