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HUNGRY.

Dan Popewww.linkedin.com

HUNGRY is the podcast for Challenger Food and Drink brands wanting to pour gasoline on their growth. Fancy being kind? Want to feel warm inside? Please hit the Subscribe button. You’d really, really make my week. 

Episodes

How Charlie McVeigh pioneered the craft beer revolution, built and sold The Draft House to Brewdog, became lead investor in Butchies Fried Chicken, The Breakfast Club

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Friday Feast https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ There was someone else before Brewdog and Camden Town Bewery. Ferociously banging the craft beer drum when no one listened. Charlie McVeigh. Charlie pioneered of the craft beer movement. In 2006, founded The Draf...

Sep 11, 20232 hr 11 minEp. 109

How Mindful Chef Scaled to + £75 Million Revenue and Maintained Culture at 130 Employees - Myles Hopper, Mindful Chef founder

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/23Q2M51LBXwGsxszG6iU6v APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hungry/id1537239469 this a repost with the wonderful Myles Hopper. I am in Lisbon for my 30th - back to it next week xx One of those INTENSE days. Emails eviscerating Zen, to-do lists trampling Calm. Instant Gratification masquerading as Instagram: scrolling your way to shameful oblivi...

Sep 04, 20231 hr 21 minEp. 108

How to attract, hire, keep and nurture incredible talent and build challenger teams that escape competition, lessons in hiring from Mackenzie Jones

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ - Dodgy hires are cancerous, they gorge and eviscerate iron-clad cultures. - Dodgy hires are anchors slowing your challenger speed boat down. - Dodgy hires are a total headache and smouldering pain in the jaxxie. Every single guest on the podcast has ONE salient, recurring piece of wisdom. Hiring is EVERYTHING. Attracting, onboarding, keeping, nurturing, great talent is EVERYTHING. But, the...

Aug 28, 202345 minEp. 106

How MOTH pivoted from a dying brand, created a category of one with RTD premium cocktails and won listings at Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, TESCO, The Hoxton and British Airways

Subscribe to our newsletter https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Moments of Total Happiness often spawn from Moments of Totally Fuck This. Rob and Sam created premium cocktail brand, Buveur. Buveur unlocked a myriad of smashing-listings Harrods, Selfridges, Daylesford, The Hoxton Hotels and The Ri...

Aug 21, 202356 minEp. 104

How Danny Winer transformed from failed Hollywood actor, to build multi-million dollar cookware brand HEXCLAD, secured Gordon Ramsay as a business partner and partnered with Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Halle Berry

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Leaving New York and landing in La La land with dreams of becoming an actor. The odd extra job here and there. Nothing. Hollywood reared it’s egregious ugly head with toxic-stained eyes. ...

Aug 14, 20232 hr 3 minEp. 102

How Rude Health Disrupted The Health Food Category and Built a +£20 million Household Brand - Camilla Barnard, Rude Health, co-founder.

Life is a little crazy right now. This is a reposted episode from a couple of years ago with the wonderful Camilla Barnard, founder of Rude Health. Back in full swing next week. In 2006, finally, something erupted. Health food was an imbroglio of crusty and boggey-fied, innocuous yet alienating food. Glib green and banal brown shelves had less personality than a broken Asthma pump in a hospital car park. A cacophony of precocious cardboard-with-a-conscience. In 2006, thankfully, a TECTONIC SHIFT...

Aug 07, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 100

Espresso - Say No. Focus. Control. - COOK

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Aug 03, 20234 minEp. 99

The journey from free school meals to high flying banker to feeling soulless, escaping and founding Boundless, winning listings at ASDA, Holland & Barratt, Whole Foods Market, Ocado

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Will we able to eat tomorrow? Bethnal Green. 1980's. Everyday a galling struggle. Growing up on free school meals. At 16. Cathy got a job as a tea girl in the city. Grafted her way up. Se...

