Bought two bags of 4.5 popcorn from two sweet, smiling polite Scouts and Mom. Wanted to support but$40.00 for product felt very overpriced! And product wasn't even good! Please parents protest and find a better product for your children to promote! Wont buy this product again! And not for lack of enthusiasm by the boys! read more

Popcorn is barely seasoned. The bag is garbage and ripped apart, spilling everything Far overprice read more

Initially I didn't mind the $20 because I felt like it was a worthy cause and the popcorn would be good. NEVER AGAIN!!! This white cheddar popcorn has zero flavor, and tastes like cardboard. It's literally the worst popcorn I've even tasted in my life. The Scouts of America will never again get a dime from me. Trail's End literally sells cardboard masquerading as popcorn!!! read more

Terrible taste, bland and stale tasting. Really not good. Terrible taste, bland and stale tasting. Really not good. read more

Sell something else besides these overpriced popcorn. It's crazy ! And sell some thing that tastes good, too !

Twenty dollars for a 4.5 oz bag of Kettle Corn not only seems exorbitant but I also feel bag for young people who are expected to sell it. I feel it smacks of corporate greed at the expense of dedicated hard-working youth. read more

It took a month to receive a reply from customer service regarding my order. It was a very simple question and by the time they replied it was a mute point. I didn't purchase their products so cannot speak to taste or quality. I felt products were overpriced and opted to donate funds to help First Responders and military members. read more

UGH! I just munched on a newly opened bag of Trail's End Flavored Popcorn. Had to spit out over-seasoned, salty, stale, and very spicy popcorn. It was the worst! However,I will continue to donate $20.00 directly to my neighborhood Cub Scout but NOT to buy popcorn! Will make sure100% goes to the Scouts. Why Trail's End can't make a decent $20/popcorn product in the name of the scout for fundraising is quite puzzling. I love good popcorn but this Trail's End is the worst! Shame on you TE. read more

Trail's End Cub Scout Popcorn - Heavily seasoned stale popcorn. Shame on you Trail's End for having scouts fundraise with this inferior product. You can do better? - Popcorn Shops Near Me

Terrible! How dare they charge so much and charge extra for the crappy popcorn!!! I know some of this goes to the Scouts, but really the most over-prices and horrible popcorn. Of I had know I would have just sent the money to my daughter. Shame on the company. $91 for 4 small bags of popcorn. read more

I love to support kids but this is a complete rip off! $20 for a $3 bag of popcorn. I scan the bar code on bag that states: see where the profits go and it's only a website to order more or sign up to sell popcorn. This is a scam. Stick to the girl scouts! read more

Trail's End Cub Scout Popcorn - The bar code sends you here. Basically a home made website to generate more money with absolutely no information. - Popcorn Shops Near Me

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Happy to support the Boy Scouts! I purchased a box of the popcorn which had 12 bags of microwavable popcorn in it. Actually not bad but super disappointed in the quantity that a bag produced. Near as I could figure it was about one half of a bag that a normal bag of popcorn that you would get if it was JollyTime or Orville Redenbacher popcorn. Really reflects poorly on The Boy Scouts organization selling substandard product. I spent $20 on the box of 12 bags and felt like I was taken advantage of. Happy to support them but won't be buying from them again. They need a need supplier!!! The supplier is making out like a bandit in my opinion! read more

The popcorn taste ok but I hate all the hulls that are in it. I understand the price because it benefits the Boy Scouts but I won't be buying it anymore because of all the hulls plus the whole bag never pops completely. Just not worth it. read more

I bought a $15.00 bag of popcorn from my nephew to support him and cub scouts. But this is terrible. The cub scouts are suppose to teach honor. Selling a couple dollars worth of barely flavored popcorn at massively overinflated prices is not honorable. This takes advantage of those wanting to support their scout, and this company knows it. How about a better quality product and a closer to reasonable price. I don't mind fundraising, but this is manipulative and dishonest. Not something the scouts should stand by. read more

