The Girl Scouts of the USA recently stated that they are “Keeping all options open” amongst frustrations with one of their baking partners, Little Brownie Bakers, that is owned by confection giant Ferrero. Little Brownie Bakers made the Girl Scouts aware on Monday that weather induced power outages at their Louisville, Kentucky, factory stopped cookie production for the weekend of March 5th, setting inventory back further.
The power outages came after problems and delays already occurred at LBB, according to someone familiar with the matter. Girl Scout executives reportedly told local troop leaders that they expect their baking partners to be “more ahead of demand” than LBB has so far been. This has caused a resale market for Girl Scout Cookies with online prices of the new limited-edition flavor, Raspberry Rally being sold for as much as $35 for something that normally sells for $5.
The spokesperson that was not approved to speak publicly about the matter stated, “We are extremely disappointed that LBB is again having challenges with managing their production, We will address these issues with our baker partner in the future and we are keeping all options open to do right by our girls.”
Ferrero issued a statement saying, “Global supply chain issues, local labor shortages, and even unforeseen severe weather have all impacted the selling season, but Little Brownie Bakers is on track to fulfill initial orders, teams in our bakery have been working overtime to ensure that initial Girl Scout cookie orders get fulfilled.”
In December, Ferrero agreed to buy ice cream giant Wells Enterprises.
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