If you have customers who you are not near enough to be able to deliver to personally, send them to: www.orderpopcorn.com Remember, this website will be used only after our sale finishes, and will be an opportunity for those out of reach of our regular sale (or those who want additional product after the sale) to order popcorn in full case lots during the remainder of the year and have it shipped directly to them from Trail’s End. Orders are credited to your unit through the individuals Scout’s codes issued through the Trail’s End system that the Scouts share with their customers. The customer then uses this code when ordering on www.orderpopcorn.com to see that your unit receives credit. We receive 50% profit from Trail’s End (instead of 70% due to increased shipping costs) and will split it 25% for the unit and 25% for the council (no prizes are involved). We will send a check or notify you of deposits into your unit account when Trail’s End issues the profits to us.
2005 LaSalle Council Fall Popcorn Sale Info Fall Popcorn Sale Signup & Timeline (pdf) This year’s sale will feature essentially the same product mix as last fall, with a few changes. Six products remain the same: the a Chocolate Lovers Tin containing 5 different items (Chocolate Covered Peanuts, Chocolate & White Chocolate Caramel Crunch, and Chocolate & White Chocolate Covered Pretzels) selling for $50; the 3 Way Tin (Gourmet Cheddar Cheese Corn, Chocolate Caramel Crunch, and Gourmet Caramel Corn w/ Almonds and Pecans) selling for $40; the 30 pack Microwave Variety Pack containing a 6 Pack each of 5 exciting flavors selling for $30 (Kettle Corn, Kettle Corn Light, Unbelievable Butter, Butter and Butter Light); the Cheese Lovers Tin (3 bags of Gourmet Cheddar Cheese Corn) selling for $25; and 18 Pack Unbelievable Butter and Butter Light microwave products selling for $15. We will have a 15 Pack Kettle Corn (100% Kettle Corn) selling for $17. Due to increased product costs, the 24oz. Chocolate Caramel Crunch and 28oz. Gourmet Caramel Corn w/ Almonds and Pecans will each sell for $17, and the 12oz. Caramel Corn with Peanuts tin will sell for $9. The good news is the unit profit percentage has not changed, so you will earn more profit by selling the same number of containers. The sale includes 10 products, 7 price levels, and one commission percentage for your Unit. Your Unit will again earn 30% of the gross sale (see popcorn booklet for specifics) and your Scout’s prizes remain at a value of 6%. Show and Sell orders are due by 9/9, and product pickup is 9/23. Popcorn Super Saturday happens on 10/29 (Unsold Show & Sell popcorn must be physically returned, Popcorn “Take Order” orders due, Prize Orders due, Show & Sell settlement money due), Take order popcorn distribution is 11/18, all popcorn money & turned in to Council office by December Roundtable (12/8 or 13). Come to your district’s popcorn kickoff for details (AL 8/29, PT 8/30, PO 8/31, & DM 9/1). Studies show that 70% of doors we knock on will purchase product, and that the most efficient way to sell is a “Show and Deliver” method of having the product on hand to deliver while we take orders. The prize program this year will be a Trail’s End program which will include gift certificate options. We will also offer a “Scout Bucks” option to Troops and Crews if they want to allow youth to earn money for camps and activities. We plan to give units the opportunity to place Show & Sell and prize orders online. We are continuing the early bird prize program for youth salesman in a different format (since Trail’s End is adding a recognition program for completing one order form with sales, we will award an early bird prize to a set number of youth who fax in two completed order forms during the fall sale). The Trail’s End Top Salesman prize (earned in addition to other prizes) will go up to a $50 gift certificate (for $1,500 in sales). We have mailed a great new Family Sale Booklet and Take Order Form to all registered youth in early August. If your Unit achieves a 25% increase in gross sales over last year, you will receive an additional 5% of gross sales as a bonus* (*You must attend your District’s kickoff, hold a unit kickoff with published unit and individual youth sales goals, and settle on time to qualify.). Any Units not selling in 2004 who sell this year can also qualify for the bonus. * Unit popcorn chairman who sign up their units by August 15 will be awarded an attractive Trail’s End custom designed travel mug. See the Trail's End website http://www.trails-end.com/TEPublic/ for information on ordering online. Contacts
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