
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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Oct 10, 2024 • 9min
Espresso: Will Storr, Why 3* Michelin Restaurants Have Completely Ruined Food
FULL EPISODE:YoutubeAppleSpotifyEspresso'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/)

Oct 7, 2024 • 2h 2min
Jack Stein: Life and Travel Lessons from Rick Stein, Captaining The Stein Ship into Future Waters, Vanilla Bass & The Dangers of 1% Improvement, Surfing and Cooking
Absolutely LOVED this conversation.Jack is well-traveled, well-read and well-fed.Whipper-smart and great fun.Perfect ingredients for a perfect conversation partner.Our conversation oozed and grooved from Surfing to Sauces, Bad Bosses to Best MBA’sJack’s taken the reigns from Rick and is captaining the Stein Ship into future waters.You’re in for a treat. ♨️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 🍲 ON THE MENU:What Surfing Teaches You about Cooking & Business: “Understand the basics of your environment “The Art of Catching Waves and Making Sauces: Pressure + Tempo of Surfing & Servic:Why the Best MBA is a Kitchen Porter: why NOMA gave their Kitchen Porters EquityLife and Travelling Lessons from his old man Rick Stein: “When you travel, travel with eating in mind”Vanilla Sea Bass Principle: The Hidden Danger of 1% Improvement “1% improvement has a cost”Why the Stein Group have a David Bowie Style Council to measure “brand”.“Why everything is craft, even the very worst bits are a form of craft”The Stein Succession Plan: How Jack forges his own path vs. being known as Rick Stein’s son.Stein’s Path to Growth is Hidden in Plain sight: “the rooms made the business” 👌
==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟==============================================A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: 🍜Use Uber Eats code: KOYAKO40 to get 40% off (up to 15£) when you spend at least 20£ ►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/)

Oct 3, 2024 • 16min
Espresso: How Innocent Drinks Overcame Near Death in 2008
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 linkFULL EPISODE:YoutubeSpotifyApple ♨️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/)

Oct 2, 2024 • 46min
7 Brilliant Basics of Onboarding to Make New Employees SMASH IT OUT THE PARK
Delighted to wax lyzz with mi amigos PJ and BM.MKJ Ignite are a sponsor of the poddy.They’re great friends.And, yes, they’re recruiters(ohhhh gawwddd, I just used the “R” word) (cuff me Mr. Officer)Chill-AAxxxx, they're TOTAL LEGENDSPeople don’t talk about onboarding enough. Imagine walking into a 5* hotel and your room is a complete tip. You’d be miffed.So many founders and brands are working at such a ferocious pace.They’re forgetting to do the brilliant basics. Forgetting to tidy the room.So the employees onboarding is scraggly at the best of times.This podcast will help that. ON THE MENU: How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything: Focus on Speed after you offer someone the roleSet the TONE and TEMPERATURE of the brand before the person joins the teamIf you’re a small team or baby brand, partner with other Sales Directors and Finance DirectorsWhy You Must Give Breathing Space: lessons from HONEST Burger and Good Rays CBDBest practice onboarding from Rheal SuperFoods and Hunter & Gatherer: let people onboard in their own time.How to Do Myers Briggs and Install Ways of Working without making it super lameThe Dance between “being valued” and “adding value” ♨️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/)

Sep 30, 2024 • 2h 59min
Tyrrells Crisps & Chase Distillery Founder: 36 Years of Brand Building Wisdom in 3 Hours, The Future of Food, How Gut Health Goes Mainstream
"There are no rules, so create your own rules” -Tyrell’s Crisps & Chase Distillery founder: 16 Controversial Lessons from a £40 Million Exit and a £75 Million Exit to DIAGEO “…there are laws, but there are NO RULES”Back for a part two, with the Food & Drink OG DONWill Chase builds and flips.A MasterClass in Life and Brand building.Loved it. It’s long. Very long. So take it in slowly. ♨️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 🍲 ON THE MENU:Alan Partridge Brand Building Rule: As a Founder get into the character of your brandChampagne vs CocoPop Shopppers: How does gut health go mainstreamSurviving WW2 and How our Food System is F*cked: the Solution lies in the Problem, and (always) a Problem Lies in the SolutionBuddhism, Bhutan & Brand Building: How to Cage Your Founders Monkey MindNapoleon Brand Build Strategy 1: “Genius is doing the Average thing when Everyone around you is Losing their Mind”Napoleon Brand Build Strategy 2: “Get in trenches & BE IN IT with your customer”Why Momentum = magic, magic = momentum, momentum = more magicAUDI Logo: Why You Senior Leadership team must operate like the Audi LogoHow Will’s turned his Bi Polar into a Superpower: the DOWN drives the UPGratitude Principle “Founders work 80 hour week so they don’t have to work 40 hour weeks”Price Laddering Principle: How Tyrells launched Vegetable Crisps to increase Margin + Drive ROS in Core RangeThe Graza Olive Oil Genius: Sizzle vs. Drizzle of Brand BuildingThe Strategy to Drop you Av RRP to become a Household Brand: “you get value through scale”Why Categories are Like Fishing in Ponds: You Choose Where you FishDON’T SELL YOUR BRAND: When You’re In The Winners Enclosure You Realise All The Fun Was in The Race 👌
==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟==============================================A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: 🍜Use Uber Eats code: KOYAKO40 to get 40% off (up to 15£) when you spend at least 20£ ►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/)