Jul 31, 20231 hr 56 minEp. 98

Giles Brook: How to actually sell your food and drink brand, raise money and be a formidable founder, lessons from industry titan from Innocent, Vita Coco, BEAR, Mindful Chef, Dalston's

His career sparkles 🌰Commercial Director & General Manager at innocent drinks helping take the brand from £17m to £120m 🥓 CEO of Vita Coco EMEA for 12 years, built to £60m in retail sales across the EMEA region 🌮 Founding partner in Urban Fresh Foods Limited, whose brand, BEAR Snacks became the UK’s No.1 fruit snacking brand & No.1 kids lunchbox item. 🍡 Urban Fresh Foods Limited has appeared twice in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list. The brand was acquired by Lotus Bakeries in 20...

Jul 24, 202350 minEp. 96

Planet Organic: Renée Elliot, Staying Calm Through Gut-wrenching challenges

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Life is a little crazy right now, so this a repost of a previous episode I recorded with the wonderful Renée Elliot a couple of years ago. “It was a frightening, exhausting experience – a...

Jul 17, 20231 hr 17 minEp. 95

Espresso - How to build a culture - COOK

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Jul 13, 20236 minEp. 94

How Athletic Brewery became one of fastest growing brands in the world, raised £175 million, launched in all 50 states and gained investment from Lance Armstrong and Blake Mycoskie

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Flew over 4000 miles for this. Totally blew my mind. On the plane back to rain-sodden Blighty, over tepid-yet-actually-quite-nice plane food I realised my WHOLE VIEW of challenger brand b...

Jul 10, 20231 hr 44 minEp. 93

Espresso: Candy Kittens - one sentence wisdom

Like what you're hearing? Hungry Listen to the full episode here Oh and btw!! Every top and food and drink founder reads our newsletter why wouldn't you? Click here Have a wonderful day Popey xx 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

Jul 06, 20233 minEp. 92

How to Survive "The Dip" or When to Fail Forward - James Hickson, We Bought Beer, Brand Hackers

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Do you ACTUALLY want to keep your brand going ? Or are you shackled in the pride prison and ego ? Scared of telling your family and friends "it's over Mum or mate or Marge " Worried about...

Jul 03, 20231 hr 37 minEp. 91

Espresso: The ship will always keep sailing - Paul Ainsworth, Ainsworth Collection

Enjoy your morning espresso and enjoy wisdom from Paul Ainsworth, Ainsworth Collection Like what you're hearing? Hungry Listen to the full episode here Oh and btw!! Every top and food and drink founder reads our news letter why wouldn't you? Click here Have a wonderful day Popey xx 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

Jun 30, 20235 minEp. 90

How David Hieatt sold howies to Timberland, building The Do Lectures and Hiut Denim Co. - a story in Challenger “Being”

If you ONLY do one thing next week. Do this. Scoff this conversation down your earlobes HANDS DOWN. One of the most important conversations I’ve EVER had. We dove deeper. deeper. deeper deeper. Crossing the chasm from challenger “Thinking” to challenger “Being”. I’ve listened back 4 times. Scribbled copious scraggly notes. Still unearthing glistening pearls of pithy and profound wisdom. Totally honored to welcome David Hieatt to HUNGRY. David’s career is challenger “Being” - worked at Saatchi &a...

Jun 26, 20231 hr 50 minEp. 89

Espresso: get hold of buyers using LinkedIn - Amelia Christie Miller, Bold Bean Co.

Enjoy your morning espresso and enjoy wisdom from Amelia Christie Miller, Bold Bean Co. Like what you're hearing? Hungry Listen to the full episode here Oh and btw!! Every top and food and drink founder reads our news letter why wouldn't you? Click here Have a wonderful day Popey xx 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

Jun 22, 20233 minEp. 88

Creator of Baileys, Ciroc, Tanqueary, How to Creatively Disrupt Categories - David Gluckman

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ David Gluckman is a food and drink LEGEND. Creator of Baileys, Ciroc, Tanqueary gin And many, many more all folded into his INSANE book "That Shit Will Never Sell" David gave me the (much...

