Food and beverage e-commerce marketing

Marketing for Shopify food and beverage brands, where the second order matters more than the first. I run Meta and Google Ads alongside subscriptions, bundles and replenishment email, so the customers you pay to acquire keep ordering. Food and beverage brands I work with include Scoville Canada, Whiskey Still Pro and a cold brew coffee brand. See pricing.

Food and beverage brands I work with

  • Scoville Canada
  • Whiskey Still Pro
  • A cold brew coffee brand

Each sells a product customers come back for, so the work centres on the first order's cost and the second order's timing.

What's different about food and beverage

  • Repeat purchase is the business. Lifetime value, not first-order ROAS, decides what you can pay for a customer.
  • Shipping eats margin. Bundles and free-shipping thresholds have to lift order value, not just discount it.
  • Trying is the barrier. Samplers, starter packs and taste-led creative lower it.

How I'd run a food and beverage account

  • Meta prospecting around a sampler or starter offer, with creative showing the product being used.
  • Google Shopping and branded search for people who already know what they want.
  • Subscriptions with tools like Recharge, plus cancellation flows that offer a reason to stay.
  • Klaviyo replenishment flows timed to when customers run out.
  • Targets set on contribution margin per order after shipping.

Proof from repeat-purchase brands

The same mechanics drove results at Brooklyn Transfers, a high-frequency repeat-purchase business (gross sales up 1,300% in a quarter), and at Shift, a consumable product reordered by its customers (revenue up 300% in 30 days).

Pricing and availability

Meta ads and tracking audit

$300 USD, fixed

Written fix list and a recorded walkthrough within 3 business days of access.

Hourly consulting

$75 USD / hour

Second opinions, troubleshooting and working sessions. Available within an hour, Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm Eastern.

Meta + Google, up to $15,000 ad spend

$1,500 USD / month

Both channels managed by me, for stores spending up to $15,000 a month on ads.

Over $15,000 ad spend

Custom

Quoted on a free call, based on your accounts and channels.

Prices in USD. Ad spend is paid directly to Meta and Google and is not included. The first call is free. Full pricing and what's included.

Related case studies

All case studies

Real case study

Shift

Zero-nicotine lifestyle pouches

Took over ads, tracking and lifecycle for a zero-nicotine lifestyle pouch brand that two prior agencies had left fragmented, and grew total store revenue 300% in 30 days.

  • Meta ads
  • Google Ads
  • Tracking
  • Lifecycle
  • Full-funnel
+300%
total store revenue
2.8x
ROAS, Meta + Google
-40%
customer response time
100%
Amazon launch-ready assets

Real case study

Brooklyn Transfers

DTF transfer printing

Ran CRO, local SEO, Meta ads and Google Ads as one coordinated system for a Brooklyn DTF printer, growing gross sales 1,300% and orders 1,900% in a quarter.

  • CRO
  • Local SEO
  • Meta ads
  • Google Ads
+1,300%
gross sales
+642%
sessions
+1,900%
orders
2.22%
site-wide conversion rate

Common questions

What ads work for food and beverage brands?

Creative that shows the product being enjoyed, paired with a low-risk first offer such as a sampler. Then email and subscriptions do the work of the second and third orders.

Should food brands offer subscriptions?

Usually, for products people reorder. A subscription with a good cancellation flow raises lifetime value and lets you pay more to acquire a customer.

How do you deal with high shipping costs?

With bundles and free-shipping thresholds that raise order value, and targets set on margin after shipping rather than on revenue.

Tell me what your store is doing now. I'll tell you what I'd fix first.

A free 30-minute call. Bring your ad account and Shopify numbers if you can. You leave with a short list of priorities, whether or not we work together.