Sep 26, 2024 • 11min
Espresso: Innocent Founder ONE HARSH TRUTH to Become a Household Brand... Be Different + Better
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 linkFULL EPISODE:YoutubeSpotifyApple ♨️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/)

Sep 23, 2024 • 1h 55min
13 Simple Strategies to Quickly Raise Money for BONKERS Ideas, Win Insane PR for FREE and 10x Creativity on 10x Less Budget - Leo Taylor YUMBUG
Making bugs mainstream is a brilliantly bonkers idea.I love brilliantly bonkers people.This Poddy was bonkers and brilliantyummy wisdom left me bug-eyed n’ bonked outLeo is an EXCEPTIONALLY bright visionaryLeo sees bugs on bougie small plate menus in Shoredtich,Cricket Con Carne demolished on hungover Boxing Days in GlasgowAnd, SpBug Bol with Garlic bread for your Tuesday Tea (certy: the best dinner on a Tuesday)YUMBUG is backed by the genius Ollie, the man behind BOTIVOAnd, James Watt founder of BrewDogThis is AltMeat 2.0 (less the DC10 Drug Dealer Ingredient Deck) ♨️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 🍲 ON THE MENU:YUMBUG Behavioural Science Strategy to make Bugs Mainstream “it’s all about perception”The Pillars of Strategy, Eduction = Curiosity + Great Experience = People come back.How YUMBUG are Reverse Engineering a Successful Mass Market Supermarket Launch:Why Culture is Truth. Different question = different truth. We eat prawns but don’t eat bugsThe American Curiosity/Paranoia Paradox: America is a culture of immigrants = Positive questioning = curiosity + Negative questioning = paranoiaWhy You Must Treat an Investor Like a CustomerThe Raising Money Tension: “Don’t spray and pray” + “what’s their victory speech?”Product-Market Fit vs. Story-Investor Fit: Opportunity and Mission is Common language between investors and foundersThe “Just Another Day In Paradise” Founders Mindset, Cruise Ship vs. Dingy (F*CKING LOVED THIS)Why Founders Must Turn up Each Day in the dingy and pretend you’re on a cruise shipRory Sutherland: We need to solve problems, not win arguments - VITAL for Food & Drink foundersEmotional Agility vs Emotional Fragility: founders be malleable with your mind, The Difference Between Radical Candor vs. Ruinous EmpathyPaul Graham Do Things That Don’t Scale Create a great memorable first experienceShallow experience vs depth of experienceWhy sweat the small stuff is bad advice for brands: It matters argument vs it matters most80/20 Pareto Principle of Punchy Hustle: What is the cost of focusing on the detail?Perceived value vs actual value: Does Design Really Matter? 👌
==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟==============================================A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: 🍜Use Uber Eats code: KOYAKO40 to get 40% off (up to 15£) when you spend at least 20£ ►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/)

Sep 19, 2024 • 12min
Espresso: How Innocent Won a Tesco Listing - Negotiation Tactics from a Master "Be Flexible in the Moment and know when to say "yes""
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 linkFULL EPISODE:YoutubeSpotifyApple ♨️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/)

Sep 16, 2024 • 1h 36min
Will Bowlby, founder Kricket: Revealing The Hidden Marketing Genius of Kricket Modern Indian Restaurants and London’s Favourite Cocktail Bar SOMA, Soho
Me loves me’s a-bitta Kricket.A raucous rollercoaster of Mumbai-melting, Bombay-bouncing, spice-slapping flavourBowls you over.Smacks tastebuds for 6.Often, with my brother, we roll up, hunker down, nestle in, zonk out at their Brixton site: unadulterated gluttony erupts.And, the name, Kricket - I think - maybe - is one the greatest brand names of all time.Cricket, the sport, played in England and India.Marries the two countries.Kricket, the restaurant, combining British Ingredients with the flavours and aromas of India.And, the “K” is so iconic.to me it representsdoing things differentlyquestioning everything. ♨️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 🍲 ON THE MENU:The Messiah vs. Imposter Complex: Why Will Uses Imposter Syndrome as a Super Power “Wing it and maybe I can do”The Curiosity Confidence Reset: how to reset yourself when you lose you confidenceInternal vs. Exertnal Founders Mood: the Founders moods affects the teams mood: “…you must adapt to the room you’re in”Robert Prisig Zen, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: How to find Zen in High Octane Pressure SituationsHow Important the “K” is in The Kricket Brand Identity: Marrying English Roots with Indian FoodWhat To Do When Everything is Going Wrong: do the opposite of what you think you should doHow Will & Kricket Faked It Till they Made it to get their POP Brixton site off the groundHow Soma became one of London’s Best Cocktail bars. “Sometimes the best marketing, is no marketing” 👌
==============================================🌟 HUNGRY's Absolutely Bloody Marvelous Sponsors🌟==============================================A massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors who make HUNGRY possible: 🍜Use Uber Eats code: KOYAKO40 to get 40% off (up to 15£) when you spend at least 20£ ►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/)

Sep 12, 2024 • 10min
Espresso: Seth Godin, 3 Golden Rules for Creative High Performance Cultures
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/)