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Feb 29, 2024 • 16min

Espresso: How Coffee Culture Started in the UK - Jeremy Torz, UNION Coffee Founder

Listen to with Jeremy Torz, Union Coffee Founder 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🤝 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 26, 2024 • 2h 6min

DASH Water Founder: From Kitchen Table to Selling 45 Million Cans a Year in Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose

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/videosLet’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 sponsorsMKJ IGNITE -https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/Big Fish - https://bigfish.co.uk/BOWIMI - https://www.bowimi.com/HC Consulting - https://www.hc-consulting.uk/DASH are one of those gorgeous, quintessentially British brands, that I just simply love.🍓 DASH packaging is beautifully simple.🍓 DASH product is beautifully simple. Just water, bubbles, and wonky fruit.🍓 DASH taste is beautifully simple, too.🍓 Dash back your DASH - little effervescent fruit-flavour bombs explode and dance on your taste buds. C’est Bonne🍋 Yes, they’ve launched in Australia and featured at Melbourne Fashion Week🍋 Yes, they’re Victoria Beckham’s favourite drink.🍋 Yes, they’ve sold 45 million cans per year.🍋 And, yes, they’ve won listings at Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Whole Foods Market, Planet OrganicBUT.Behind the beautifully simple British Brand is a Quintessentially Challenger BrandThe brand and team bubble with effervescent, hustle, grit, persistence, patience and never-giving up;Dashing around Hyde Park, hustling to sell their first cans to randomers.Dashing to nab the lime light from Prince Harry.Dashing to sit outside Whole Foods Market to catch a buyer for 2 mins and win a listingDashing to pounce on TFL banning their ads on the Wonky Ads (yup, THAT Aubergine).Jack is an absolute LEGEND. You’re going to love this. “Have Faith In Creativity” has stuck with me ever since our conversation.ON THE MENU:Why Founders Must “Have Faith in Creativity” and “You Simply Have To Do Things Differently”ONE Vital Lesson on Creativity from James Watt, founder of BREWDOG - The Power of Analogue and Pen and PaperHow DASH landed EPIC investors like James Watt, BREWDOG, Logan Plant, Beavertown and Fairfax, SipsmithHow To Actually Win in The “Meal Deal”. Hard Lessons from Being Delisted and Going Back in. Shoppers, Shop by ValueWhy Creativity is not just a Sales and Marketing Function. Creativity Must Exist in Supply Chain and Ops too.The Secrets Behind the Famous Wonky TFL Campaign: The Fine Balance of Planing, Creativity, Boldness and Hustle for a Nuclear BOMB of AwarenessDavid Milner’s Power of Relentless Focus: Don’t Boil The Ocean. Just pick TWO HUGE Problems per Year🤝 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 23, 2024 • 19min

Espresso: Green & Blacks Founder The Fail Safe Way to Build Your Brand

Listen to the  full episode hereEspresso'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🤝 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 19, 2024 • 1h 47min

What’s Stopping Kombucha ACTUALLY Going from “Niche” to “Mainstream” - Freya Twidgen, Fix8 and Fibe

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/videosLet’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 sponsorsMKJ IGNITE -https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/Big Fish - https://bigfish.co.uk/BOWIMI - https://www.bowimi.com/HC Consulting - https://www.hc-consulting.uk/Freya is one of my favourite human beings.She’s boundless and bubbly and her effervescent energy is totally infections.Just like her wonderfully yummy-tummy loving kombucha Fix8 and her prebiotic soda FibeHeya, Freya Bitch Don’t Kill my Fibeeeeee ahahaa KOMBoooYahcakshaaaaa(fuck me 10 points to Gryfondor via Cringe Police LOLZOID)I jest.Freya is a f*cking legend. You’re going to LOVE this one.We combine Spirituality and Sales into Spiritual Sales. Sumptuously splendid fun.I came away feeling warm, wholesome and thoroghly enjoying the Jolene doughnut she oh-so kindly gave me.ON THE MENU:Why Curiosity = Birthplace for thinking outside the box and overcoming every obstacle in your wayLessons from Ancient Chinese Medicine to Raising Investment: Don’t Be Wooly, Be DirectHow to Build Confidence as a Female Founder in a Mans World - Actively Seek RejectionHave Kombucha brands been positioned all wrong? Should they be more like TRIP and Lead with Benefits vs. FeaturesThe Hard Unforeseen Truths of Running Two Brands Simultaneously: Two Brands is actually a SuperpowerReframing  Rejection:  it's the Universe pointing you in a different direction. Something greater is coming down the road.Why Do No Challenger Brands Target The Older Demographic - 70 year olds - Are We Missing a Huge OpportunityFull episode goes live Monday!!Please do me a favour and subscribe - you’d really make Friday beer taste all the nicer🤝 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 15, 2024 • 18min

Espresso: The BIG Difference Between a Successful Brand Plan and Marketing Plan

Listen to the full episodes hereEspresso'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🤝 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 15, 2024 • 8min

Espresso: the first draft of everything is shit - Rory Sutherland

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 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 Coffee 4. 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 🤝 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 12, 2024 • 1h 47min

Unveiling The Hidden Secrets to Winning European Rugby Championships and High Performance FMCG Teams

