HUNGRY.

Dan Pope

HUNGRY is THE podcast for Challenger FMCG & Hospitality Founders wanting to pour gasoline on growth.

We chat with the industry BIG HITTERS. We ooze out the HIDDEN success secrets they’ve never told before and dive deep into their gut-wrenching failures, so you avoid them. We help you grow bigger, faster, stronger. Over the last 6 years, we’ve chatted to some insane guests on the poddy: Rory Sutherland, Seth Godin, Jamie Laing, Spencer Matthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty, The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita Coco Look, I’ll be blunt, HUNGRY is NOT your normal podcast. HUNGRY is NOT scripted and sterile Q&A interviews. HUNGRY is for pretty much no one. HUNRGY is a deliciously fun, wild and crazy, ADHD rollercoaster of free flowing conversations. got what it takes? Buckle up. Strap in.

get ready to… FEED YOUR HUNGER

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Apr 11, 2022 · 1 hr 18 min
Mindful Chef: How Mindful ChefScaled to + £75 Million Revenue and Maintained Culture at 130 Employees - Myles Hopper, Mindful Chef founder
At the door step, everything eased.Mind churning like miffed butter, flecked with F*ck-me-there’s-just-too-much-on!One of those INTENSE days.Emails eviscerating Zen, to-do lists trampling Calm.Instant Gratification masquerading as Instagram: scrolling you
Apr 4, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
How Tom Straker Built a 166K Die-Hard Foodie Following and Leadership Lessons from The Kitchen
My sleepy inner glutton woke in wild alarm with furious wet eyes.Mooching through carbohydrate cathedrals of pasta and sarnies and sourdough.Blistered rust-coloured chicken, chips with a glass-shattering crisp, swimming in a swamp of glistening gravy.Pumm
Mar 21, 2022 · 1 hr 15 min
How To Rebuild a Broken Identity and Lessons from Jamie Oliver - Dominique Woolf, Winner The Great Cookbook Challenge
“I’ve literally lost my identity?”“Who on earth am I?”“How do I come back from rock bottom?”These thoughts ricocheted her mind like an anxious pinball in an angry blizzard.Dominique was lost.Recruitment career didn’t go to plan. Singing career didn’t take
Mar 14, 2022 · 1 hr 21 min
How MOJU Created The Functional Shots Category Driving £20 Million in Retail Sales - Rich Goldsmith, founder MOJU
WAHOOO IT’S FINALLY HERE!!YOU’RE GUNNA LOVE THIS ONE!!MOJU, ripped up an alienating dogmatic “health industry”, add a lashings of fun and sprinkles of personality.Highest £ROS in total Juice and SmoothiesHighest £ROS in Food To GoNo.1 brand in Functional
Mar 7, 2022 · 1 hr 18 min
How Jimmy’s Iced Coffee Turned Fear to Confidence Winning Listings at ASDA, M&S, Tesco - Jim Cregan, founder Jimmy’s Iced Coffee
Eyes stung like violent wasps dipped in vinegar.Face like a dilapidated like glum high street.Swimming in the screaming beer-fear fantods.Thankfully, a super hero saves the day, every day.A soft hand, dusts you off, whispers: “Keep Your Chin Up”Creamy cud
Feb 21, 2022 · 1 hr 20 min
How GU and The Coconut Collaborative Scaled from £5m “Challenger” to £20m “Household” Brand - James Averdieck, founder GU & The Coconut Collaborative
James Averdieck founder of GU and The Coconut Collaborative is the next guest on HUNGRY.In 2003, James launched GU securing listings at all major retailers and successfully sold to Noble Foods for £32.5 million.In 2014, James founded The Coconut Collabora
Feb 7, 2022 · 1 hr 27 min
How To Lead Team's Through Hard and Disruptive Change in International Markets - Giles Atwell, ex VP-Marketing Godiva, founder Russell & Atwell,
10.22pm. I sent the email. No idea on the response.10.52pm the reply. Sending delicious delirium through my bones.Eyes like wet fog lights. Chin dropped through the floor.Alessandro Savelli from Pasta Evangelists intro’d me to a special guest.The Contrari
Jan 24, 2022 · 1 hr 26 min
How BOXPARK’s Founder Uses Emotional Intelligence To Build A Multi-Million Pound Retail Empire - Roger Wade, founder BOXPARK
*Follow on LinkedIn and Instagram for more content.As I walked up the metal stairs, everything vanished.Stresses. worries. concerns.The eclectic steamy stench of street food stifled stress.Flirtatious house music pummelled me into a state of Ahhhh Blisss-
Jan 10, 2022 · 58 min
How Little Moons Built a Multi-Million Pound Ice Cream Empire: listing at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ASADA, Ocado - Howard and Vivien Wong, co-founders.
Ice cream is soul searching.Deep in our soul, lies a dormant inner-child.Little Moons is WAY MORE than ice cream.Mochi mooches into your soul, unleashing your inner child.Wild, bombastic purple, green, orange irreverent balls of joy.Lego meets Italiano Ge
