(Year 2 – Cookie Business Badge)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
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Released in 2021. Replaced Customer Insights as the new Year 2 Cookie Business Badge.
The 2011 Junior Page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Practice cookie sales, set a cookie-selling goal and budget, make a sales plan, and have customer practice or interaction.
Quick Links:
Activity Choices, Meeting Plans, Solo Scouts,
Uniform Placement, GSUSA Info & Links
Our Summary* of Requirements:
- Practice cookie sales (make display, learn online shopping cart, OR make a quiz game).
- Brainstorm and vote for a troop sales goal and what to do with the cookie money.
- Make a budget for the cookie money.
- Make a list of potential customers, a sales plan, OR a social media campaign.
- Interact with customers (role playing, making a survey, OR thinking of answers to common customer responses).
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
Activity Choices
Multi-Level Cookie Business Activity List
Work in Progress, links may not be available. Check back later!
Do one Required Customer Reach activity and ensure you do two things:
- Know who to reach out to.
- Learn from your customers.
Do one Required Set Goals activity and ensure you do two things:
- Vote for a troop goal.
- Make a budget for the troop money.
Pick one Optional Activity:
- Any Cookie Sale Decoration activity.
- Any Digital Cookie Learning activity.
Available Troop Meeting Plans
- (2) 90 Min Mtgs – GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan
- Mtg 1: Practice Sales (3 choices), AND Make Goal (3 choices)
- Mtg 2: Budget Cookie Money (3 choices), Make a List (3 choices), AND Interact with Customers (3 choices)
How to earn individually as a Solo Scout?
- None Currently Available.
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the Cookie Business Themed Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.
Where does this go on the Uniform?
This is a Skill Based Badge and goes on the troop number side of the vest – Click Here to see Junior diagrams and details on where to place it or sash placement.
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GSUSA Information and Details
There are five steps needed to complete this badge, found on the Girl Scout Shop description or searching the GSUSA Badge Explorer. Information on the official requirements can also be found on the Scout’s Honor Wiki.
Printed Booklets
Booklet and VTK Information(Coming Soon)- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet
Other Non-GSUSA Resources
- None Currently Available.
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For More Fun Ideas and Plans
Join the Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
Join the Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
See other Recommended Facebook Groups for some Scouting Organizations
(No official Groups)
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Click Here -> To see information References:
Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Cookie Collaborator 1.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Cookie Collaborator 2.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Roberts, Rachel. Junior the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.
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