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HUNGRY.

Dan Popewww.linkedin.com

HUNGRY is THE podcast for Challenger FMCG & Hospitality Founders wanting to pour gasoline on growth.

We chat with the industry BIG HITTERS. We ooze out the HIDDEN success secrets they’ve never told before and dive deep into their gut-wrenching failures, so you avoid them. We help you grow bigger, faster, stronger. Over the last 6 years, we’ve chatted to some insane guests on the poddy: Rory Sutherland, Seth Godin, Jamie Laing, Spencer Matthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty, The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita Coco Look, I’ll be blunt, HUNGRY is NOT your normal podcast. HUNGRY is NOT scripted and sterile Q&A interviews. HUNGRY is for pretty much no one. HUNRGY is a deliciously fun, wild and crazy, ADHD rollercoaster of free flowing conversations. got what it takes? Buckle up. Strap in.

get ready to… FEED YOUR HUNGER

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Episodes

Espresso: Giles Brook, Why Challengers Can't Unlock Grocery Listings in Cost of Living Crisis

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money....

Jun 06, 202411 minEp. 188

FATSO Chocolate Founder: Reinventing Chocolate, Staying Bold in a Blandemic, Pregnancy and Brand Building, Finding Unseen Slipstream Channels

“quick, quick, quick drop your things RIGHT NOW!! “you NEED to get over there” My friend was all zonked and blooming and bug-eyed. Her head dunked in a fluffy tempura of happy-hysteria. Her deep chocolate pudding eyes gave me the look “Hurry up, Fatso, get over there” “Why?” I want to go out for a snout and a coffee” Hastily, I dropped my things (which was actually nothing, as I didn’t have anything in my bloody hands… how bloody hilarious… bloody HA. HA. ha) I ran and ran and ran through the la...

Jun 03, 20241 hr 43 minEp. 187

Espresso: The Crazy Origin Story Behind The Devonshire, Soho

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money....

May 30, 202415 minEp. 186

Seth Godin: 13 Hidden Food and Drink Marketing Secrets To Make Your Idea Spread Far and Wide (… God I wish I knew these 4 years ago)

This is the poddy I’ve dreamed of for 8 years. Seth Godin. Seth changed my life. Seth’s thinking is INSANE Each word is light yet heavy, pithy and profound, wise and wonderful. Wonderfully wise. Seth stretched my mind to new rich, luscious pastures of thinking. I was SO SO SO nervous Pacing and pacing around like a nervous-biscuit scoffing hyaena. Watching the clock till 4pm. Did an 3 min Ice bath hahaha. Walked a trilliion-gazzilion steps. ON THE MENU: why brands must realise marketing is not a...

May 27, 202452 minEp. 185

Espresso: PerfectTed's 3 Proven Hacks to Create REAL Innovation

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The ...

May 23, 202410 minEp. 184

13 Unshakeable Laws To Get Your Brand Ready for a Multi-Million Exit (£) - Piper - PROPER CORN, Mindful Chef, Orlebar Brown, Hickory’s, Monica Vinader, Forthglade

“How on earth do you ACTUALLY EXIT your food and drink brand?” This question swirled my mind. Thankfully, one woman knows all the answers. Libby Gibson is a total legend. She lives and breathes challenger brands. Libby successfully built, scaled and sold Pitcher & Piano. Then she set up Piper with Crispin Tweddell PIPER are responsible for tonnes of HUGE challenger brands Proper Corn Bruce’s Doggy Day Care Flat Iron Wattbike Bloom and Wild Neom Mindful Chef Hickories Frame Orlebar Brown swim...

May 20, 20242 hr 27 minEp. 183

Espresso: Oisín Rogers, The Devonshire: Why Following Trends is Dumb and Dangerous

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money....

May 16, 202412 minEp. 182

Espresso: Rory Sutherland, Why Lucky Saint and Whoop Are Having Sex

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The ...

