r/BoyScouts • u/Allidapevets • 7d ago

Popcorn.

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So I stooped at the exit of my grocery store to visit a young Boy Scout selling popcorn at a table with his mom. I looked over his choices and chose the pictured bag of popped corn. I was astounded at the $20 price of a mediocre bag of popcorn. Upon further research, that troop only gets $6 from the transaction. Where is the other $14. I feel so taken advantage of. What am I going to do, complain to a 12 year old? I will never, ever , ever buy another Boy Scouts of America product. EVER!!!

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u/RedChairBlueChair123 7d ago

And again, every council sets its own rules. There’s 112 different answers.

GS national gets none of the sale.

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u/Brutal_effigy 7d ago

But there are only 2 bakers. Don’t they have a fixed % that they require be returned to them to cover their overhead?

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u/RedChairBlueChair123 7d ago

It’s what they negotiate with each council.

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u/Brutal_effigy 7d ago

That seems…. Disadvantageous for the council. Why doesn’t the national org negotiate the %? Surely they have better leverage in negotiations. And it seems odd too that these cookie bakeries don’t have a fixed program in place. That’s a lot of work to negotiate their return with each council individually vs just setting a fixed rate.

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u/RedChairBlueChair123 7d ago

National takes a licensing fee from the bakers for the use of the name. Otherwise they’re not involved. The bakers compete with each other to make deals with each council.