Purchased this outside of Lowe's this weekend for $20.00 bucks. But hey, I try to support the kids. Got it home and did what I always do, looked for an expiration date. Please tell me this is not what it is. 2004? I wonder where it has been for 15 years? I'm tossing it out regardless. I'm not taking any chances. read more

Trail's End Cub Scout Popcorn - Is that the expiration date? It's 2019, I hope not. - Popcorn Shops Near Me

This program is part of the Cub Scouts fund raising efforts. I was approached this year to make a purchase. Most of the choices are popcorn or candy. The prices are high, the shipping is high, but I decided to make a purchase anyway. Never again, poor quality products and everything was way overpriced! Zero value in my experience compared to the products sold by other companies with respect to other fund raising organizations. Finally, if you want to avoid paying shipping, Trail's End gives you the option of donating instead to "Hero's and Helpers". I avoided that choice as I was not comfortable with the Terms and Conditions. Again, they will never get another penny of my money. read more

It honestly tastes like they're trying to re-sell burnt popcorn. It's disgusting. Please save your money or just burn your own popcorn and put sugar in it. Donate if you want to, but don't subject yourself to this unsavory snack read more

Not sure who is at fault here. Did this brand distribute a bunch of expired products or did the Boy Scouts bulk buy these items and sell them off? Regardless this is a big issue. read more

Trail's End Cub Scout Popcorn - Expired bag of caramel popcorn I bout this summer in 2019 YUCK! - Popcorn Shops Near Me

This is a donation to an organization teaching kids ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS! Sorry it's not as cheap as Girl Scout cookies, but your money does go directly to the troops and packs and it is a vital part of keeping these packs and troops operating and going on field trips. Popcorn is the ONLY fundraiser many units do. The Scouts also accept general donations of any amount in lieu of popcorn. If you don't like the popcorn or are so concerned with value over keeping kids in a educational program full of opportunities, then just say no thank you and move on with your day. read more

trails end popcorn was a great disappointment. looked like regular popcorn with black dust on it. I realize it is a fundraiser but I would rather just give them money. and $30.00 a bag is crazy. I've bought my last bag. read more

I've been selling popcorn for scouts for four years. The prices have gotten outrageous. They say it's for the 70% donation to scouts, but it's difficult to believe when you compare $28 for 12oz chocolate pretzels with $5 for a box of cookies with the girl scouts. I'm going to suggest we look for alternative fund raising. read more

As with any other fundraiser product, you can definitely buy it less expensively on the open market. But with Trail's End popcorn sold by Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA scouts, at least I know that my donation is going to support kids getting outside and practicing life and leadership skills. I've never had a problem with the products' taste or quality... it's just always been good popcorn that makes me feel good to snack on because I know it's helping scouts. read more

Trails-End has changed their terms by offering 'free shipping for orders over $30,' but it's NOT FREE... The individual scouts or councils will be footing the bill to ship your product. Yes, you read that correctly. The company is deducting shipping costs out of the scout's commission for selling their product. What that means is that for a $30 order, the scout you are trying to support will earn only $3.02. Normally, that would be a $12 commission (our council has 40% commission for online orders). That does little to help our scouts, and I bet, it's not what you, your friends and family, hoped to contribute for their scouting adventure. Our council have asked the company to opt-out of this promotion, and have been denied. Parents and scout leaders complain and question the integrity of the practice and they are blocked. (We will see if Trail's-End takes this down like they did my post in the leader's group.) In the midst of a pandemic, Trail's-End is taking advantage of people's generosity toward kids and sticking the kids with the bill for their "promotion". Normally kids would be at storefronts but because of the pandemic, they are largely forced to sell online. only to be taken advantage of...BAD BUSINESS!!! Our unit WILL NOT be selling ANY MORE POPCORN! A boycott has begun in our council. read more

This Carmel popcorn is the worst I ever had! Boy scouts should not sell such bad product for a premium. read more

