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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

Escaping Depression, Finding Your Calling, Cooking Every Fish In The World - Andrej Cooks Fish

should I put a bullet in my head? … Andrej thought as walked the lonely streets of Dusseldorf. He shackled in the corporate chains of hell. Depressed. Aint’ Gettin’ No Satisfaction. Andrej decided to escape. He simply had too. Called his Old Man “this isn’t for me… I want, no, I need to cook” “…I am going to Paris… to Le Cordon Bleu, I’m training to be a chef” In Paris, dark lifts, lightness enters. Next, Andrej opens a successful Fish & Oyster restaurant Dusseldorf. becomes Europe’s first F...

Aug 11, 20252 hr 11 min

Espresso - Seth Godin "Every Marketeer Needs to Know This Secret"

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Aug 07, 20254 min

Fixing Restaurants, Churchill & Nazi Propaganda, Nassim Taleb, & Wingstop - Rory Sutherland

Rory Sutherland took a TOTALLY new angle to this conversation Rory like you’ve never heard him before. ON THE MENU: Bottle Neck Theory: how brands can use Bottle Neck Theory to grow their brand, Bottle necks will move The 7th Law of Persuasion: “Confession works well in the church and well in the advertising room” Bryon Sharp: Mental Availability vs. Physical Availability: most brands struggle with one or the other Nassim Taleb, KFC Salads, Marketeers Need to think like M16 Detectives: We need m...

Aug 04, 20252 hr 22 min

Espresso - Rory Sutherland on The Brilliance of "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Khaneman

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jul 31, 202510 min

The Truth Behind Exiting Your Brand For Millions - 22 Lessons from Fuel10k Founder

Barney believed a £50 million pound deal was on the table… but he was nervous. The year before he’d been stung. Stung sharp. Like vinegar and scratched in a paper cut. Barney got so close. Breathtakingly close. Frustratingly close. Fuel10k’s Dream Exit. Big Poppa Dough. Life-changing coin. Fell through,last minute. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This time, Barney was serious. A balmy Spring evening. Italian restaurant. Belgravia. Over seafood spaghetti and red wine Barney looked deep...

Jul 28, 20252 hr 2 min

Espresso - Seth Godin - WATCH OUT! The Hidden Cost of Commodity Thinking

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jul 24, 20258 min

What To Actually Put In Your Supermarket Presentation to Unlock Listings - Rebecca Oliver-Mooney and Kieran South

what do you put in your deck to win a listing? what do you put in your deck to move from 100 stores to 500 to 1000 to 2000? How does your marketing change as you move from challenger <> a house hold brand? Is distribution just vanity metric for founders? Joy to sit down with CoOp Head of Buying Rebecca Oliver Mooney And Data Don Corleone, Kieran South For a challenger chinwag ON THE MENU: Data tells, story sells - buyers still wanna feel the goosebumps Will Stor Science of Storytelling - h...

Jul 21, 20251 hr 10 min

Espresso - Fallow Founders - The Genius of Pierre Koffman

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jul 17, 20258 min

17 Creativity Lessons from The Do Lectures + Hiut Denim - David Hieatt

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...

Jul 14, 20251 hr 46 min

Espresso - Michel Roux Jr. - How To Create 10/10 Service in Your Restaurant?

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jul 10, 20258 min

Henry Dimbleby: How I Built LEON, Business Scars To Avoid & Solving the Obesity Crisis

The UK Is The Most Obese Country in Europe one of the best poddy’s I’ve EVER recorded Henry Dimbleby is an utter genius Founder of LEON and “Ravenous” author Henry takes gargantuan complex topics Emingwayifies them down to ludicrously lucid simple my brain literally E-X-P-L-O-D-E-D with new ways of thinking pithy aphorisms pix n’ mix curiosity treasure chest enjoy x ON THE MENU: Ernest Hemingway: The Curse of Complexity & Brutal Simplicity of truth…”the first draft of everything is sh*t” Spi...

Jul 07, 20251 hr 55 min

Espresso - David Milner - Why Frozen Food Has A Horrible Reputation in the UK?

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jul 03, 20255 min

29 Marketing Secrets: How Gozney Became a $100 Million Global Pizza Oven Brand - Tom Gozney

“Flip the f*cking idea of normal on its head” - Tom Gozney sometimes a podcast slaps-ya-round-the-chops OH! BOY! this conversation was one of those. Tom Gozney reveals his Strategy to Stratosphere buckle up. strap up. enjoy. ON THE MENU: Founder Mode: “Get out of bed, check your vision, check your plan, f*cking get after it” Nassim Taleb Self Belief <> Self Doubt Barbell: utilise both = Anti-Fragile Ancient Greeks Pathemata Mathemata: “guide your leanings through pain” - everyday expect 1 ...

Jun 30, 20252 hr 1 min

Espresso: Rory Sutherland on KFC and McDonald's Marketing

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jun 26, 202512 min

Jackson Boxer - The Real Reason I Closed Orasay and Opened Dove

Today’s poddy is sponsored by Square. Square is the all-in-one restaurant tech platform designed to streamline operations and give hospitality business owners the time back to focus on growth. Square is Big In Restaurants - which is the name of its latest UK marketing campaign - offering everything you need for day-to-day service, including Square’s payments , point of sale and reporting capabilities . Whether you’re a single-location FSR, a multilocation QSR, a bar or a multi-concept restaurant...

