Frozen Farmer Ice Cream Update | Shark Tank Season 11
Katey Evans, the wife of a farmer from Deleware, pitched her ice cream company during
If you’re short on time, here’s a quick overview of what happened to Frozen Farmer after
Entrepreneur Katey Evans appeared on
| Shark: | Result: |
| Lori Greiner | Accepted deal for $125,000 for 30% equity |
| Mark Cuban | No offer |
| Daymond John | No offer |
| Kevin O’Leary | No offer |
| Barbara Corcoran | No offer |
Shark Tank Frozen Farmer Update
- Entrepreneur: Katey Evans
- Business: Farm-to-table ice cream from wasted fruits
- Ask: $125,000 for 20% equity
- Result: $125,000 for 30% equity
- Shark: Lori Greiner
Former Ms. Delaware and Frozen Farmer founder Katey Evans married a third-generation fruit farmer in Bridgeville, Delaware. When she noticed how much fruit gets wasted due to cosmetic imperfections, she wanted to come up with a useful way to avoid the loss.
Frozen Farmer makes a line of ice cream and sorbet that is made from imperfect, but otherwise fine, fruit.
Katey has been running Frozen Farmer since 2015 and her products are in 70 grocery stores that also stock their farm’s produce. Further, that local charm has managed to net her $310,000 in sales in the year before filming.
While this is great, the only real problem is expansion. She’d also like to hook up with a shark who can help her find a co-packer.
Barbara Corcoran is the first to go out. She wants Katey to succeed, although she’s not the shark to help her do that.
Mark Cuban echoes Barbara’s concerns because ice cream is a competitive market. He doesn’t want to break into that niche, therefore he is also out.
Daymond John is out as well. Due to the logistics of freezer space, freshness, and shipping, he doesn’t want to invest in this space.
Unfortunately, Kevin O’Leary is also out. He doesn’t want to invest in the ice cream market either.
This leaves Lori Greiner. However, although healthful foods are something she loves, she rarely invests in them.
Here, she makes an exception for Katey because she really loves the ice cream. Her offer is $125,000 for 30% equity.
Additionally, she promises to help her get into chain stores and help her change the packaging to make it more attractive. Katey accepts the deal right away.
Does everything work out for Lori and Katey following the show? Keep reading our
We have good news to share in our Frozen Farmer update. In a Season 12
All of this growth has led to over $20 million in lifetime sales!
Her ice cream is now in all 169 Giant Foods stores. But that was just the beginning. Wal-Mart came to her door after her success with her online sales. Katey got her ice cream into thousands of Walmart stores nationwide.
She’s also in Stop & Shop, Kroger, Marianos, and dozens of other big chain stores!
You can even book ice cream truck events through the company website.
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