Is Love Da Pop Still in Business? (2026 Update)
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Look for Love Da Pop on AmazonFull story →Christian Hartmann, Martin McLaughlin and Tom Callard wanted to bring old-fashioned popcorn back as a modern snack, pitching the idea in series 9, episode 2.
The public record does not support this one still being open.
A fast start after the broadcast
McLaughlin wanted £70,000 for a hefty 45% of the business, and Peter Jones funded the full amount. Bringing back a bygone snack for a new generation of shoppers is a pitch the panel has heard in various forms before, and it does not always end in a company that lasts.
For a brief window afterward, this looked like exactly the outcome founders dream of: a listing in around 250 Waitrose stores landed not long after broadcast, and trade coverage at the time treated it as proof the exposure was converting into real sales.
What Companies House shows today
The registrar lists Love Da Pop Limited as dissolved, and 2012 marks the last year it filed accounts, only a handful of years after the Waitrose deal, with no current website or storefront to point to.
A dissolved filing does not spell out why a business closed, whether it hit a cash flow wall, lost the retailer's confidence, or the founders simply moved on to something else. What it does establish is that the company stopped filing as an active concern.
Why Snack Brands Struggle
Snack brands in particular hit brutal margin pressure once they move past a single flagship retailer, since supermarkets tend to demand promotional contributions and listing charges heavy enough to drain a small operation's cash even while units are moving fine off the shelf.
Not every Den pitch that lands a deal and a strong early retail win turns into a lasting company, and this appears to be one of the ones that didn't. If you are hoping to find a bag of this popcorn today, current evidence says you won't.