2013 Popcorn Kickoff
Inside Your Packet:
• Unit Sale Kit
• Take Order Forms
• Prize Forms
• Military Order Receipts
• Sales Posters
• Directions how to log into the Popcorn System for Show
N Sell and Take Order product order entry
• Instructions how to sign up for online sales at the
Scout/family level for selling and unit leader level for
tracking
Unit Commissions:
26% Base Commission
1% Attending the Popcorn
Kickoff Today
1% Turning your Money by
December 6 at either Council
Service Center in Dallas or
Fairview
28% Total Commission to Your Unit
Key Dates:
Show N Sell product pickup: Sept 21
SNS money due: Oct 25
Unit prize orders due: Oct 25
Top Seller sales turn in: Nov 8
Unit popcorn orders due to council: Oct 28
Unit Popcorn Distribution*: Nov 16
*get with your District Exec on locations in your area
Final date to pay council: Dec 6
2013 Product Mix
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New for 2013…
Buffalo Cheddar
Sour Cream & Onion
in a Scouting Tin
New for 2013…
Dark & White Chocolatey Drizzle
Why the New Ready-to-Eat Items?
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Ready-to-Eat popcorn is experiencing
exponential growth in the marketplace
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Bold and unique flavors are driving this shift
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Trail’s End has identified a unique opportunity
for Scouting by offering a multitude of new
flavors that are popular with consumers while
being at the price points volunteers are
requesting
C10C 2013 Product Line Up
Ready-to-Eat
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$55 Chocolate Lovers Tin
$35 Cheese Lovers Collection
$25 White Chocolatey Pretzels
$22 Dark and White Chocolatey Drizzle
$22 Sour Cream & Onion (in Scouting TIN)
$22 Caramel Corn with Almonds & Pecans
$18 Buffalo Cheddar Cheese
$15 Cheddar Cheese Corn
$10 Classic Caramel Corn
Microwavable
• $25 Kettle 18-Pack
• $20 Unbelievable Butter 18-Pack
• $20 Butter Light 18-Pack
Things YOUR Unit Can Do to Sell
More Popcorn:
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Give each Scout a sales goal
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Host a Popcorn Kickoff in your unit
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Show parents “What’s in it for them”
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Teach the boys a “close statement” to make the sale!
(Ex: Will you help me get camp? / Will you help me
reach my sales goal?)
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Sponsor unit-level incentives for your Pack or Troop
You can see more of Teresa’s
formula for success at
www.trails-end.com
Look for the “Resources” tab and
then click on “Training Videos”
2013 Council-Sponsored
Scout Incentives
Circle Ten Council
2013 $600 Club Incentive!
(Instant Recognition)
Remote Control Helicopter
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Each Top District Salesman
Mesquite Rodeo Family 4 pack
Circle Ten Council
2013 Top 6 Salesman Incentives!
Dallas
Mavericks
• 2 Packages for 2
different winners
• Suite for 18 tickets
for a game in the
2013-2014 Season
Circle Ten Council
2013 Top 6 Salesman Incentives!
Texas Motor Speedway
• 2014 VIP Package for
Spring NASCAR Race
Weekend
Circle Ten Council
2013 Top 6 Salesman Incentives!
Dallas Stars
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Suite for 12
Autographed Hockey Stick
Zamboni Ride
Penalty Box Pre-Game Warm Up
Stars Goody Bag
Circle Ten Council
2013 Top 6 Salesman Incentives!
Texas Rangers
• Suite for 20 tickets
• Winner will throw out the 1st pitch
Circle Ten Council
2013 Top 6 Salesman Incentives!
Mesquite Rodeo
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Luxury Suite for 10
Food and Beverage package
2 people sit in the Rodeo Cage during
the bull riding (Based on available
dates)
Sneak Peak of Rodeo Animals
Autograph session w/Rodeo Cowboys
Reminder:
Is your unit participating in the
Show and Sell?
This is the Last Day to submit your
Show and Sell Orders on the
www.trails-end.com
Questions?
2013 Popcorn System Training
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Trail’s End Popcorn
System Training
This training is designed to:
1. At the most basic level: assist you, as a Unit
Popcorn Chairman, enter your unit’s order online via the Trail’s End System.
2. Show you what the Popcorn System can do:
reporting, unit invoices, scout lists, packing
slips, sales histories (for the units and/or
individual boys).
2013
Trail’s End Popcorn
System Training
Where it all starts:
www.trails-end.com
Click on “LEADERS”
Click on “SIGN IN”
Click on “POPCORN SYSTEM”
Log in
LOG-IN SCREEN:
1. Use an email address that is VALID. Reason
being, we will email your password if you
forget it.
2. If you don’t receive the confirmation email
back from us when you first register, check
your “junk mail” folder. Sometimes email from
an unrecognized sender will end up here.
UNIT HOME PAGE:
BASIC ORDERING
1. Click on “ORDERS” across the menu bar at
the top of the page
2. Under “POPCORN,” select your order type
(listed by either date or title.
3. Enter quantities of each product needed in
empty fields on screen.
Click on “ORDERS”
1 or multiple order dates depending on your council…
Order screen
comes up.
Enter case
quantity needed
by available
products.
Submit to Council
Notice under the product symbols the container quantity in each case.
Click “SUBMIT
TO COUNCIL”
button on lower
left
Submit to Council
UNIT HOME PAGE:
POPCORN ORDER
After quantities by product have been filled, be sure to
click “SAVE CHANGES” if you don’t want to submit it to
the council right away
OR
Click “SUBMIT TO COUNCIL”
Once you have clicked SUBMIT TO COUNCIL your order
has been submitted to the council for approval.
We Thank You!