HUNGRY.

Dan Pope
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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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Jan 25, 2024 • 15min

Espresso: Who Gives a Crap Hiring Tactics for Great Talent - Culture Add vs. Fit

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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Jan 25, 2024 • 22min

Espresso: How to Scale from £0 to £1 Million Sales - William Kendall from Green & Blacks

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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Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 51min

6 Unilever Evidence-based Secrets: How To Effectively Tell Your Story on Shelf

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/Sometimes a conversation takes you TOTALLY by surprise.This was one of those.Jaw-dropping through-flooring flabbergastingly good.Oliver Lloyd is founder of Great British Chefs. Pioneer of the foodie movement.Before Great British Chefs, Ollie was a global marketing manager for Unilever.I expected us to talk all things chefs n food and food n chefs.Out the gates we stomped straight past foodie boundaries, into boundless brand building bounties.My curiosity gleefully wagged like a happy puppy.We roved through the History of Art, it’s relationship to brands, why founders should study art to tell better stories on shelf.I’ve listened back twice.ON THE MENU:The Difference Between a Brand Plan and Marketing Plan: What comes first? Brand Rigour should be excruciating painfull.Why Marketing Managers Must Tailor each marketing mix to each retailer and their plan, build around THEIR goalsThe Knock, Knock Test: How to Make Your Story WIN at ShelfThe Parallels of Great Plate of Food and Great Brand on Shelf - Always SubtractWhy brands must deliver on their simple promise AND go furtherThe Telling Nana About Ibiza Rule: How to optimise by retailer, brand, occasions Costco -the mindset switch when someone goes shopping in TESCO vs Waitrose vs Sainsbury’s vs Pub.Why Retailers don’t make money selling SKU’s - Trade Marketing is their profit centre🤝 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 18, 2024 • 5min

Espresso: Rory Sutherland - The Best MBA is a Kitchen Porter

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 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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Jan 15, 2024 • 1h 13min

The Unshakeable Toolkit for Fast Decision Making Under Excruciating High Pressure - Lottie Unwin

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/There is ONE sure fire way to loseMaking decisions slooooooowwwwwwlyyyyyyyyylySo many teams:Ponder and pontificate and plot and pander and pop-out-for-a-walk which ends up in wandering and waning and wasting time like a WallyYou don't need a G7 Summit to decide what colour Pantone you use for a JS Gondola endYou don't need a huddle or school or a gaggle or ruck or WRTF?Making effective decision is the delicate balance of thinking slow and hard, reflecting deeply internally yet moving with insane speed.Not getting bogged down in the bog waters of banal b*llocksIt's Art not a Science.Lottie Unwin (she/her) knows the Art.We chat all about the toolkit for effective decision making!Lottie was an early guest on the pod, and has become a great friend and introduced me to some legends - Elle Ponsonby and James Hickson to name a fewON THE MENU:1. Why Time + Space = Clarity. Distraction is not Procrastination2. The Role of Successful Leader: Your job is Literally just make 1 or 2 great big decisions per Month Vs. 1000s of tiny ones3. How To Use Google Docs to Think Deep, Reflect Hard yet Move Fast4. How to Keep your Sanity and Sleep Easy as a Founder - Create a Paper Trail for Big Decision5. How to Bring Introverts and Extroverts to the Table and Avoid Big Ego's Taking Over🤝 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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