Dec 13, 2021 · 1 hr 16 min
CoOp Category Director: How Challenger Brands Can Build Stronger and More Profitable Partnerships with The Co-Op - Rebecca Oliver-Mooney
My latest guest on HUNGRY. is INSANE!! Rebecca Oliver-Mooney heads up Innovation, Dairy and Category buying at The Co-Op. ROM set up Co-op’s incubator programme - designed to help challenger brands work more closely with The Co-Op. Post our convo, a HUGE
Nov 29, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min
How Lucky Saint Won Listings at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Dishoom & HONEST Burgers by a Values-Led Business - Luke Boase, Lucky Saint founder
Lucky Saint is INSANELY delicious. The perfect tipple when dodging Full-English-Hangxiety.They’re spearheading the Alcohol-Free beer movement. Stocked in over 5000 On and Off-trade accounts, including, Sainsbury's, Ocado, Tesco, Dishoom, HONEST Burgers, a
Nov 14, 2021 · 1 hr 18 min
How To Bounce Back From Crippling Burnout and Find Balance as an Entrepreneur - Lottie Unwin, founder The Copy Club
Super excited to welcome back Lottie Unwin to the podcast.Lottie works WAY harder than most.But Lottie hit a paralyzing burnout. She couldn't get out of bed.On the latest episode of HUNGRY.Lottie and I pull, chop and challenge burnout and balanceProbably
Nov 1, 2021 · 37 min
How Pasta Evangelists Built and Sold a Multi-Million Pound Pasta Empire - Alessandro Savelli founder Pasta Evangelists.
Alessandro Savelli, founder of Pasta Evangelists is the next guest on HUNGRY.It's an EPIC episode, short-snappy bubbling with wisdom.ON THE MENU: ALESSANDRO’S CHECKLIST FOR SUCCESSFUL STARTUPS:1. DEMONSTRATION OF EARLY-STAGE REVENUES2. A BUSINESS THAT TAR
Oct 18, 2021 · 56 min
How Rude Health, Innocent and Jimmy's Iced Coffee Created Packaging and Branding That Stood Out in Crowded Categories - Tessa Stuart
Want more Content? Follow on LinkedIn and Instagram Delighted to release the Tessa Stuart podcast today!Stuff a hefty dose of Branding and Marketing wizardry in your ear lobes.ON TODAY’S MENU:1. HOW TO BECOME THE AUTHORITY IN YOUR CATEGORY? SIMPLIFY THE
Sep 27, 2021 · 55 min
How Charlie Bigham Built a Multi-Million Pound Ready Meal Empire and Hard Truths for Challenger Brands - Charlie Bigham
Charlie Bigham’s meals ALWAYS put a humungous smile on my face. I was fizzing with nerves before interviewing Charlie for the HUNGRY. podcast. Our conversation provides a smorgasbord of delicious insights into how to build a juggernaut food and drink bra
Sep 3, 2021 · 1 hr 13 min
How Mums Working for Challenger Brands Can Balance Kids and Work Whilst Keeping Their Sanity - Stephanie Drax, founder Leap Frog
Are you a Mum working for a challenger food and drink brand? Eyeballs bulging with stress? Juggling Kids, Work, Sanity? The gnawing guilt of checking emails whilst your kids play Lego. “Mental Jujitsu” sound familiar? Don’t worry you’re not alone! My
Aug 12, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min
How To Fundraise £1,337,221 On Crowd Cube For Your Food and Drink Brand - Louise Avery, founder L.A. Brewery
She was looking out the window thinking: “What am I even doing here ?!!” We’ve all been there. Stuck. Stuck in a dead job, watching the Clock of Life slowly whizz by. How do I escape? Find my passion? Do something I genuinely care about? These qu
Jul 28, 2021 · 1 hr 15 min
How Jolly Hog Went From Street Food Stall to Tesco, Ocado, Waitrose, Sainsbury's and ASDA shelves - Max and Olly Kohn, co-founders The Jolly Hog
In 2012, I watched Harlequins win the Premiership Rugby title at Twickenham. Playing second row that day was Olly Kohn.But 5 years preceding that momentous day, Olly got badly injured To null the tedium his wife gifted him a sausage making kit. In 2007,
Jun 4, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min
5 Crucial Business Lessons from building Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Crosstown Doughnuts - Adam Wills, founder GBK and Crosstown Doughnuts.
Ever devoured a Gourmet Burger Kitchen burger? Or demolished a Crosstown Doughnut?Both are tremendous at every bite and put a smile on my face. That's why I was thrilled to interview @Adam Wills, co-founder of Crosstown Doughnuts and GBK. In 1997, Adam la
Jun 2, 2021 · 1 hr 32 min
How Challenger Food and Drink Brands Scale from £0-£1 million sales - Mark Palmer, co-founder Cawston Press, L.A. Kombucha, ex-Marketing Director Green & Blacks
How Challenger Food and Drink Brands can scale from £0-£1 million sales - Mark Palmer, co-founder Cawston Press, L.A. Kombucha, ex-Marketing Director Green & Blacks “The SINGLE HARDEST challenge for food and drink brands is going from £0 to £1 million