American Dream Nut Butter
Meta Ads Performance — Case Study
American Dream Nut Butter
A 10-week look at in-platform Meta performance during a high-growth stretch of the account — from a 6.6x baseline to a 16.65x peak week, with new-customer acquisition efficiency building through late May.
ROLEDirector of Creative Strategy, Apex Brands
SOURCEMeta in-platform, NC data via Triplewhale
Campaign Totals
10 WEEKS · MAR 19 – MAY 27
Total Spend
$25,281
Total Purchases
4,208
Total Conversion Value
$255,419
Blended ROAS
10.1x
Average CPA
$6.01
New-Customer Purchases (Apr 16 – May 27)
150
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Peak performance week
Spend held nearly flat week-over-week, while purchases and conversion value nearly doubled — the sharpest efficiency gain of the period.
Best week of the case study
Apr 2 – Apr 8
Purchases up 79.6% and conversion value up 97.4% week-over-week on spend that grew just 0.4% — CPA dropped from $7.12 to $3.98.
16.65x
ROAS
776
Purchases
$51.5K
Conversion value
$3.98
Cost per acquisition
02
Spend vs. ROAS, week over week
ROAS climbed sharply into the early-April peak, then held in a strong 5x–15x band through late May, decoupled from week-to-week spend swings.
Weekly spend
Peak week spend
ROAS
03
New-customer acquisition momentum
Beginning Apr 16, NC ROAS more than doubled its opening level, peaking at 1.59x the week of May 14 — the strongest new-customer efficiency of the tracked period.
NC purchases
Peak NC week
NC ROAS
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Weekly detail
| Week | Spend | Purchases | ROAS | Conv. value | CPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19–25 | $2,704.39 | 304 | 6.61x | $17,873.09 | $8.90 |
| Mar 26–Apr 1 | $3,077.31 | 432 | 8.47x | $26,068.83 | $7.12 |
| Apr 2–8 | $3,090.57 | 776 | 16.65x | $51,452.44 | $3.98 |
| Apr 9–15 | $2,716.20 | 653 | 15.18x | $41,205.06 | $4.09 |
| Apr 16–22 | $1,839.17 | 254 | 7.61x | $13,998.33 | $7.24 |
| Apr 23–29 | $2,343.66 | 434 | 11.50x | $26,953.07 | $5.40 |
| Apr 30–May 6 | $3,243.22 | 347 | 14.83x | $19,342.18 | $9.35 |
| May 7–13 | $2,590.63 | 265 | 5.17x | $13,380.76 | $9.78 |
| May 14–20 | $1,578.27 | 382 | 14.37x | $22,675.54 | $4.13 |
| May 21–27 | $2,097.86 | 361 | 10.71x | $22,470.04 | $5.81 |