All proceeds from a council's cookie sale stay in that council to support local Girl Scouts.

The number one reason people buy Girl Scout Cookies is to support Girl Scouting.

A local volunteer board of directors decide how much the cookies sell for based on how much money the council needs to provide the programs they plan to offer girls.

Girl Scout Cookie Sale activities support the democratic process in Girl Scouting and give girls the opportunity to decide how some of their troop/group proceeds will be spent.

ABC Bakers has been making Girl Scout Cookies since 1938, making it the oldest and most experienced of the two suppliers licensed by Girl Scouts of the USA.

Here's a sample grocery list for ABC: 18 million pounds of flour, 12 million pounds of sugar, 1.2 million pounds of peanuts, 1.3 million pounds of coconut!

Thin Mints make up over 25% of Girl Scout Cookies sold. The second most popular cookie is the coconut, caramel, and chocolate confection ABC calls Caramel deLites.

All licensed bakers offer five varieties of Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints, Shortbread, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Sandwich and Peanut Butter Patties. Each baker occasionally changes one or more of the other three varieties offered.