case study / food & beverage

lead with taste. prove it with grass.

Rolling Meadow had a meaningful product difference. We changed the order of the story and made it matter to more people.

strategy · campaign · partnerships · influencer · retail
Smaller Agency
Rolling Meadow Dairy Better With campaign across Foodism, social content and editorial partnership
better withintegrated campaign
the problem

The grass-fed message was meaningful but not driving enough desire.

the move

Lead with richer taste; use grass-fed as the reason to believe.

what shipped

Better With, media partnerships, creators, coffee shops and retail.

what changed

Sales volume doubled in three months on a sub-$50K budget.

01business problem

the proof was leading. the pleasure was buried.

Rolling Meadow was a pioneer in grass-fed dairy. That difference mattered, but research showed the functional grass-fed message was not resonating strongly enough on its own.

The audience had shifted toward food lovers who cared first about what made coffee, cooking and everyday rituals taste better. The strategy needed to meet them there without giving up the product truth.

old ordergrass-fed, therefore better.

A worthy production story asking shoppers to do the work of translating it into personal value.

new orderbetter taste, because grass-fed.

Lead with the sensory reward. Keep the farming difference as credible proof.

02strategic move
everything good is better with rolling meadow.
03campaign system

borrow trust. create appetite. show up where taste lives.

We built the campaign through Foodism and Toronto Life partnerships, creator content, latte-art storytelling and a program with ten leading coffee shops. Product, editorial, retail and social reinforced the same taste-first idea.

Rolling Meadow Better With partnership and content campaign montage
foodism · toronto life · coffee culturebetter with
01 / editorialFoodism × Toronto Life

Credible food environments that made the brand part of the city's taste conversation.

02 / experienceTen coffee shops

Sampling, signage and product presence placed the promise inside a real ritual.

03 / social proofCreators × latte art

Influencers and Barista Brian turned the product benefit into visual appetite.

04proof
<$50Ktotal campaign budget
15M+campaign impressions
100%sales-volume growth over three months
20+new retail listings
ROI from new partnership-driven sales revenue
the takeaway

people buy the benefit. proof helps them believe it.

find the sharper story
credits

Research, strategy, campaign platform, partnerships, content, influencer and retail activation by Smaller Agency.

Client: Rolling Meadow Dairy.

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