First off, obviously, Girl Scout cookies cannot be KFP because they all have wheat flour. But we have a different issue which is a bit complicated.
Each Girl Scout troop sells cookies February - March. This is done by taking orders, collecting cash and then we order the cookies from GSA and we pay GSA $3.40 per box while we collect $4.00 per box. The remainder of this money ($0.60 per box) goes into a bank account to which we have access, but is actually owned by GSA. So in effect the local troop (and ours is a shomer shabbat troop) is “owned” by GSA.
Now, we also purchase some cookies without orders an we sell them at tables in front of stores, door to door, etc. The sale is basically over at this point, but there are still a few cases of cookies that were not sold. Here is the question. Do we need these cookies to be part of the “sale of the Hametz”? And if so, who would be the one to take care of this transaction? The cookies are “owned” by the local troop, but ultimately, the local troop is “owned” by the Girl Scouts of America (which may have Jews on its board of directors, but the professionals and the major board members (President, VP, etc) are not Jewish. Given all of this, it would seem to me that not only do we not include these cookies in any sale of Hametz, we CANNOT include them, since none of the local parent volunteers actually owns the cookies.
As I said, this seems very complicated to me, and I was hoping that you might be able to help us figure this out.
Thanks!