FOUNDER #41. £600M: The ‘Grenade’ Drinks Story (Sold in 60 Days) - Al Barratt

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Al Barratt shares how he built Grenade from a £500 startup loan into a business last valued at £611 million, disrupting chocolate aisles and petrol station shelves across the UK before catching the attention of the world's biggest confectionery players.

Alan explains how staying lean in the early years, refusing to pigeonhole the brand into one niche, and deliberately choosing physical retail over social media dependency played a central role in scaling Grenade from two people working out of a house to a company courted by Mondelez.

He also reflects on the emotional weight of building something with no salary for the first four years, the discipline of dividing roles with his then-wife Jules as co-founder, and the strange, nervy months leading up to finally letting go of a business he calls "our baby." Alan discusses leadership, timing, mentoring the next generation of founders through Virgin StartUp, and what long-term success actually looks like once the exceptional wealth is no longer the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning.

This is the eventful life of Mr Al Barratt.

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