New York City\u2019s teen cookie queen is hanging on to her crown.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn 13-year-old Ashleigh F. has secured her title as the Big Apple\u2019s top Girl Scout cookie seller for the second year in a row <\/a>after baking up new tactics to overcome the organization\u2019s overall crumbling sales.<\/p>\n Ashleigh of Bay Ridge hawked a mouth-watering 3,013 boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs this season \u2014 a total that slightly surpassed the goal she outlined for the sweet season.<\/p>\n Ashleigh F was the top-selling Girl Scout cookie saleswoman for the second year in a row. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cI pushed my goal up by 500 more boxes than I did last year. It wasn\u2019t that I expected to win, but I really, really hoped that I would get it again,\u201d the teen told The Post.<\/p>\n The pressure was on from the get-go, Ashleigh said, adding that the rewards she reaped for her troop after selling 2,528 boxes of cookies last year were a major motivator in stepping up yet again.<\/p>\n She was able to take her 30-member troupe to Six Flags free of charge.<\/p>\n \u201cSome days I do feel a little bit of pressure,\u201d said the cadette with Troop 2601.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m the top seller in the city, so that also means I\u2019m the top seller in my troupe and I give the most money to the troupe, and I just feel like I have to keep doing that so all the little kids can have the same experience as I did,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Ashleigh hawked over 3,000 boxes this season. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n Friendly competition pushed the eighth-grader to hustle. <\/p>\n There was just an 80-box difference between her and the No. 2 seller last year, who hailed from Staten Island.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean this in no mean way, but I didn\u2019t want the Brownie to beat me!\u201d Ashleigh admitted of her friendly foe.<\/p>\n But Ashleigh was also battling overall sales across the five boroughs plummeting this year for a second year in a row,<\/a> dropping to just 1,035,000 boxes of sold cookies and another 65,000 donated through the Gift of Caring program.<\/p>\n The year before, sales were at 1.1 million boxes \u2014 still a far cry from the record-breaking 2.2 million boxes<\/a>\u00a0peddled during the 2020-2021 season.<\/p>\n Ashleigh, here with parents William and Amber, took her troop to Six Flags last year thanks to her success. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n To help try to make up the deficit this year \u2014 and personallly come out on top \u2014 Ashleigh made several tactical changes to her saleswoman approach.<\/a><\/p>\n She ditched camping out at subway stations to catch hungry commuters on her way home after realizing she was only selling 50 boxes an hour compared to the 70 she could sell in Prospect Park.<\/p>\n