Go to the Girl Scouts website and you can see where the money goes.
My girls were GS's and I'm glad they've outgrown it...but I still want MY cookies.
I happened to see a GS across the street a few weeks ago and thought I better stay close to the door so I don't miss her when she comes down my side of the street. And I didn't.
We'll also be able to buy cookies at banks, grocery stores, church, etc once the troops receive their cookie orders. They order extra's for "table" sales. I know some troops who had left over boxes after all the table sales would send them to the troops (not GS) over seas.