Young Entrepreneur: Girl Scout sells cookies outside pot clinic

117 boxes in two hours. Pure genius.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Girl-Scout-Does-Brisk-Business-Selling-Cookies-Outside-San-Francisco-Pot-Club-246452511.html

What's cooler than a Girl Scout selling cookies?

A business-savvy Girl Scout who sets up shop outside a cannabis clinic to rev up her sales skills.

Thirteen-year-old Girl Scout Danielle Lei did brisk business last Monday selling Dulce de Leches and other flavors outside The Green Cross medical marijuana clinic in San Francisco, Mashable reported.

Danielle was able to sell 117 boxes within two hours outside the cannabis clinic -- 37 more than what she sold within the same time frame at a local Safeway the next day, according to Mashable.

"It's no secret that cannabis is an appetite stimulant -- so it's not shocking that a lot of our patients came and purchased cannabis, and then saw the cookies and purchased them," said Holli Bert, a spokesperson for The Green Cross. "But it wasn't just patients, staff members and neighbors also bought the cookies. I personally bought five boxes. It turned out to be a big success."

Bert said that Danielle's mother had contacted The Green Cross to set up the sale outside the store.

"We were happy to have her (Danielle) come -- she is extremely business savvy," Bert said. Related Stories

Danielle's mother Carol takes her two daughters to different places around San Francisco to sell cookies so that "they can learn about different environments," Mashable reported.

Carol told NBC Bay Area that the family is not doing any interviews.

Green Cross is so happy with the outcome that they have invited Danielle back to their store on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. for a repeat performance.

The Green Cross posted about Danielle's visit on its Facebook page, including a link to an external poll, which asks people whether Girl Scouts should sell cookies outside legal marijuana shops.

The Girl Scouts of Northern California don't have a problem with this business strategy.

Dana Allen, the organization's marketing and communications director, told Mashable that "the mom decided this was a place she was comfortable with her daughter being at."

"We're not telling people where they can and can't go if it's a legitimate business," she said.

Haha smart girl

37 more boxes than she sold outside the Safeway.

Maybe it's as simple as people buying pot have more discretionary funds.

Toyman01 wrote: 37 more boxes than she sold outside the Safeway. Maybe it's as simple as people buying pot have more discretionary funds.

impulse buy. people already bought their impulse cookies inside safeway. selling cookies outside a store that sells cookies cheaper is a poor strategy. selling them when you are the only cookie on the block is good strategy.

i'd love to go "heh the potheads got the munchies" but i'll bet it has nothing to do with it. it's just a dispensary, not a smokatorium.

Maybe she saw the episode of "Friends" where Ross sells his cookies outside the Pink Floyd laser light show.

I heard this story on NPR yesterday, her mom was quoted as saying "this is a teachable moment".

Location. Location. Location.

The Green Cross?

But! But!

That girl is going places.

In reply to Appleseed:

I think somebody did! Supply and demand, targeting a specific demographic, etc... Usable, capitalist lessons right there.

Except it totally wasn't, as patgizz pointed out. In fact, this has all the teachings of a fail for ASSuming.

patgizz wrote:

Toyman01 wrote: 37 more boxes than she sold outside the Safeway. Maybe it's as simple as people buying pot have more discretionary funds.

impulse buy. people already bought their impulse cookies inside safeway. selling cookies outside a store that sells cookies cheaper is a poor strategy. selling them when you are the only cookie on the block is good strategy. i'd love to go "heh the potheads got the munchies" but i'll bet it has nothing to do with it. it's just a dispensary, not a smokatorium.

i've seen girl scouts selling cookies right by the exit door of the grocery part of Wal Mart with a lot of people buying from them...

i even bought some- because unlike some parents, their parents actually made them put in the work of selling them instead of taking the sign up sheet to work so they can guilt trip their coworkers into buying from their daughter.

If she sold it outside of a Bar or Liquor store she probably would have been robbed..