HUNGRY.

Dan Pope
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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

  1. 1 day ago

    How to ACTUALLY Exit Your Food Brand for Millions - David Milner, Giles Brook, Adam Balon, Barney Mauleveur

    How do you build a food and drink brand somebody actually wants to buy? In this Hungry Podcast “Megatron” episode, Dan Pope brings together four masterclasses on all things EXIT with Adam Balon, David Milner, Barney Mauleverer and Giles Brook. They unpack what really makes a business attractive to buyers: genuine product superiority, strong margins, the right team, international potential and a clear path to future growth. From Innocent’s near-death experience and Fuel10K’s exit journey to walking away from 2,000 Walmart stores, they reveal the decisions, mistakes and negotiations that can make or break an exit. Plus: how to reverse-engineer your ideal buyer, create competitive tension, survive due diligence, understand valuation — and why your exit will probably take twice as long as you think. Essential listening for any founder who wants to build, scale and eventually sell a brand.  ==============================================  ON THE MENU:Worked for 2m 14s [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:10] The Exit Timeline Founders Get Wrong [00:06:45] Reverse Engineer Your Buyer Before You Sell [00:10:40] Why Multinationals Pay More for Brands [00:13:23] Adam Balon: Different AND Better Wins [00:19:54] David Milner’s Four Exit-Ready Building Blocks [00:26:42] Why Your First Team Won’t Scale [00:29:37] The Gross Margin Rule Founders Ignore [00:35:16] Innocent’s 2008 Near-Death Experience [00:43:34] The Three-Thing Focus Rule [00:50:00] Why One Brand Beats a House of Brands [00:55:44] The Retail Listing That Can Sink You [01:01:41] Fuel10K’s Exit Nearly Collapsed [01:08:30] What Due Diligence Actually Uncovers [01:13:34] How to Create Buyer Competition [01:18:59] Start Selling 18 Months Before Exit [01:22:05] The Negotiation Rule That Saves Your Margin [01:29:25] See Your Business Through Buyer Eyes [01:34:45] Why Innocent Struggled in France [01:42:40] Why Brands Get Stuck at £5M [01:49:15] Fuel10K Walked Away From 2,000 Walmart Stores [01:54:19] From Breadline to Nasdaq [01:58:21] How Buyers Actually Value Your Business [02:02:28] The Darkest Day After Vita Coco ♨️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 - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲  ==============================================  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)  This episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/)

    How to ACTUALLY Exit Your Food Brand for Millions - David Milner, Giles Brook, Adam Balon, Barney Mauleveur

  2. 5 days ago

    Espresso: Rory Sutherland vs. Oísin Rogers - Chinese vs. Indian

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  3. 17 Aug

    Fallow Founders - The Secrets Behind London’s Busiest Restaurant

    For this archive replay, we’re going back to one of my favourite conversations with Will and Jack, founders of Fallow — breaking down how they think about food, marketing, teams, energy, pricing, social media and the relentless work behind building restaurants people actually want to visit. The world has changed. The way you build a restaurant has changed too. This conversation shows you how. Yes, they’re incredible chefs — serving 10/10 banging food. But they’re also GENIUS marketeers who ripped up the restaurant rule book, zigged when everyone else zagged, and built Fallow, FOWL and ROE into three of the most exciting restaurants in the UK.  ==============================================  ♨️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 - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲  ==============================================  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)  This episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/)

    Fallow Founders - The Secrets Behind London’s Busiest Restaurant

  4. 13 Aug

    Espresso: The Devonshire Founder Reveals Secret to Make Any Restaurant Incredibly Busy

    📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here  🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out

