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Originally Posted by bewitched
Actually, they are 2 different cookies. All Abouts aren't offered this year and were made by little Brownie Bakery. ABC Bakery has Thanks-a-lot which are very similar to the now defunct Animal Treasures.
Yes, I know waaaay too much about GS cookies.
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Originally Posted by bewitched
Here is the GS.org info on cookies offered nationwide. It appears as though the OC council recently switched from Little Brownie to ABC. Perhaps they were making an association between the two as they are very similar cookies. Each bakery is required to offer Thin Mints, Do-Si-Does and Shortbread. The other offerings come from a list but are at the discretion of the 2 bakeries (which is also why some cookies are called by 2 different names-- depends on the bakery). Unlike Somoas and Caramel D'Lites (which are ostensibly the same), these 2 cookies may be similar but they are not the same. Prior to Thanks-a-Lot, ABC offered Animal Treasures not All Abouts.
eta: There is a possibility that All Abouts were offered prior to 2005 by ABC which is when O became involved in GS. (But I believe they have always been an exclusive offering of LBB and were offered up until last year.)
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Depending on where BTD bought her cookies last year, she could have very well purchased All Abouts. Orange County did switch to ABC in 2008 as I previously posted, but if she purchased anywhere in LA County or San Diego County...she would have bought Little Brownies products. I can't blame any Scout in the OC Council for telling her that she's buying All Abouts, since that is what anyone who used to sell from Little Brownies would identify them as...especially after the design change that Little Brownies made last year. In 2008, they changed the shape to a round cookie with the words "courage" "confidence" "character" "fun", etc. embossed on them much like the current "Thanks-A-Lot" design. We loved the change since the old oval cookie required an odd-shaped box which made cookie distribution and packing a tad more difficult.
As far as GSUSA is concerned, the "Thanks-A-Lot" cookie is considered an "All About" since nationally they try not to make any differentiation between the bakers. (Just as ABC billed the "Thanks-A-Lot" the new "Animal Treasure" cookie when it switched in 2006). The recipe may be slightly different than the All Abouts, but as far as selling...they are simply considered a name change just as the Trefoils/Shortbread and Samoas/Carmel deLites are billed as the same cookies.
Personally, I think they should call everything by a uniformed name, but I've been told it is a licensing issue with the 2 bakers (as well as the slightly different recipe).
swanie