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Mar 6, 2025 • 18min

Espresso: Giles Brook How Vita Coco beat Innocent in the Coconut Wars?

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 biggest brands in FMCG love love UnleashedYour fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee4. Do yourself a favourFeel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat. Click this magical link♨️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 🍲 🤝 Let's Connect!►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/
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Mar 3, 2025 • 2h 3min

Eating With Tod: 9 Crazy Ways to Build a 7 Figure Food Empire from an iPhone 11

You’ll NEVER learn these lessons in a marketing bookTod is a GENIUS marketeer. Built an enormous 7 figure business all from his iPhone 11.Toby Inskip built an ATTENTION-GRABBING MACHINE.Drool, scrollDrool, scrollDroll and scroll and drool some moreTod injects a giddy wanderlust to the blossoming London Food WorldEnter Flavour Funky TownTastebud Tinsel TownPlease Sir, Can I have Some More, More, MoreHuge thanks to Uber Eats’, Sam Nicaudie for providing the Mountains of Munch from lip-smackingly wondrous restaurantsFocaccia MiaEgg SlutSmashing PlatesON THE MENU:1. Why “Little Marketing” beats “Big Marketing”: Brand Deals and Influencer Marketing has CHANGED and so must you2. Steal Like An Artist: How Todd makes you hallucinate through craft and word wizardry3. Gordon Ramsay + Fabric Nightclub & Tacos ONE RULE for Growth: Be Ferociously Consistent4. Jay Z “I’m not a Businessman; I’m a Business, Man”. How Tod built a HUGE business off his following5. Chips & Fish Attention Rule: Some Marketing Should Piss People Off (Happily)6. How Tod Developed The Art of Storytelling… “get behind the scenes, find their stories”7. How a Job In Construction Set Todd Up For Success: “There is no other way than the hard way”8. The Loneliness of Going Solo: How Tod survived the lonely chapter of turning side hustle to full time gig9. Gravy Down Face Rule: Todd’s Proven Formula to GRAB ATTENTION + VIRALITY: the first 3 seconds is everything ==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟============================================= ►BABABOOM! use code BOOMDAN40 to get 40% off your next Uber Eats 🥙order at BABABOOM Kebabs! ►North Star: (www.northstarbc.co.uk)  Get your FREE 30min Consultancy Session with North Star 👉 https://calendly.com/andy-northstar/free-30mins-with-north-star-team---------------------------------🤝 Let's Connect!►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/) 
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Feb 27, 2025 • 5min

Espresso: James Smith ONE SECRET to INSANE Confidence "The Swimmers Body Illusion"

============================================🌟Espresso's are powered by our 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 biggest brands in FMCG love love Unleashed. Your fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee4. Do yourself a favour. Feel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat.Click this magical link: https://hubs.la/Q023F_V90
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Feb 24, 2025 • 1h 45min

Nina Parker: Thriving As Female Chef in Tough Male Kitchens, Manufacturers & Panic Attacks & Building Saucy

Super fun time with legend Nina Parker Our conversation was a Curiosity Carnival  massaging my insatiable loves creativity, restaurants, stuffing-my -ace, writing, brand building If you love food, love brand building, you’ll love this Oh! If you’re watching on YouTube people are asking if I’ve started painting my nails like a Hackney HipsterDipster Nay, I dropped a f*ck off big kettle bell on my finger and it’s gone completely black 🤣Fully Poddy tomozza morning ON THE MENU: 1. Nina’s Proustian Moments in food: How food can teleport you back to moments of bliss 2. Paul Ainsworth’s Leadership Rule: We Make it Happen, We Make It Happen Together 3. Minor Figures: Brand Building Law “Bite off more than you can chew, Chew like hell” 4. Why exhaustion is celebrated in kitchens & how to off set burn out “plan weekly rest” 5. Wheeling Out The Cheese Wheel: Nina’s ONE SECRET to build a massive social  following 6. How to Deal with Manufacturers who are constantly trying to take short cuts on product quality 7.  Nina’s Ice Cream Truck Rule: The Subtle Art of Knowing When to quit ==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟============================================= ►BABABOOM! use code BOOMDAN40 to get 40% off your next Uber Eats 🥙order at BABABOOM Kebabs! ►North Star: (www.northstarbc.co.uk)  Get your FREE 30min Consultancy Session with North Star 👉 https://calendly.com/andy-northstar/free-30mins-with-north-star-team---------------------------------🤝 Let's Connect!►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/) 
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Feb 20, 2025 • 7min

Espresso: Giles Brook: How To Kill Your Brand OverNight DANGER AVOID!!!!

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 biggest brands in FMCG love love UnleashedYour fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee4. Do yourself a favourFeel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat. Click this magical link♨️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 🍲 🤝 Let's Connect!►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/
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Feb 17, 2025 • 1h 32min

GAIL’s Founder: The 17 HARDEST Business Lessons No One EVER Tells You, How We Solve The Future of Food

