{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Brand Growth Heroes","title":"BOL Foods on Great Teams, Brave Decisions and How BOL is Managing the Current Crisis #COVIDSPECIAL","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e519dd06\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3053,"description":"\r\nLISTEN AND RATE THIS EPISODE ON ITUNES HERE\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nListen to this episode on Spotify HERE\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you’ve listened to the first few episodes of Series 2 of Brand Growth\r\nHeroes, you probably know that one of the themes we are exploring is the BRAVE\r\ndecisions that food & Bev founders sometimes have to make.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn this episode we’re talking to Paul Brown, CEO and Founder of BOL Foods, a fast growing chilled food brand that offers plant-based Dinner boxes, Veg Pots, Salad Jars and Soups to busy foodies, and is available in most retailers nationally across the UK.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n***Covid 19 addition: Paul and I caught up again last week to record an update in which Paul takes us through how he and the team are getting through the Covid 19 crisis***\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPaul launched BOL after 14 years at Innocent drinks, where he gained\r\ninvaluable experience across roles from Field Sales, to Sales Controller, and\r\nfinally as General Manager of Innocent Food in 2014.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHe launched BOL in 2015…and what’s particularly fascinating about this story is the brave decision Paul made – for ethical reasons – that led to BOL becoming the first FMCG food brand IN THE WORLD to drop all meat, fish and dairy from their products …to become 100% plant based.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nListen to our interview earlier this month where Paul tells us about the learnings at innocent that have helped to drive growth at BOL, his super- brave decision to pivot his business model to 100% plant-based, and his thoughts and plans around  plastic packaging….\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://www.bolfoods.com\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://www.instagram.com/bolfoods/ : @bolfoods\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you enjoy this episode, it would be really helpful if you REVIEW it on iTunes & SHARE it on your social media!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nS2EP4 Timestamps:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[00:28] – Introducing, Paul Brown, CEO and\r\nFounder of BOL foods; a fast growing chilled food brand offering 100% plant\r\nbased options to busy foodies.  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[01:55] – Introduction to BOL; what do they\r\nmake and where can...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0ozOtqRzcBWmBZEqvRDok1E7iKs6EmkwTVPod03PH6o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YzI2/ODgyOTczYWUxZTg4/YmUxMzI3MzUxMGM5/NmExOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}