Jun 19, 20231 hr 26 minEp. 87

How Candy Kittens won listings at Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Tesco and ASDA by doing One. Thing. Well. – Ed Williams

Sometimes brands become a bland-wishy-washy-meh-ness. Sometimes the £5 million RSV mark is dangerous. Scale often kills magic. Process and experience and meetings-about-meetings-about-meetings seep in and piss over the Bonfire of Magic. Candy Kittens didn’t let that happen. CK kept the sparkle in their eye. The fire burning. Roaring. Yes, they’ve won listings at Sainsbury's, Waitrose & Partners, Tesco, Asda, Morisson’s - a full shebang of distribution. BUT. Candy Kittens still THINK and FEEL...

Jun 12, 20231 hr 38 minEp. 86

Espresso: never give in - Paul Ainsworth

Enjoy your morning espresso and enjoy wisdom from Paul Ainsworth, Ainsworth Collection Like what you're hearing? Hungry Listen to the full episode here Oh and btw!! Every top and food and drink founder reads our news letter why wouldn't you? Click here Have a wonderful day Popey xx 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

Jun 08, 20235 minEp. 85

How TRIP became the fastest growing soft drinks brand in the UK partnering with Sainsburys, Waitrose, CoOp, Annabel’s, CALM, SOHO House – Liv Ferdi

Maybe I am wrong. For yonks I’ve been waxing ad nause about Narrow and Deep. Focus. Do less, better. Be a Meaningful specific. It’s what every wonderful guest on the poddy teaches me. TRIP ripped up the rule book. Definition of outlier. TRIP is for everyone and anyone, anywhere, anytime and everywhere. TRIP is a coffee replacement. Booze replacement. Cocktail mixer. Meal Deal enhancer. Grab & Go. All charged with a beautiful mission: Be Kind to your Mind. Won listings at Co-op Sainsbury's , ...

Jun 05, 20232 hr 4 minEp. 84

this is TOO MENTAL

The lessons: Stuart Forsyth - Bite off more than you can chew, chew like hell Paul Ainsworth - Never Given In, Make It Happen Jim Cregan - fear is excitement. Jamie Laing - just show up. Camilla Barnard - Serendipity> Strategy Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you? https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ Watch the full shabang on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videos Let’s link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Ins...

May 29, 202321 minEp. 83

Espresso: Founder = Toxic Relationship - Amelia Christie Miller, Bold Bean Co.

Enjoy your morning espresso and enjoy wisdom from Amelia Christie Miller, Bold Bean Co. Like what you're hearing? Hungry Listen to the full episode here Oh and btw!! Every top and food and drink founder reads our news letter why wouldn't you? Click here Have a wonderful day Popey xx 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

May 25, 20233 minEp. 82

The Strategy to ESCAPE Competition and Build Creative Monopoly for Challenger Food and Drink brands - Alex Smith

Absolutely THRILLED to welcome the strategy sensei, polymath and proper good bloke, Alex Smith on the poddy Alex knows everything and anything about strategy, building brands like MOJU, The Collective and EAT NATURAL You're in for a treat. ON THE MENU: Why challenger food and drink brands must CREATE, not ANSWER the need to escape competition Why your brand must generate the pull to open up the dormant market - lessons from OATLY Why strategy must follow traction, serendipity> strategy, X ten...

May 22, 20232 hrEp. 81

Espresso: how to build culture - Ed Perry, COOK

Enjoy your morning espresso and enjoy wisdom from Ed Perry, founder of COOK. Like what you're hearing? Hungry Listen to the full episode here Oh and btw!! Every top and food and drink founder reads our news letter why wouldn't you? Click here Have a wonderful day Popey xx 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

May 18, 20237 minEp. 80
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