May 16, 202419 minEp. 181

Craft Gin Club founder: Building a £27 Million DTC Empire with + 450,000 Monthly Subscribers, Spotting Fads vs. Trends, Converting Storytelling into Sales, Turning Cash Constraints into Innovation Cages

The wave was coming. Most couldn’t see it. Very few were in the water. But, Two Johns were. Ready to catch it. Well, actually, t’was a John and a Jon. John and Jon were in Madrid. Studying a MBA. In the evenings, parked in baroque slow-paced courtyards, under mind-meltingly, soul-nourishingly wonderful pink-orange sunsets. John and Jon would glug back G&Ts. Big voluptuous goblet glasses, igloo-thick ice cubes and zesty-slices of fresh orange. Bathing in Baroque Blissssssss. John and Jon, cou...

May 13, 20241 hr 55 minEp. 180

Espresso: Revealing PerfectTed's One Top Secret to Drive an INSANE Rate of Sale

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The ...

May 09, 202413 minEp. 179

Oisín Rogers, The Devonshire: Building London’s Most Successful Pub, The Power of Storytelling, Embracing Lovely Chaos, Trends are Wrong, Be Besotted not Obsessed

A ripe afternoon eclipsed a rotten morning before. everything erupted. Snotty grey-clotted cream clouds passed. Peach-peeled sunshine danced along the rooftops, apple-green light flushed into the Soho streets. Everything GLOWED Friday, 4.30ish. I rested against the verdant green, freshly painted walls, nursing Guinny n ciggie A porridge of boozehounds and tangle of ThankGodItsFridays flowed and spilled and laughed into streets. The Devonshire, SOHO is the Moon landing for battle cruisers. Centri...

May 06, 20241 hr 24 minEp. 178

Espresso: Rory Sutherland, Decoding The Marketing Genius of KFC and McDonalds

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The ...

May 02, 202414 minEp. 177

PerfectTed founders: 11 Totally New Brand Building Principles - from Garage to Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Tesco, ASDA in 18 months

How is this possible? What’s in the energy? Who does that? How? Whaaaaaaa? What are they on? This is f*cking INSANE PerfectTed have astounded me since day one. Teddie and Marrissa ripped up the “challenger brand play book” with brash boldness, courage and naive intelligence. PerfectTed’s meteoric rise is CRAZY - they’ve achieved in 1 year what most would dream of in 10 years 🍵 Won Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Tesco, M&S, Joe and The Juice 🍵 Holland and Barrett, Planet Organic Blank Street Coffee...

Apr 29, 20242 hr 15 minEp. 176

Espresso: Rory Sutherland, The Power of Satisficing and The Real Genius of Ocado

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The ...

Apr 25, 202410 minEp. 175

The Secrets Behind the UK's Most Creative Pub (with a David Bowie obsession)

Every top food and drink founder reads our newsletter: https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvellous Sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: North Star: https://www.northstarbc.co.uk/ MKJ IGNITE: https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/ Big Fish: https://bigfish.co.uk/ BOWIMI: https://www.bowimi.com/ HC Consulting: https://www.hc-consulting.uk/ 🤝 Let's mingle Stalk me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ I’m ...

Apr 22, 20241 hr 57 minEp. 174

Espresso: Giles Brook, innocent Grocery Negotiation Secrets

Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The ...

Apr 18, 202410 minEp. 173

Espresso: Who Gives a Crap founder, Why Your Brand Must Be 3D

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money....

Apr 18, 20246 minEp. 172

The Warehouse Project and Parklife founder: Dropping Out of School, Petrol Bombed by Salford Gangs, Defying The “Impossible” and Building a Multi-Million Pound Party Empire

Every top food and drink founder reads our newsletter: https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/ A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: North Star: https://www.northstarbc.co.uk/ MKJ IGNITE: https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/ Big Fish: https://bigfish.co.uk/ BOWIMI: https://www.bowimi.com/ HC Consulting: https://www.hc-consulting.uk/ 🤝 Let's mingle Stalk me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/ Stalk me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/ Sacha...

Apr 15, 20241 hr 32 minEp. 171

Espresso: Giles Brook ONE Proven Way to Drive Rate of Sale

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money....