Trail's End Cub Scout Popcorn - Worst I ever had!,, - Popcorn Shops Near Me

Just wondering if we can give a negative star review My husband just bought a bag of the jalapeño popcorn and told me to throw it out as it tasted kind of stale, I don't much care for popcorn let alone jalapeño but I did check the date on the bag and it was dated 2004. I see others here in California have the same concerns. Ewww, where has it been all these years and who's at fault. As much as we're out the money and the goods the worst thing is someone could get really ill from this. I will be following up in this concern in the days to come. read more

if I could give a negative review I would. i have never left a review on anything before but I felt the undying urge to leave one. I bought a bag of the new s'mores popcorn from a middle aged man and a troop, and the bag was 25$. so naturally I assumed wow this must be a really good bag of popcorn! and if nothing else why not just support the kids! oh how wrong I was, for 25$ this bag of popcorn better be golden corn, instead it was chocolate corn, and not the good kind of chocolate. literal fecal matter, these things weren't even coated completely and with what they were coated with it doesn't even taste remotely similar to a s'more. I've never been so dissatisfied with a food item ever, and anyone who reads this don't let the evil smile of a child dressed up in a trooper outfit fool you, these things are CRAP. 25$ is a lot for popcorn and before eating these I would suggest 10$. after eating it I don't even think it's worth that. Charge 5$ or run yourself out of business. the only reason I would ever buy another bag of these is so that I could leave a second negative review. read more

The popcorn doesn't cost that much to make so this is really a donation and you can claim 73% as a deduction. Anyone expecting to get gourmet popcorn is looking at this wrong way. You are donating to the scouts and getting popcorn as a thank you. Kind of like the vets who give away Poppy's for a dollar or so or giving a football team for a bumper sticker. It's a donation you are really doing and it helps all involved read more

Spent $25 on a tiny amount of chocolate drizzled caramel corn. Cannot taste the chocolate. There is barely any to see. Wanted to support my nephew but will never purchase again. Outrageous prices. Could buy movie popcorn and m&ms cheaper and that is overpriced but at least it tastes good! Will never buy again! read more

I LOVE ALL KINDS OF POPCORN and I understand the sale of this popcorn is for the boy scouts BUT could it be a slightly better product. Each year we purchase popcorn. Each year we taste and each year it goes in the trash . Cheese popcorn no cheese flavor just very greasy . Caramel not good. Thank goodness for trails end people can't resist buying from kids . read more

Years ago, my son sold BSA popcorn and I remember it was great popcorn. This year, I bought a $20 bag of popcorn from local Boy Scouts outside of my Jewel store. I considered it expensive but a worthwhile donation. However, this is the worst bagged popcorn I have ever had! I have tried many different brands and am a popcorn lover and can't imagine any I have purchased have been this bad. Since only 70% of the proceeds go to the BSA, I would be better of skipping the popcorn and find out how I can just do a direct donation.... read more

Since my last post regarding Trail's End and after a little more Google searching for the company's contact information, I was able to find their email. I contacted them and within 24 hours I received a response. I provided the information requested along with some pictures. The pics posted here were blurry and it is some what difficult to see that the box came with 16 popcorn bags instead of the 18 indicated. (The bags were counted at least 3 times both by me and my son~he is the one that first notice) I was offered a replacement for the missing items. Both their quick response and item replacement are much appreciated. read more

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Besides the cost, 15.00 for a 7 oz bag of popcorn, it's also bad. Bag says Unbelievable Butter...NOT, it tastes like white cheddar, and its stale. I WANT THE MICROWAVABLE POPCORN BACK!!!! Last time I buy popcorn from the scouts. read more

I'm here to provide some facts. The popcorn is not expired, the company made a mistake when printing and if you look this up on their website you will see the explanation. The popcorn may be expensive but what the scouts didn't explain to you is that the pack gets to keep about 73% of the profit. That's for planning campouts, giving kids the money for their uniforms, regular meetings etc etc etc! Last but not least, It is ridiculous but scouts are not allowed to ask for donations for tax purposes. If a scout ever asks you for a donation they are breaking Scouts BSA rules and are going strictly against policy. Now if you simply wanted to hand a scout $20 instead of purchasing this popcorn, by all means. Scouts just can't ask for the donations. P. S. The chocolately Caramel crunch is delicious! read more