  5. 10 Aug

    The Indian Restaurant Chain Built to Beat McDonald's - With ZERO Marketing Spend

    Mahesh Raikar wants to build the “Indian McDonald’s.” The founder of SKVP joins Dan Pope to unpack how he’s turning Indian street food into a scalable quick-service restaurant brand — without stripping away the authenticity that made the food special in the first place. Mahesh breaks down the systems behind SKVP’s 23 sites, why a seemingly huge menu can still deliver food in around seven minutes, and how the business thinks about everything from store-level EBITDA and bottlenecks to central kitchens, location strategy and its hero product: the vada pav. They also explore SKVP’s ambition to reach 44 UK sites by March 2028 and eventually take the brand global, why Mahesh believes Indian food still has a huge untapped QSR opportunity, and the lessons he’s learned from McDonald’s, Burger King, Nando’s and other global restaurant brands.Plus: Mahesh’s journey from starting as a porter at Compass, the reality of managing stress as an entrepreneur, Bollywood and Indian culture as brand-building tools, and why SKVP is investing relentlessly in making its core product “the best in the world.” ON THE MENU: 00:00:00 Intro00:05:00 The Indian Burger That Could Go Global00:11:00 Why Indian Food Needs a Western Lens00:15:05 SKVP’s Plan for 44 UK Sites00:18:25 How SKVP Serves Food in Seven Minutes00:23:25 The Systems Making Indian Food Scalable00:29:10 The Bottlenecks That Hold Businesses Back00:34:10 Building Today for 100 Restaurants Tomorrow00:43:00 The Numbers Restaurant Founders Must Understand00:51:00 From Porter to Building SKVP00:54:00 Why Authenticity Is SKVP’s Advantage01:00:50 Every Great Brand Needs a Hero Product01:07:10 Could Franchising Take SKVP Global?01:10:10 What Will Actually Limit SKVP’s Growth?01:18:40 The Hardship That Shaped Mahesh Raikar01:24:50 Why Founders Need Macro Patience01:30:20 Entrepreneurship Is Really Stress Management01:40:00 Building the Best Vada Pav in the World01:47:55 How Bollywood Builds Indian Soft Power01:53:45 Can Delivery Help Build the Indian McDonald’s?     ==============================================  ♨️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 - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲  ==============================================  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)  This episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/)

  6. 6 Aug

    Espresso: Soho House Founder Life Changing One Page Rule

    📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here  🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out   ============================================== ♨️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 - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲  ==============================================  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)  This episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/)

  7. 3 Aug

    The Resilience Expert: £200m Business To High Security Prison - Lessons Learnt Inside - Riordan Maynard

    Riordan Maynard’s story is almost impossible to believe. He left school at 16, learned the art of selling at Foxtons and co-founded Touchbase, a mobile-phone business that grew to around 200 million. Then ego, reckless expansion, the financial crisis and a refusal to accept failure brought everything crashing down. What followed was six years inside the American prison system, separation from his wife and five children, brutal violence and a complete mental collapse within his first six weeks. In this extraordinarily raw conversation with Dan Pope, Riordan explains how believing he was “Midas” turned ambition into self-destruction, why hopelessness crushes the human spirit and how he rebuilt his mind by focusing only on what he could control. He also shares hard-earned lessons on sales, differentiation, value, resilience and closing deals. Brutally honest, darkly funny and unexpectedly practical, this is a conversation about extraordinary success, catastrophic failure and rebuilding yourself after losing almost everything. Ayra is your external front of house. An artificially intelligent communications manager that lives on your website and across your social channels, chatting and responding to customers 24/7 with warmth and personality. She's trained on your business and built to act. Taking the reservation, holding the card, sending the reminder, recovering the lost booking. Instantly and autonomously.click the link to learn more. 📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out   ON THE MENU:00:00:00 Intro00:05:15 How a Wapping Flat Became a £200M Business00:11:25 The IRS Arrives With Guns00:17:15 How Fear of Failure Sent Him to Prison00:21:10 The Best Business Advice He Ignored00:24:50 His Last In-N-Out Before Prison00:28:30 California’s “Best” Prison Was Still Hell00:34:05 What Prison Reveals About Human Hierarchy00:37:20 The Gang Leader Who Allegedly Killed Six00:41:05 How He Negotiated With Prison Gangs00:45:10 A Normal Day Inside Federal Prison00:48:15 Two Years Locked Down During Covid00:52:20 Why Mackerel Became Prison Currency00:55:20 Murder, Sex and the “Boom Boom Room”01:01:08 How Prison Destroyed His Mental Health01:06:44 The Question That Stops a Doom Loop01:10:10 Two Questions That Interrupt Anxiety01:15:10 How to Build a Compelling Future01:19:10 Grant Cardone Versus Achievable Goals01:22:25 Why Purpose Requires Obsession01:26:10 The Beliefs That Made Him Feel Like Scum01:29:20 Learning to Love What You Hate01:33:20 Why Willpower Always Fails Eventually01:37:25 How to Destroy Limiting Beliefs01:42:10 The Brain Training Most People Skip01:45:35 Affirmations That Actually Reprogram Your Mind01:50:25 The Switch Exercise That Rewrites Beliefs01:56:40 The Sales Masterclass Begins02:02:15 Stop Selling Benefits. Sell Outcomes02:07:20 How to Close a Million-Pound Deal02:10:40 The Craziest Deal He Ever Won02:14:05 Why “No” Means You Started Wrong02:19:05 The Prison Books That Changed 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 - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲  ==============================================  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)  This episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/)

    The Resilience Expert: £200m Business To High Security Prison - Lessons Learnt Inside - Riordan Maynard

  8. 31 Jul

    Espresso: Will Guidara Hospitality MasterClass

    📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here  🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out   ==============================================  ♨️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 - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲  ==============================================  🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)  This episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/)

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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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  • Creator
    Dan Pope
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    425
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 HUNGRY.
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