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Dollop Gourmet Shark Tank Update

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Food Beverage

Pitch Overview
NameDollop Gourmet
Main PresentersHeather Saffer
Order Shown in Episode1
Final DealDeal was made on the show with sharks Barbara Corcoran for $75,000 for 25%.

Dollop Gourmet Shark Tank Pitch

Heather Saffer appeared on Shark Tank Season 7, Episode 27, which aired on May 6, 2016, with all-natural, gluten-free, dairy-free frosting.

Dollop Gourmet is listed in the Food Beverage category. In plain terms, the business is described as all-natural, gluten-free, dairy-free frosting.

Dollop Gourmet asked the Sharks for $75,000 for 20%, implying a valuation of about $375,000.

On the show, Dollop Gourmet made a listed deal with Barbara Corcoran for $75,000 for 25%.

If treated as straight equity, the listed deal works out to about $300,000 implied valuation, down from the original $375,000 implied valuation.

This pitch is included as context for the more important question: what happened after Shark Tank.

Offers

Made ByLabelSharks Part of DealSummary
CompanyOffered$75,000 for 20%
SharksDealBarbara Corcoran$75,000 for 25%

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Dollop Gourmet After Shark Tank

Dollop Gourmet accepted Barbara Corcoran's on-air deal, but follow-up reporting says the deal never closed; the Shark Tank exposure still pushed the brand far beyond its projected sales trajectory. (Dollop Gourmet Shark Tank Blog update ).
After the episode, Dollop built a meaningful retail footprint, with products reported in Wegmans, HEB, Meijer, Whole Foods, Metropolitan Market, Town & Country Markets, DeCicco Family Markets, Nooch Vegan Market, Amazon, and other online retailers. (Dollop Gourmet Shark Tank Blog update ).
The company continued trying to scale after Shark Tank: Food Republic reports that Heather Saffer joined the Food-X accelerator in 2017 and explored line extensions including Dollop Dunkers. (Food Republic Dollop Gourmet update ).
By 2018, Saffer publicly looked for a buyer, and in 2019 the brand was acquired by Canadian frosting and glaze maker Mimac Glaze; Starter Story also recorded the acquisition as the major post-show milestone. (Dollop Gourmet Shark Tank Blog update , Starter Story Dollop Gourmet acquisition interview , Food Republic Dollop Gourmet update ).
The current picture is mixed: the official Dollop Gourmet site is still online but lists its core frostings as sold out, and Food Republic found broken store-locator/search signals while still concluding the brand itself remains alive. (Dollop Gourmet official website , Food Republic Dollop Gourmet update ).
Saffer's own post-Dollop path also continued in food entrepreneurship, with Food Republic reporting later work in startup advising, General Mills' G-Works Venture Studio, and the plant-based food company Yonderplate. (Food Republic Dollop Gourmet update ).

Sources

Sources used for this page: Shark Tank API pitches , Shark Tank API episodes , sharktankblog.com , dollopgourmet.com , foodrepublic.com , starterstory.com , dollopgourmet.com .

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