![]() ![]() ![]() One night, several friends gathered at a nearby home. She and her family lived in Chino Hills, Calif. They had both been drinking a long time, before that. “Well,” she thought, “I think this gives me a good excuse to just get completely drunk.” Amanda and Eric She looked past a row of trees toward downtown’s Whiskey Row. She knew Eric wouldn’t need his hat anymore. That evening, June 30, 2013, as her husband’s name was being read, she sat on a big granite rock outside the school. How she walked out on almost everything, for a long time. How she walked out before the names were read. How she gathered with other families in the music classroom at a middle school to hear the names of the hotshots who had been killed in the burnover. How she rode to town to hear the news, her head lying on a neighbor’s lap, her hands clutching Eric’s cowboy hat. How she packed a bag with Eric’s clothes, in case he was in the hospital. The panicked phone calls to her mother, and her friends. And it would be a long time before she could come to terms with the day he died, alongside the crew, and about what followed: It would be a long time before Amanda would speak openly about her husband, Eric, the man who led the Granite Mountain Hotshots. He was gone again, out working another fire this season – a job that kept him away from her for weeks on end.īut again the dispatcher asked, almost shouting. “Have you heard from Eric?” asked the caller, a dispatcher she knew from Prescott. The phone rang just as Amanda Marsh was about to kick off her flip flops. You can find the links to our other company updates for the products featured in Season 7 Episode 6 below:įor other company and product updates, check out our Season 7 products page.Watch Video: Widow of Granite Mountain Hotshot misses him every day You’ll have to track down this popular coffee at the locations where it’s sold. Unfortunately, you can no longer order HotShot for personal use. Dozens of locations sell the product, including Walt Disney World. You can find HotShot coffee at Malco Theatres in Tennessee, as well as in the NY Metropolitan area. Our HotShot update research revealed that annual revenue as of 2022 is about $2 million. Keep reading our HotShot update to find out where the company is today.ĭespite not getting a deal on Shark Tank, HotShot is thriving! Danny managed to shift the focus from “hot coffee at home” to a larger consumer market, with convenience stores, movie theatres, and traveling shows. She said that it wasn’t going to work and left as well. Lori Greiner was the last remaining shark. Mark Cuban said he’d put the product in his Landmark Theater chain but didn’t want to invest. Guest shark Chris Sacca had a competing company, so he went out also. Robert Herjavec said there were plenty of all-night coffee shops and the product was unnecessary. Kevin O’Leary was out immediately because of the lack of sales. However, he had plenty of interest from movie theaters. The company hadn’t launched yet, so he had no sales. He explained that he has spent $2 million to develop the technology over about 6 years. However, Danny’s sales numbers were less impressive. Without the insulated label, you wouldn’t be able to hold the cans. Danny passed out samples after explaining that the coffee was heated to 140 degrees. The sharks were amazed at how hot the coffee was. He also introduced the sharks to the heated “refrigerator”, which keeps the coffee hot. ![]() Fast forward to the tank, and he gave a very concise description of what HotShot was. Business : Hot coffee beverage in an aluminum canĭanny’s pitch began with a home segment, where he explained how he came across this idea and a little about his family background.Find out what happened when Danny brought his coffee product to Shark Tank Season 7 in our HotShot update. HotShot coffee is kept hot in a “HotBox”, perfectly heated and ready to go at any moment. Iced coffee is a huge hit, so why can’t we have hot coffee ready to go at a moment’s notice? Danny Grossfeld came upon this idea during a trip to Japan, where such products are very popular. ![]()
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