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/videosLet’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 sponsorsMKJ IGNITE -https://www.mkjignite.co.uk/GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/Big Fish - https://bigfish.co.uk/BOWIMI - https://www.bowimi.com/HC Consulting - https://www.hc-consulting.uk/George Kruis is a winner.Ex-England and Saracens Rugby Player🏆 Rugby World Cup finalist 2019🏆Six Nations Championship Winner 2016🏆Six Nations Championship Winner 2020🏆European Championship Winner 2015-16🏆European Championship Winner 2016-17🏆European Championship Winner 2018-19🏆 Rugby Premiership Champion Winner 2014-15🏆 Rugby Premiership Champion Winner 2015-16🏆 Rugby Premiership Champion Winner 2016-17🏆 Rugby Premiership Champion Winner 2017 -18🏆 Rugby Premiership Champion Winner 2018-19🏆 Japan Rugby League One 2021🏆 Japan Rugby League One 2022Now, George and fellow rugby player Dominic Day is founder of CBD brand fourfiveukWe dive and slide and glide into learnings from Eddie Jones, the winning mentality to reach the World Cup final, countless Premiership titles, European titles.Maybe the best conversation I've had on building high performance cultures.You WON'T find these in any banal business book!!!ON THE MENU:1. How to deliver harsh feedback and harsh news: Pair the right coach with the right player. Know each person delivers and receives the same message differently.2. How to ACTUALLY keep great talent for the whole journey: 4pm finish rule - 85% consistent effort for 6 years Vs. 110% effort and burnout for 2 years3. How to not lose a player or employee: keep players stimulated and the Goal has to be big enough for everyone to buy in completely4. Why the best coaches are like actors: constantly reinvent your culture to keep your team fresh and hungry5. How Confidence comes from prepping scenarios + Learn your pattern for preparation6. How to stop ego growing in team members : do you praise the deal or your praise the detail?7. Why "you can doubt yourself to excellence" and need the balance of self doubt and confidence🤝 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 5, 2024 • 2h 14min

George Pell: Pioneering The Renaissance of the Suffolk Food Scene

Escape the debauchery-drenched, randy-dandy dainty nights of sparkling SOHO.Chug along the spaghetti motorways before you peel offSoar and glide through voluptuously verdant countryside -Further, further, further,Further you go.Train stations become quieter. Post offices cuter. Bakeries sweeter. Conversation warmer. Pints slower. Life calmer.The Frontier.Aldeburgh, Suffolk.George Pell is doing things no one’s been brave enough to do before.After a illustrious career in Hospitality, Private Members clubs - Home House, The Arts Club, The Brompton Club and Managing Director of institution L’EscargotGeorge is paving his own path. Reinventing Suffolks food scene, with restaurant The SuffolkThe trip to Suffolk was a highlight of 2023.ON THE MENU:You LITERALLY have the ability to transport people with your level of careHow to get people to follow your mission: marry their inner calling with your outer callingWhy All Amazing Paint needs Canvas - how new movements startLearnings from Hospitality Gods at The Arts Club “why all great businesses and brands should feel like a members club”How to go above yourself and escape imposter syndrome and how to transcend your own ego: be hungry and caringFull episode goes live Monday 8am.Can't wait till thenWatch or listen to other episodes in the comments below🤝 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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Jan 29, 2024 • 1h 56min

Why FMCG is Totally Broken For Black and Working Class Founders and How to Fix it - Asher Flowers

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/videosLet’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 sponsorsMKJ Ignitehttps://www.mkjignite.co.uk/GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/Big Fish - https://bigfish.co.uk/BOWIMI - https://www.bowimi.com/HC Consulting - https://www.hc-consulting.uk/Why is food and drink broken for working class?Why is it harder for black founders to raise investment?Are these programmes by retailers just a tick-in-the-box exercise?Or do they actually ignite institutional change?Let’s answer these questions.Thrilled to welcome my great friend, with the smoothest name-in-the-game, Asher Flowers to the podcast.Asher was founder of ROGUE who made INSANE spreads - won listings at Ocado, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s.Beaten over the head by thrashing waves of Covid. Cost of Living. Ukraine. Too many Barriers.Broken.Totally broken.But he rose from Ashers.Now he’s back. In the Valleys. At Mum’s house. Broken. But rebuilding. Going again.Breaking down Barriers with Tequila brand, Broken Barriers.ON THE MENU:The Welsh Unfair Advantage: what no one else sees about Tiny Rebel and Au Vodka - how household is you brand REALLY? Do your NPD meetings in Brecon, WalesThe Dangers of Bootstrapping: teaches you how to do everything but not everything wellWhy Asher was on Depressants when building ROGUE and how to separate yourself from your brandHow to Solve the Working Class Issue for Founders: we need a fund for working class brandsWhat Marketing is a COMPLETE Waste of Time and What ACTUALLY WORKS newsletters, SamplingsFounders think people consumer their product way more than but consumers switch out of brands more than you thinkThe SKU Count Paradox: Why more SKUs = More Variety + Occasions, BUT too many SKUs actually Cannibalises Core🤝 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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Jan 25, 2024 • 9min

Espresso: Who Gives a Crap founder: The Pillars of High Performance Cultures

Listen to the full https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/who-gives-a-crap-founder-the-8-principles-to/id1537239469?i=1000640860572Espresso'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 Unleashed Your fave brands like Candy Kittens, Tiny Rebel, TRIP use religiously. Tarquins Gin, Three Spirit, Minor Figures, The Turmeric Co., Volcano Coffee 4. 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 🤝 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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