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As the annual Girl Scout Cookie sales get into full swing, the group said it is getting complaints over its Lemon Chalet Cremes. The Girl Scouts said that the initial problems with the cookies this year is nothing like what they saw last year when a refund was offered to consumers who bought from...

Each year as sure as the first signs of spring, Girl Scouts gather, troops are rallied and cookie season begins anew -- this year, however, a down economy is changing the way the girls in green go about their $714 million-dollar-business. The biggest news: not all of the cookies will be returning....

Virtually every industry has its tales of woe about sales drops during the worst of the recession. There were exceptions, however; we discovered the recession didn't slow down sales of these seven items. Girl Scout Cookies It's Girl Scout cookie time again, your chance to order those Tagalongs,...

If you're a Girl Scout Cookie fan and thought the Lemon Chalet Creme cookies you ate were a bit off -- no problem with your taste buds. They were real lemons. As in duds. The maker of the Girl Scout cookie line, Kellogg's Little Brownie Bakers, issued a statement saying some customers had...

It's hard to say no to a pint-sized cookie peddler, sweetly asking: "Would you like to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies?" But in an age where you're watching every penny, it can be equally hard to cough up between $3.50 and $4 for a box of 15 cookies -- even if those Samoas are perhaps the best...

I would love to hear of a business or organization that is not struggling under this tough economy. No such luck, and one of my favorite non-profits is in the news today for its money woes. The Girls Scouts of the USA rely on their annual cookie sales to bring in a nice chunk of money, and this...

The Girls Scouts of the U.S.A. have announced that because of the economy, fewer cookies will be packaged into boxes of Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs. And it gets worse. The Lemon Chalet Creme cookies are getting smaller, too. Perhaps sensing the rumblings of a national riot, a...

It's Girl Scout Cookie time again. And the little girls in green are already making headlines. Hopefully, however, the headlines won't be as ugly as this one. A ten-year-old Girl Scout snuck out to sell her cookies without an adult chaperone, per Girl Scout of America rules, and was the victim of...

For me, Girl Scout Cookies are an old favorite, and though most people don't know it, they are also intended to be a learning opportunity for the Girl Scouts. No, they're not a clever scam, although some people would have you believe that they are. It's a shame that the misinformation promoted by...

Gosh DANG, the pusher man.In general, it's best to avoid developing addictive relationships with junk food. The Unwritten Law of the Marketing Universe seems to dictate that as soon as a product develops a cult-like following, the company making the product ceases production.The companies will tell...