Honour to sit down with Tom Molnar, co-founder of GAILS's. What Tom’s built in GAIL’s is truly amazing.You’re in for a treatON THE MENU:Skateboarding & Slaying Monsters & Building GAIL’s: “Be in Flow” + Don’t let Big hot shot executives ruin the flowWhy a FOOD business MUST make FOOD decisions… “STOP adding more business to the business for the sake of business”The GAIL’s No Celebration Cakes Rule: “Understand something deeply and make it better” + “Don’t change it before you know it”Why GAIL’s Competitive Advantage is an INSIDE JOB.. “Don’t change the thing that made you great”GAIL’s + Seth Godin’s “Circle of Us & Circle of Now”: Your Purpose Must Widen as You ScaleThe Different Founder Mode Gears: Accept you’ll NEVER switch off, but you can switch gears: “Sleep is an active part of your life”Black Belt Leadership Lesson ONE: Shut The F*ck Up and Listen. Listen first. Act Second.Black Belt Leadership Lesson TWO: Creativity across the WHOLE business + “…let your team play jazz”Why Brand Building is Like Water: a complex system, it never stands still, keep movingSlow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast: you need speed humps to slow you downHow GAIL’s Charge £4.30 for a coffee: “The world has voted that it wants good coffee”Why Joy is Different from Happiness. Joy Comes from Doing HARD Things. Hard Things = Fulfilment.The Gail’s Algorithm for Picking Success Sites (this is GENIUS): Science is Art, Art is Science: “art is always asking questions”Why It’s a SuperPower to Believe The Best Days Are Ahead of UsSausage Roll Rule Food decisions vs business decisions: How do we sell more? vs. How do we make it better?One year business plans are DUMB copy, Invent: What’s this going to look like in 5 or 10 years?==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvellous Sponsors🌟==============================================A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible:​​►Big Fish: (https://bigfish.co.uk/)​►North Star: (www.northstarbc.co.uk)🤝 Let's Connect!►Let's link-up here ​ ( / daniel-pope  )►Stalk me here ​ ( / _hungry.pod  ) ==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟============================================= ►BABABOOM! use code BOOMDAN40 to get 40% off your next Uber Eats 🥙order at BABABOOM Kebabs! ►North Star: (www.northstarbc.co.uk)  Get your FREE 30min Consultancy Session with North Star 👉 https://calendly.com/andy-northstar/free-30mins-with-north-star-team---------------------------------🤝 Let's Connect!►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/) 
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Feb 13, 2025 • 14min

Espresso: Oisín Rogers, The Devonshire Why The Word "Hospitality" NEEDS A REBRAND NOW!!!

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 biggest brands in FMCG love love UnleashedYour fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee4. Do yourself a favourFeel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat. Click this magical link♨️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 🍲 🤝 Let's Connect!►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/
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Feb 10, 2025 • 2h 14min

Shakespeare, Seth Godin, Comedy, Why London Needs a Laugh & The Weirdest Marketing Podcast You’ve Ever Heard

DEEE-lighted to welcome this ABSOLUTE JOKER on the poddy Henry Hayes creates f*cking hilarious content Behind the comedy is a whopper-big-brain, whipper-smart wittyHenry is Head of Marketing at Passionfruit - who work with PepsiCo, AB InBev, MarsIn This Is Strategy Seth Godin, all ideas are built on TimeGame Empathy Systems Marketing Strategy is like Comedy Marketing like Comedy is built on empathyMarketing like Comedy is playing games Marketing like Comedy is understand the system you’re in, like a fish knowing it’s in water Marketing like Comedy is understanding the complexity of the human soul Marketing like Comedy is seeing things no one else noticesLoved the Seth Godin, Will Storr podcasts? Similar poddy with a heavy seasoning of scatty, profanity, debauchery ON THE MENU:1. Jimmy Carr: How to Find Your Edge: Weird complimentary strengths + lean into weird idiosyncrasies2. The Hidden Pressure of going to Eton (god, we sound like w*nkers) - “you’re meant to do great 3. How Henry Turned His Life Around: Swapping Prozac for Purpose 4. The Genius of Raff and Passionfruit: more starts ups must allow employees to build their own personal brands 5. Nike’s Brand Building Strategy Secrets: Global vs. Local - “you only need to be important in 12 cities” 6. The Art of Small, Meaningful Life Changing Events “Value first; Product second”. 7. If you put blood, sweat and tears into it, people can feel hard work in their bones 8. Marketing Lessons from Shakespeare’s Comedy: Understand Complexity of Human Beings==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvellous Sponsors🌟==============================================A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible:​​►Big Fish: (https://bigfish.co.uk/)​ ►North Star: (www.northstarbc.co.uk)🤝 Let's Connect!►Let's link-up here ​ ( / daniel-pope  )►Stalk me here ​ ( / _hungry.pod  ) ==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟============================================= ►BABABOOM! use code BOOMDAN40 to get 40% off your next Uber Eats 🥙order at BABABOOM Kebabs! ►North Star: (www.northstarbc.co.uk)  Get your FREE 30min Consultancy Session with North Star 👉 https://calendly.com/andy-northstar/free-30mins-with-north-star-team---------------------------------🤝 Let's Connect!►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/) 
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Feb 6, 2025 • 15min

Espresso: The Devonshire Founder 7 INSANE Leadership Lessons You've Probably Never Heard

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 biggest brands in FMCG love love UnleashedYour fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee4. Do yourself a favourFeel free to reach out to the utter legends Josh and Bryony at Unleashed, book in a 20 min chat with this magical link. Even if nothing comes of it, it's worth having a chat. Click this magical link♨️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 🍲 🤝 Let's Connect!►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/)►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/
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Feb 3, 2025 • 2h 8min

The £100m Brand Man: 17 Unknown Ways To ACTUALLY Secure a HUGE Exit + “the EXIT world has COMPLETELY changed… Multiples of revenue is DEAD”

Giles Brook, an industry legend in the food and drink sector, shares invaluable insights on securing lucrative brand exits. He emphasizes the urgent need for challenger brands to pivot from revenue multiples to EBITDA metrics. The conversation dives into the importance of true gross margins and the impact of strong branding on exit strategies. Giles also highlights innovative marketing tactics and the necessity of building a coherent value chain early. Plus, he unpacks the shifting dynamics in the coconut water market against big players, offering strategies to thrive amidst competition.

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