--- title: Girl Scouts Raise Cookie Prices description: Stocking up on your favorite Thin Mints and Samoas could put a bigger dent in your wallet this year. authors: - name: Kerri Anne Renzulli url: https://money.com/author/kerri-anne-renzulli/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 185 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/kerenzulli former_staff: true published: '2015-02-02T15:55:21.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T10:06:55.000Z' section: Business tags: - California - cost - Girl scout - Girl Scout Cookies - Girl Scouts - inflation - price increase - Shopping word_count: 186 canonical: https://money.com/girl-scouts-raise-cookie-prices/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** Money may earn a commission when you click on the products and services below. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine where and how they appear. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/) about how we make money. ![Ashley Rubin, 9, holds a sign during Girl Scout Troop 582's cookie training session at Beach Vineyard Church in Panama City Beach, Florida, 2015.](https://img.money.com/2015/02/150202_em_girlscoutcookies.jpg?crop=0px%2C422px%2C1354px%2C762px&quality=85) *Ashley Rubin, 9, holds a sign during Girl Scout Troop 582's cookie training session at Beach Vineyard Church in Panama City Beach, Florida, 2015.* Five bucks for a box of Thin Mints? That's how much Girl Scout cookie fans will pay in some regions of California, up from $4 a year ago. In parts of the South, prices will rise to $4 a box from $3.50. As cookie-selling season gets under way, Girl Scout councils in San Diego, Orange County, and Greater Los Angeles are hiking prices for the first time in a decade. The increase will bring more money into local scout troops—about 27% more per box by their estimates, the [WSJ](http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2015/01/30/5-thin-mints-the-changing-economics-of-girl-scout-cookies/) reports. Each council sets prices in its own region (in the New York area, prices are staying at $4.) In March, the Girl Scouts announced that they were taking cookie sales online. It also introduced [three new flavors](http://www.girlscoutshs.org/blog/posts/two-new-girl-scout-cookies-for-2015) for 2015. This latest change is attributed to increased prices charged by the baker (up 19%) and higher operating costs (up 28%), according to a [statement](http://content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015_cookie_price_faq.pdf) from the Greater Los Angeles Council. Price hike or no, the Girl Scouts say you're still getting a bargain. 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