Don't buy this. Yes, it's a donation and yes you can write it off (or mostly) and yes supporting boy scouts (not the BSA org but I don't need to get into that) is a Good Thing but... This popcorn is terrible. I bought three bags. I loooooooove popcorn. One bag says 2009 (it's 2019!), another says 2016 (closer...) and the other is already trashed. This is, hands down, the worst popcorn I've ever had AND it's old beyond explanation. Girl Scouts have fundraisers all figured out. We're excited about cookies. They come every year and they're new every year. BSA and Trail's End feel like a cruel joke and the best way to make that point is by (1) contacting the BSA and (2) not buying this garbage. Dear BSA, Sell cookies. We like cookies. No one says you can't. The only reason you don't is because you don't people to think you're girls, which is dumb because there's nothing wrong with being a girl. (I have one. She's pretty rad.) If you don't want to do that, maybe sell us good popcorn. Popcorn made in the last 12 months. Popcorn that doesn't make us feel bad about having supported this scam. (Seriously? $20 for _terrible_ bag of 10 year old popcorn?) I'm going to go brush my teeth now. I have to get this taste out of my mouth. EDIT: This must happen a lot because they have an FAQ for it: https://support.trails-end.com/support/solutions/articles/17000093276-is-my-product-expired-best-by-spacing-issue- read more

Today, outside of Frys grocery store, the boy scouts were selling popcorn .. FOR $25 A BAG!!! Absolutely Ridiculous! They said it costs so much because it's "premium" popcorn. I bought a small bag for $10. It was mediocre at best! Sorry boys, never again! Take note of the girl scouts. They sell a product that actually IS good, and the cookies aren't ridiculously priced! read more

Don't recommend to anyone... bought a bunch last year from wellston ohio troop and they ripped me off no pop corn and never got any money back..... read more

Popcorn was bland and had a lot of hard kernels. $25 for a bag was too much. Would've rather just donated the money to the kid

Was just sent a link from my grandson that it's fundraising time again. Looks like the prices have more than doubled since last year. $30 for a 20 oz. bag of average popcorn? That's just completely ridiculous and insulting. Sad part is the scouts are not going to make nearly as much money because people like myself, my wife, his parents, can't justify spending that kind of money and getting basically nothing in return. Maybe they could take a cue from the girl scouts and their reasonably priced awesome cookies. If they make tons of money with their approach there's no reason the BS can't. They need to tell Trails End to take a hike. read more

Average Quality snacks at a SCAM price Shame on you. $25 for a bag of average quality popcorn. Shame on the scouts for using it for fundraising. Girl scouts actually have to work to sell reasonably priced boxes of cookies and earn their money. Boy scouts want $25 for a "premium" bag of popcorn which turns out to be pretty much crap. What, do you want to meet your fundraising goal in a few hours in front of Lowes? No advertisement of price, so once you talk to the nice little kid and agree to buy something, THEN you find out how ridiculously priced it is, when you feel too bad to back out. Shame on you, teaching kids scam practices rather than hard work. read more

I can't believe all of these bad reviews, granted most of them are very old.... First of all, this IS a fundraiser, so don't bitch about the price. No one is MAKING you purchase the product. You could have easily just handed over cash for all you people saying you'd rather just donate. You donate lately? Doubt it. 2nd- these kids selling the stuff are supposed to be learning a couple of skills here, like marketing, public speaking, sales, etc. Check your expiration dates before selling your product. 3rd- adults purchasing this product. This isn't your first rodeo, check the expiration date! With all of this being said, the White Cheddar popcorn is very good. My husband and I battled for the last of it read more

This is late being posted but this is the response I received from an employee at Trail's End. I'll let you be the judge. I'm sticking with my first rating! read more

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