Popcorn 2012 Info

Written by Pack155 on September 21, 2012

Welcome to the 2012-2013 Scout Year and this year’s fundraising Popcorn Sale! This page will give you all of the basic information for this year’s sale. Also browse the Pack 155 Calendar for important dates.

♦ Logistics

Popcorn Kernel: Jeff Krueger, 608-347-2047, email: jeff_m_krueger@yahoo.com
PICKUP / Restock Location:
Jeff Krueger’s House
6853 Topaz Court
DeForest, WI 53532
VIEW MAP
(County CV [Lake Rd], west on Diamond Drive near Gray Rd)
– – – – – – – – –
PICKUP POPCORN: Friday, September 21, between 5-8pm. SALE BEGINS: Saturday, September 22. SALE ENDS: Saturday, October 20. CHECKS DUE: Monday, October 22 (Pack Meeting).
– – – – – – – – –
RESTOCKING DATES Tuesdays between 6-8pm (9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16); Thursdays between 6-8pm (9/27, 10/4, 10/11).
IPAD DRAWING DATES (see below) Fridays, entry due to Council Office by 5pm (9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19)
– – – – – – – – –

♦ Type of Sales

  • Show and Sell: Popcorn delivered to customer at time of sale.
  • Take Order: Popcorn delivered to customer after time of sale (after scout receives order at a restock night or at end of Fall Popcorn Sale).
  • No online sales this year.

    •  

    ♦ Sales Instructions

    FOR ALL SCOUTS TO CONSIDER

  • Always fill out your order form, even if you are delivering popcorn to the customer that day. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION to the last two columns of the form where you will indicate if the customer has paid and if you have delivered the popcorn.
  • Customers should make checks payable to you (the parent). Parents will then submit a single check to Pack 155 for the total amount you sell during the sale.
  • Please keep and return empty boxes (literally the cartons or cases) to Jeff Krueger on restock nights or at end of sale (see calendar for dates).
  • Sale ends on October 20. At the Pack Meeting on October 22, you are accountable for submitting your check (payable to Windsor Pack 155) for the total amount you sold and any unsold popcorn.
  • If you decide to stop selling before the sale ends October 20 or you won’t make it to the October Pack Meeting, please contact Jeff Krueger as soon as possible. We will collect your check and try to redistribute your unsold popcorn to other scouts.

    •  

    FOR THOSE WHO EXPECT TO SELL MORE THAN $250 WORTH OF POPCORN

  • We recommend you use both Show and Sell and Take Order approach. For Show and Sell, pick up your popcorn at Jeff Krueger’s house between 5:00pm and 8:00pm on Friday, September 21.
  • Please accept full boxes/cases/cartons of each type of popcorn you need at pickup. Be conservative in estimating how many chocolate-based items you can sell. The Pack cannot return them to the Council.
  • Please let Jeff know, preferably by e-mail, if you intend to return damaged items or items that you don’t plan to sell or if you need popcorn to fulfill a Take Order sale. Jeff will let you know if he has it on hand or if he can obtain it from other Scouts and which restock night you can pick it up.
  • Please don’t trade/swap popcorn directly with other families. We’d prefer you return unsold items to, and pick up Take Order items from Jeff Krueger on restock nights.

    •  

    FOR THOSE WHO EXPECT TO SELL LESS THAN $250 WORTH OF POPCORN

  • We recommend that you use the Take Order approach.
  • Please let Jeff know, preferably by e-mail, what popcorn you will need to fulfill the Take Order sales you’ve accumulated (would be easiest if you accumulate several sales before contacting Jeff). Jeff will let you know if he has it on hand or if he can obtain it from other Scouts and which restock night you can pick it up.

    •  

    ♦ Helpful Information

  • Contact Jeff Krueger if you need additional or replacement order forms.
  • Jeff has the previous year sale records (Thanks Dan!), if you’d like to know what your scout sold last year for estimating purposes.
  • A “container” of popcorn is one tin or bag, not the box/case/carton in which it comes. In other words, there are typically multiple containers in each box/case/carton.
  • We have supplied an envelope that you can use to hold money and checks as you are going door-to-door.
  • Scouts should always have a parent with them and wear a Scout uniform when going door-to-door. Scouts should never enter a customer’s house alone.
  • Smile! Say ‘thank you’, even if you didn’t make a sale.

    •  

    ♦ Sales Incentives

  • Weekly IPAD Drawing for every $500 worth of sales:

    • —Four opportunities to enter (see calendar).
    —PARENTS NEED TO FAX (OR HAND DELIVER) ORDER FORM SHOWING $500 IN SALES TO GLACIER’S EDGE COUNCIL (608-273-8686) BY 5:00pm ON IPAD DRAWING DUE DATES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THEIR SCOUT
    —Every $500 worth of sales allows for a scout to enter another form.

  • End of sale prizes. See “Captain Popcorn Prize Defender” handout for details. Scout is eligible for multiple “layers” of prizes.
  • Pack Rewards (see handout that came with your popcorn order form distributed at the September Pack Meeting.. includes Leaders Dunk Tank, a Pack155-only GameBoy Advanced drawing, more prizes, etc.)

    • Good luck and have fun selling, prizes await!