The success of our popcorn campaign helps to deliver quality programming at every level of Scouting. Popcorn season is one of the many highlights that your fellow community members look forward to! Many of your customers come back year after year to try new products, stock up on their favorites, and purchase gifts of popcorn for their friends, family, and co-workers. Here, you will find a mountain of information to make your popcorn sales as fun and successful as possible. If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to contact our Council Popcorn Kernel. Have fun out there!
With online sales, your unit can sell online popcorn year round!
Important Popcorn Dates
Each Unit should have a Popcorn Kernel. Online Direct Sales are Year-Round.
June 16 Trails-End Popcorn Kernel trainings
August 11 District popcorn kickoff
September 1 Unit orders due for Show and Sell
September 18 Show and Sell product unit pickup
September 18 Show and Sell begins
November 1 Final returns and unit take orders due
November 13 Take Order product unit pickup
December 1 Final payment due to Council.
Resources
Scouts learn life lessons by “earning their own way.”
Product sales revenue supports the unit program.
Provides funds for activities and advancement, lowers the cost of camps, district activities, and prices at the Scout shop.
Increase your unit and council income – up to 35% stays with the local unit.
Scouts use the funds for various Scouting programs, fees and activities.
There are loads of incentives to motivate Scouts.
Put up door hangers in your neighborhood with your photo and Trails-End website listed for online orders.
Promote your website on social media
Make calls to your friends and relatives
Send emails or make calls to businesses to purchase for their break room or gifts
Nearly 73% of all dollars collected during the sale support local Scouting.
Units earn up to a 35% commission on Trails End products they sell.
The popcorn sale is a way for a Scout to support his or her way through the various activities during the year.
- Sign up your unit to sell so your Scouts can begin online sales.
- Select a unit Popcorn Kernel
- Create a unit budget.
- Have a unit popcorn goal.
- Each Scout sets individual selling goals.
- Watch training videos on selling popcorn.
Have an exciting unit Popcorn Kickoff.
Sample Unit Budget for Popcorn Sales
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For Scouts/Parents: How to Sell $1,000 with Social Distancing in 8 hours
10 Tips For Making Popcorn Sales Pop
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How four Scouts sold $250,000 in Scout popcorn
Storefront Popcorn Selling Request
Trails End Online Fundraising Guide