Jun 23, 20251 hr 46 min

Espresso - Michel Roux Jr. - How to Manage Big Egos in the Kitchen (& the Office too)

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jun 19, 20259 min

19 New Brand Building Laws - How Citizens of Soil Are Taking on The Olive Oil Mafia & Changing The World of Olive Oil

“we changed three words at 10x’d our D2C revenue over night” Citizens of Soil is a BANGING brand eye-splinteringly, soul-nourishing gorgeous packaging transforming commodity into community wonderful founders Sarah & Michael y’all gunna love this one!! btw jump to 30 mins, if you wanna plunge straight into the brand building gold ON THE MENU: The Origins of Terroir: Things from a Different place have a Different taste Anti-Fragility in Nature: Stressed Trees release polyphenols to protect the...

Jun 16, 20251 hr 48 min

Espresso - The Devonshire Founder 1% Improve Your Way To Perfection

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jun 12, 20259 minEp. 254

The £300m Brand Exit Expert: Tyrrells, Crosta Mollica, St. Pierre, Lily’s Kitchen

“David Milner has a magic touch” - The Grocer Lilly’s, Tyrell’s, St Pierre, Crosta Mollica Every brand David touches Magics a blossoming, beaming Gold. Big wonga exit Gold. David possesses the sacred compass from challenger brand - house hold brand - Exit El Dorado Our chat is laden with gorgeous, glistening Gold. ON THE MENU: Peppermint Tea Rule: Why 95% of NPD Always fails - constantly ask is this a small idea? Picking The Right Category > Picking The Unique Product and Brand Start with End...

Jun 09, 20251 hr 33 min

Espresso: Rory Sutherland - The Behavioural Economics of Bubble Tea

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jun 05, 20257 min

Espresso - One Piece of INSANE Wisdom to Never Burnout - All Wins Feel The Same - James Smith

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

May 29, 202556 min

15 Secrets of Le Gavroche’s 57 Year Success - Michel Roux Jr.

Today’s poddy is sponsored by Square. Square is the all-in-one restaurant tech platform designed to streamline operations and give hospitality business owners the time back to focus on growth. Square is Big In Restaurants - which is the name of its latest UK marketing campaign - offering everything you need for day-to-day service, including Square’s payments , point of sale and reporting capabilities . Whether you’re a single-location FSR, a multilocation QSR, a bar or a multi-concept restaurant...

May 26, 20252 hr 17 min

Espresso - Why Jesus Was The First Behavioural Scientist - Rory Sutherland

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

May 22, 20253 min

Pret a Manger & Itsu Founder - The Biggest Mistakes I Made Building a Billion Dollar Brand

Julian said every mistake he ever made boiled down to two things... When you lose sight of these two core relationships... Product <> Customer. Simplicity <> Complexity. Get these right. LITERALLY everything else falls into place. ON THE MENU: How to Scale from 7 to 17 to 70 Sites… “70% of issues you’ll face is losing focus product and customer” Founder Mode = Just make the product better. Never stop making your product better. Complexity is Organisational Cancer. Constantly find sim...

May 19, 20251 hr 40 min

Espresso: How To Build World Class Creative Teams - Ashley Palmer Watts, The Devonshire

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

May 15, 20253 min

Fallow Founders - The Secrets Behind London’s Busiest Restaurant

Will Murray and Jack Croft are like NO ONE ELSE. Yes, incredible chefs - serving 10/10 BANGING food, But, also GENIUS marketeers, They RIPPED UP the rule book, Zigged when everyone Zagged. Built Fallow, Fowl, Roe to enormously successful restaurants, The World has changed. The way to build a successful restaurant has changed, too. Our conversation shows you how. ON THE MENU: Why Canary Wharf is the Craziest place to open a Restaurant: “lean into site surprises + “adapt to your customers + enviro...

May 12, 20252 hr 3 min

Espresso: Seth Godin - Never Forget These 3 Core Human Motivations in Strategy

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

May 08, 20254 min

Riverford Founder: 13 New Brand Building Laws + “£30 million will NEVER make you happier than £3 million”

Founders, please don’t swap your PURPOSE for PROZAC. “when you exit…you’re drowning in the 3 D’s”. “Divorced, Depressed, Dyslexic” - Guy Singh-Watson. Guy breaks ALL the brand building rules Riverford Organic. Famously, told the supermarkets to F*CK OFF. Unapologetically, gave away over 26% of his exit dough BACK to the team. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this poddy!! ON THE MENU: Nature & Brand Building Lessons: Humility + Strength of Diversity + Collectivism Why Richard Dawkins “Selfish-Gene” is WRO...

May 05, 20252 hr 1 min

Espresso: Seth Godin - Revealing The Greatest Positioning Secret of All Time

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

May 01, 20258 min
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