Community Corner
Last Chance: Girl Scout Cookie Sales End This Weekend
If you haven't stocked up on Girl Scout cookies yet this year, there are several locations in Inver Grove Heights this weekend to help satisfy last-minute cravings.
As of 2007, sales of Girl Scout Cookies were estimated at about 200 million boxes per year, and time is running out for your to get your share this year.
Cookie sales for 2012 will wrap up this weekend at locations all across the Twin Cities, with the last chance to purchase the tasty treats in Inver Grove Heights happening this weekend.
Area Girl Scouts will be on hand at the following locations in Inver Grove Heights:
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FRIDAY, MARCH 23
• 4-7 p.m.—Rainbow Foods, 9015 Broderick Blvd.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 24
• 10 a.m.-7 p.m.—Rainbow Foods, 9015 Broderick Blvd.
• 10 a.m.-7 p.m.—Walmart, 9165 Cahill Ave.
SUNDAY, MARCH 25
• 10 a.m.-7 p.m.—Rainbow Foods, 9015 Broderick Blvd.
• 10 a.m.-7 p.m.—Walmart, 9165 Cahill Ave.
Note: The above locations were listed on the Little Brownie Bakers Cookie Locator website.
COOKIE FACTS
According to the Girl Scouts website, the most popular varieties of cookies are:
• 25 percent Thin Mints
• 19 percent Samoas/Caramel deLites
• 13 percent Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs
• 11 percent Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos
• 9 percent Shortbread/Trefoils
• 23 percent other varieties
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