
HUNGRY.
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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Mar 20, 2025 • 9min
Espresso: Giles Brook "STOP Innovating!! You Need to be the HERO in your Category
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
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 favourGET YOURSELF 2 MONTHS FREE USING 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/)

Mar 17, 2025 • 2h 3min
TRIP Drinks Founder REVEALS All Their Crazy Success Secrets Behind - Liv Ferdi
This week we have a throwback to an incredible convo with the co-founder of TRIP, Olivia Ferdi.Maybe I am wrong.For yonks I’ve been waxing ad nause aboutNarrow and Deep.Focus.Do less, better.Be a Meaningful specific.It’s what every wonderful guest on the poddy teaches me.TRIP ripped up the rule book.Definition of outlier.TRIP is for everyone and anyone, anywhere, anytime and everywhere.TRIP is a coffee replacement. Booze replacement. Cocktail mixer. Meal Deal enhancer. Grab & Go.All charged with a beautiful mission: Be Kind to your Mind.Won listings at Co-op Sainsbury's, Waitrose & Partners, @Annabel’s, Soho House & CoOlivia Ferdi is the latest guest on Hungry. Oh boy. You’re in for a treat.ON THE MENU:1. Why your brand must be chameleon to be a truly omni-channel brand – lessons from Annabel’s, Mayfair and Co-Op.2. Why your brand should act as a PROMPT to unlock an emotion in people – TRIP own “Be Kind to Your Mind”3. How TRIP won a Bill’s listing in 4 weeks – when one door shuts, open a window. Be fluid.4. How to repurpose your brand and shelf space to unlock more occasions = more consumption = more £ wonga.5. How TRIP raised £10 million quid – do you really need presentation a deck?6. Why founders must actually seek and embrace stress it’s a gateway forward.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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Mar 13, 2025 • 10min
Espresso: GAIL's Founder - The Genius Way GAIL's Picks a New Location
Full episode on youtube here - https://youtu.be/WgI81HTrOv0Espresso'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

Mar 10, 2025 • 1h 44min
Barrafina Founder: The Genius Who Changed The Way London Eats - Quo Vadis, El Pastor
In 2001, the London Food World was pallid, tepid, insipid. Clotted cream Miserable MehThankfully, two legends CHANGED EVERYTHING.Sam Hart & Eddie HartSwam upstream, zigged against zagging zeitgeist. Opened an array of spell-binding restaurants 2003 - Fino with genius Nieves 2007 - Barrafina 2012 - Quo Vadis with living-legend and food encyclopaedia, Jeremy Lee 2015- El Pastor And, more recently, Parillian, Bar Daskall Ghosts in Quo Vadis, MAD house parties in Manchester, wild techno nights in Mexico city, losing money for 12 years, dogged persistence, the supple art of the perfect hostProper garrulous n’ gallivanting chinwag this one with Sam Hart ON THE MENU: 1. **The Art of The Perfect Host:** Mad house parties in Manchester, wild techno nights in Mexico City. 2. **Hospitality is:** “Enjoying other people enjoying the enjoyment you’ve put on.” 3. **How Sam & Crispin Created the World’s Best Nightclub in Mexico City:** “You need good people for a good party.” 4. **Why Nightclubs Are SO DIFFERENT from Restaurants:** - Nightclubs = constriction + release. - Restaurants = release, always. 5. **Barrafina’s Secret to Making Customers INSTANTLY RELAXED:** “If your team are having fun, your customers are having fun.” 6. **What Looks Like RELAXED Service Is the TOTAL Opposite:** - Jimmy Carr: “Don’t rise to your goals, fall to your systems.” 7. **The Genius of Jeremy Lee:** How he turned Quo Vadis around after 12 years of losing money. 8. **The Dogged Persistence Rule:** Always ask yourself, “How can I jump out of bed, excited, in 20 years’ time?” 9. **Why “Culture Is Infectious”:** - “When it’s infectious, it’s impossible to break.” - “But it can also be cancerous.” 10. **Economics of Restaurants – Why Barrafina Doesn’t Serve Tea:** - “Spend per hour is essential.” - “Turning tables quickly.” 11. **ALWAYS INVEST in What Makes the Customer HAPPY:** - “There’s a BIG difference between scrimping and being in control.” 12. **The Nefarious Unintended Consequences of Over-Promoting:** - Crisis of confidence in the team.
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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/

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
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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

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🌟=============================================►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/)

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
In this engaging conversation, Tom Molnar, co-founder of Gail's Bakery, shares his entrepreneurial wisdom and unique insights into building a sustainable food business. He emphasizes the importance of making informed food decisions and keeping a brand's essence alive. Tom discusses how creativity can flourish within a team and why strategic patience is crucial. He highlights the power of joy in tackling hard challenges and provides a genius algorithm for selecting success locations. His approach combines the art of baking with sustainable practices, all while fostering a strong connection to nature.