Girl Scout sells more than 300 boxes of cookies outside of California pot shop
The Girl Scout's identity remains a mystery: Her eyes covered by Samoa-shaped glasses, she stands in the photo holding armfuls of cookies outside Urbn Leaf, a San Diego marijuana dispensary.
"Get some Girl Scout Cookies with your GSC today until 4pm!" reads the Instagram caption posted by Urbn Leaf over the weekend referencing GSC, a strain of cannabis inspired by the all-American treats.
The girl sold more than 300 boxes over about six hours, local ABC affiliate 10News reported, citing her father. The national organization's regional council describes it as a hazy sales tactic but could not determined the girl's identity.
The marijuana dispensary “is not on the approved booth site list," as Maryl Doyle, a Girl Scouts San Diego spokeswoman, told the San Diego Union Tribune , but scouts are allowed to tout cookies in a wagon on "walk-about" sales.
A video of the girl making sales, posted by 10News' Travis Rice, appears to show the girl standing — her face blurred — with a wagon on a parking lot median in view of the dispensary's door.
The Girl Scouts national organization put out a statement in 2014 after a girl sold 117 boxes in two hours outside a San Francisco dispensary, clarifying that local councils set all policies on how their cookie programs are run.
Doyle, the Girl Scouts San Diego spokeswoman, told the Union Tribune that the organization would reach out directly to the girl's family if officials do learn her identity. As to any possible consequences after the girl's colossal sales, Doyle would not say.
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Sounds like a win win.
Looks like she found some buyers
A brilliant marketing strategy.
Lol, exactly what I was gonna say
This young lady has great business acumen. The Girl Scouts should make her their new chief of marketing.
Smart young lady, identified a point of demand and cashed in.
Psst...hey buddy...wanna buy some cookies?