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Is Scratch & Grain Baking Co Still in Business? (2026 Update)
Is Scratch & Grain Baking Co from Shark Tank still around in 2026? Its on-air agreement, what happened afterward, and current ordering options.
Leah Tutin and Taya Geiger set out to fix store bought cookie dough with pre-measured baking kits built from simpler, healthier ingredients. For a while it worked well enough to land the kits on shelves in more than 200 stores, including Whole Foods. It did not work well enough to survive the math behind its own packaging, and this is one of the more clear cut closure stories in this batch.
The Short Answer
No, Scratch and Grain Baking Co is no longer in operation. Multiple sources tracking the company's post show history confirm the baking kits are no longer available, and there is no active retail presence for the brand as of 2026. This is a straightforward case where the honest answer to whether the company survived is that it did not.
The Shark Tank Pitch
The company appeared in Season 6, airing January 13, 2015, pitched by founders Leah Tutin and Taya Geiger out of Portland, Oregon. Their product was a line of pre-measured cookie kit mixes, including gluten free varieties, positioned as an alternative to conventional store bought cookie dough.
They asked for 150,000 dollars in exchange for 20 percent equity in the young company.
The Deal That Got Done
Barbara Corcoran made the investment, but structured it as a 150,000 dollar line of credit rather than a straight cash injection, still in exchange for the 20 percent equity Tutin and Geiger asked for. A line of credit deal ties the founders' access to capital to actual need rather than handing over a lump sum up front, and Corcoran has used this structure with several food and beverage companies over the years.
The show gave the brand an immediate and real sales bump. Online sales jumped from under 8 percent of total revenue to roughly 50 percent by mid-2015, a dramatic shift toward direct to consumer that followed the national exposure.
Scratch and Grain net worth in 2026
There is no net worth or revenue figure to report here, and there should not be. The company is no longer in operation as of the most recent available tracking, which makes a net worth estimate meaningless rather than simply unavailable. Any figure offered for a defunct company's worth would be fabricated, so this page states plainly that the appropriate answer is zero ongoing value, not a guess dressed up as an estimate.
Why the Math Never Worked
The clearest explanation for what went wrong is a production cost problem that Kevin O'Leary flagged on the show itself. Each kit cost the founders 3.89 dollars to produce, while retailers sold the finished product to consumers for between 7 and 12 dollars, a margin structure that left little room to absorb the logistical costs of running a national retail operation. O'Leary reportedly warned on air that unless the founders got that production cost down closer to 1.70 dollars, the company would eventually fail.
That warning turned out to be accurate. Despite the initial sales boost, the 200-plus store footprint including Whole Foods, and the online sales growth after the episode aired, tracking coverage describes the company running into several key logistical issues over the years that it was never able to fully resolve, and it ultimately wound down operations.
A Lesson in Margins, Not Marketing
What makes Scratch and Grain's closure worth studying is that it was not a marketing failure or a demand failure. The company clearly had customers who wanted the product, evidenced by the 200 plus store placement and the jump to roughly half of sales coming from online orders after the Shark Tank exposure. What it did not have was a production cost structure that could survive scaling into that many retail relationships.
Pre-measured baking kits are inherently more expensive to produce than bulk ingredients because of the packaging, portioning, and quality control involved, and Barbara Corcoran's line of credit structure meant the founders had access to capital but still had to generate enough margin per unit to pay it back and keep the lights on. Kevin O'Leary's specific number, getting production cost down to 1.70 dollars from 3.89 dollars, was never reached, and that gap between vision and unit economics is ultimately what closed the business.
Where Things Stand Now
Scratch and Grain Baking Co pitched in Season 6 out of Portland with a genuinely appealing product, closed a 150,000 dollar line of credit deal with Barbara Corcoran at 20 percent equity, and briefly reached national retail shelves including Whole Foods before the underlying production economics caught up with it.
If you came here after finding a Scratch and Grain kit in an old pantry or seeing the rerun, the honest answer is that the company is closed. Kevin O'Leary's on air warning about production costs turned out to be the most accurate prediction in the episode.
Recorded pitch result
Recorded on-air deal
- $150,000 recorded amount
- 20% equity
- With Barbara Corcoran
These are the recorded on-air terms. The pitch fields do not confirm completed funding; a company update may report later closing, changed terms or a deal that fell through.
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