

HUNGRY.
Dan Pope
HUNGRY is the podcast for Challenger Food and Drink brands wanting to pour gasoline on their growth. Fancy being kind? Want to feel warm inside? Please hit the Subscribe button. You’d really, really make my week.
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Dec 7, 2023 • 11min
Espresso: I was ready to kill myself, but like a Phoneix Rose from the Ashes - Matt Kelly
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/)

Dec 4, 2023 • 1h 55min
UNION Coffee Founder: Pioneering the Coffee Culture in the UK (it all started in a Garden Shed)
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/ Imagine walking down a street today. No StarbucksNo Pret A Manger.No Costa.No Cafe Nero.No GAIL’s.No McDonalds coffee No coffee. Imagine a world with coffee? As an ardent coffee fiend, I couldn’t live without it. Rewind to 1986.Our scone-scoffing, beer-boshing, tea-guzzling Britain was crowned the “Graveyard of Coffee”. A slumpy-grumpy stupor. If you wanted a cuppa joe, you’d have to go to swanky-hotel. Then. Thank heavens. Two mad scientists. Steven Macatonia and Jeremy Torz. Had just returned slurping up the coffee movement in San Fransisco. They started UNION and the coffee movement from their Mum's garden shed. No Union Hand-Roasted Coffee. No Starbucks. No Starbucks. No Coffee movement. The coffee you drank this morning. You owe a great deal to Jeremy and Stephen LOVED this conversation ON THE MENU: 1. How to see brand building like a scientist: Stop + evaluate, then go forward, slow is smooth, smooth is fast2. How to turn OOH into experiential marketing and storytelling to build trust in grocery 3. How coffee created the third space for people to operate in outside bars and pubs + how new brands can too 4. How founders can avoid cognitive bias: “Don't drink the cool aid, don’t ask questions expecting the answers you want to hear”5. The “You're not stuck in traffic, you are in traffic” Rule, every new idea needs push and pull Full episode goes live Monday 8am.Can’t wait till then, feel free to check out other episodes 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/)

Nov 30, 2023 • 7min
Espresso: Rory Sutherland - YOU MUST KNOW The Peak End Rule
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/)

Nov 27, 2023 • 1h 43min
Calum Franklin: Reinventing The British Pie and Putting British Food on the Map
Every top food and drink founder reads our weekly Newsletter, Friday Feast - why wouldn't you?https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/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 Mackenzie Jones - https://www.mackenziejones.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/British food was slowly-but-very-surely dying. Until Calum Franklin came along. Calum breathed fresh life back into British food. Taking the humble, quintessentially British pie.Turning it, Inside out. Upside down. Backto frontReinventing our beloved Pie.Ground-breakingly-banging and face-meltingly delicious flavours. The Pies looked are art and architecture meets food. Like ancient, baroque cathedrals from Rome or Paris or Milan or London. 2018, I remember stuffing my face at The Pie Room.Warm waves of lusciously lucid memories are warming me as I type this on a blisteringly cold 8am train to Waterloo. Calum was Executive Chef of the Holborn Dining room and founder of The Pie Room inside prodigious Rosewood hotel.LOVED this conversation. It's WAYYYY more than just absolutely-banging Pies. It's a Masterclass in Accessing your UNIQUE creativity. Struggling to access creativity? Wondering how to reinvent your creative culture? THIS IS FOR YOU. Scoff this down ya ear lobes ON THE MENU: 1. Why Creativity is All Around Us and How to ACTUALLY Access it - Inspiration Comes from Door Handles2. Why Calum lives by the Discipline: “Always do the right thing, even when no one is watching” 3. CREATE Competition for yourself - it forces you push the boundaries, stretch ambition, avoid complacency 4. How to build creative cultures that do BOLD work: “Realise that Everyone reacts different to levels of pressure”5. Why Service is Black and White and Hospitality is Colour- Great Food is Memories meeting Discipline🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

Nov 23, 2023 • 11min
Espresso: Rory Sutherland - Why Brands Are Scared of Humour
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/)

Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 52min
Thomas Straker & Toby Hoppy: How All Things Butter Are Reinventing Butter
All Things Butter Spread like wild-fire over social media. My goal: explore All Things Behind-The Butter. Milk the proverbial cowBaste my brain, melt my mind with wisdom Churn through the conversational fields of curiosity Fill me-mind up Butter Cup (sounds geordie) WHEY-HEY BABYYY !! (God, I sound like a Geography teach-in-with-long-nose-hair-in-Fat-Face)This conversation BLEW MY MIND Behind the glitzy-ritzy, sparkly-sugar-coated veneers Toby Hoppy Thomas Straker are two absolute grafters with creativity at their core. We talk about the Art of Simplicity and Rational Creativity. THAT picture which almost got Thom cancelled. How to bounce back from rock bottom ON THE MENU - 1. How to use social media and content to by-pass market research and find product-market-fit BEFORE you launch 2. Why the hardest part for founder is “pulling the trigger, pull the trigger, build momentum” Momentum, compounds. 3. The Harsh Realities of Creating All Things Butter content - and how to build a content system 4. The D2C Ceiling: is d2c less important for Omni-Channel businesses5. Straker: ”don't over think creativity” Creativity is REDUCING not PRODUCING, it’s taking away and simplifying - love, love, love this!!!!!!6. Hoppy: Why Founders must embrace “Rational Creativity” - how ATB are using content to drive ROS Full episode live Monday 8am. Others in comments below.You’d make a very happy-bunny if you please hit the subscribe button 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/
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Nov 16, 2023 • 18min
Espresso: How To ABSOLUTELY SMASH Your Buyer Meeting - Harry Clarke
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/)

Nov 13, 2023 • 1h 40min
Planet Organic founder: What ACTUALLY Went Wrong?
Every top food and drink founder reads our weekly Newsletter, Friday Feast - why wouldn't you?https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/HUNGRY’s absolutely bloody marvellous and wonderful sponsorsMackenzie Jones - https://www.mackenziejones.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/2022, Planet Organic set to open 50 stores.April 2023, in Administration.What ACTUALLY happened? What went wrong at Planet Organic Ltd? Why?What are the lessons? These questions swamped my nogSo I got them answered Thrilled to welcome back the wonderful Renée Elliott to the poddy. Renée like a personal therapist-meets-business guru to me. If you’re a founder struggling, this is for you. It boils down to STICKING to your UNIQUENESS + VALUES. ON THE MENU: 1. How Meditation = Better Decisions: “the quieter you become the louder you can hear”2. Why Founders Must Ride The Rollercoaster: Hands In the Air vs Holding on For Dear Life - “Stay in surrender avoid attachment to avoid pain”3. How To Actually WIN a Planet Organic Listing Under The New Leadership4. What Went Wrong at Planet? - Moving away from Organic = Vanilla = who are you as a brand?5. How they’re fixing Planet Organic? Go Deeper Internally to Your Unique Values. 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)

Nov 9, 2023 • 11min
Espresso: How POPHAM'S Scale and Keep The Magic Alive - Ollie Gold
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/)

Nov 6, 2023 • 1h 55min
The Art of Hustle: How Harry Clarke won POPS listings at Ocado, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, TESCO
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 sponsorsMackenzie Jones - https://www.mackenziejones.co.uk/GS1 - https://www.gs1uk.org/Big Fish -BOWIMI - https://www.bowimi.com/HC Consulting - https://www.hc-consulting.uk/In turquoise swimming pool, on pink Lilo, under blazing-orange Balearic sunshine.An idea swirled in Harry's mind.An idea for a frozen cocktail ice lollyThat idea kept gnawingUntil Harry cold emails DIAGEO CEO direct.Bags a meeting.Plants an idea.Births a brandPOPS, a booze-soaked frozen ice lolly brand partnered with whopppa brands PIMMS;.Late night hustling at parties in the intoxicatingly-delicious SOHO nights.Walking around Ibiza with a cool box of frozen lollies, knocking on beach club doors.The won listings at TESCO, Ocado, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s.Unfortunately, due to cash issues, Harry closed shop in 2019.HC Consulting work with star-studded brands Holy Moly, DANDS, Savyll Drinks.They’re a partner of the poddy tooON THE MENUHarry’s biggest F*ck ups at buyers meetings and how to ACTUALLY unlock listings?The Art of Hustle - it’s not working harder, it’s about putting yourself where the waves are.How to Manage Cash Flow as a Seasonal brand to avoid having to shut up shopThe Dangers of constantly raising money and how to not dilute yourself as founder.The dark side of creating a category of one - you may not make it, you may be TOO differentFull episode goes live Monday 8am.Please do subscribe, you’d really make my weekend🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)