Apr 11, 20249 minEp. 170

22 Laws of Food & Drink Marketing You've Probably Never Heard Before - Rory Sutherland

Absolutely thrilled to welcome back the UTTER LEGEND, Rory Sutherland for a part three podcast It’s long and laden with wisdom. Relax. Take it in slowly. Maybe over a couple of sitting. Maybe in one. Up to you! The 23 Laws: Ideas Having Sex = Progress: Why Lucky Saint | B Corp™ is having Sex with WHOOP and Planet Organic Ltd Should Get Jiggy with Iceland Foods The Football-ification of Politics and Vegan Meat: We Must Learn "Evolution" = The Adjacent Possible" The Danger of “Luxury Beliefs” in F...

Apr 08, 20243 hr 9 min

Espresso: Why Creativity is All Around You - Calum Franklin

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money....

Apr 04, 202416 minEp. 168

Giles Brook: How innocent, Vita Coco and BEAR Snacks Scaled to +£100 Million Household Brands

Giles Brook needs no introduction. FMCG titan. 🍓Commercial Director & General Manager for UK & Ireland at innocent Drinks Ltd. 4 years. Catapulting business from £17m to £120m 🍉 CEO of Vita Coco EMEA for 12 years. Launching in Europe. Over a decade built into a £60m retail sales. 🍋 Giles founding partner in Urban Fresh Foods Limited, whose brand, BEAR became the UK’s No.1 fruit snacking brand & No.1 kids lunchbox item. 🍌 Urban Fresh Foods Limited has appeared twice in The Sunday ...

Apr 01, 20242 hr 5 minEp. 167

Espresso: One Quote HONEST Burger Live By to Build Their Restaurant Empire

Listen to the full episode here: Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The...

Mar 28, 202412 minEp. 166

How Local are Reinventing Better For You Beer in the UK and Taking On Budlight

Everyone says “enjoy the journey” or “trust the process” or “all you’ve got is the journey”. BUT… it’s so easy to take it all WAY TOO SERIOUSLY. So much pressure on yourself to “make it” (this is me) So much pressure on landing listing. So much pressure on raising money. It’s so easy to forget to HAVE FUN. Louis Collin and James Tyler - Currently fundraising under SEIS co-founders of @Local beer These donnie's have become very good mates of mine over the past year (well, not so much James, he’s ...

Mar 24, 20241 hr 50 minEp. 165

Espresso: How Unrooted beat MOJU to a British Airways Listing

7 Hidden Secrets to Absolutely Smashing The Out of Home Channel For Challenger Drink Brands Why on Mothers Earth is it even called Out of Home?! Which silly mooey conjured that one up? What if I buy a MOJU at the Office, but then drink it at Home? Or a Trip at the Gym then drink it in bed? What if I live in a Tree House? Or Tent? Or Houseboat? I suppose calling it, The-In-The-Office-or-At-The-Gym-or-On-The-Train-or-F*cking-Anywhere Really-Channel is a tad perplexing. Guess what? Out of Home is T...

Mar 21, 202412 minEp. 164

HONEST Burger founders: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change The Future of Hospitality and Culture

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/ 🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvellous Sponsors🌟 A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: MKJ IGNITE: https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/ GS1: https://www.gs1uk...

Mar 18, 20242 hr 12 minEp. 163

Espresso: William Kendall from Green & Blacks, How To Improve Your Sales Technique to 5x Results

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out Listen to the full episode here: Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money...

Mar 14, 202412 minEp. 162

7 Hidden Secrets to Absolutely Smashing The Out of Home Channel For Challenger Drink Brands

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/ HUNGRY’s absolutely bloody marvellous and wonderful sponsors MKJ IGNITE - https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/ GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/ Big Fish - https://bigfish.co.uk/ BOWIMI - https://www....

Mar 11, 20241 hr 33 minEp. 161

Espresso: How DASH Hustled and Won a Whole Foods Market Listing

Listen to with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8S3lA3ERuA Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage s...

Mar 07, 202410 minEp. 160

Fearne & Rosie founder: from Yorkshire Primary School Teacher and Mum of 3 to winning listings Waitrose, Ocado, Booths, Morrisson's

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/ HUNGRY’s absolutely bloody marvellous and wonderful sponsors MKJ IGNITE - https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/ GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/ Big Fish - https://bigfish.co.uk/ BOWIMI - https://www....

Mar 04, 20241 hr 34 minEp. 159
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