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Juice n' Bowls: real numbers.

Multi-Location Food and Beverage Brand

  • 2.77xTrue ROAS
  • 941Customers acquired
  • $3.32Cost per acquisition
  • 1,066,404Views on one reel

Free smoothie promo results cover January 1 through September 13, 2026.

The client

Juice n' Bowls is a family-owned food and beverage brand based in the San Gabriel Valley, California. They sell acai bowls, cold-pressed juices, smoothies, and wellness products across 5 locations: Garvey Ave, Chino Hills, Vincent Ave, Glendora, and Montclair. A 6th location in City of Industry launched in 2026. The business is owned by Jerusalem and Eric Hernandez.

The situation

When Midnight Hour Creative began working with Juice n' Bowls in January 2025, the business was growing primarily through in-store traffic and word of mouth. Social media was inconsistent. There was no paid advertising strategy, no review management system, and no consistent content plan across locations. The business had strong products and loyal customers but no system to scale visibility or drive new customer acquisition predictably.

What we built

Three systems, working together.

Content System

  • 20 graphic posts and 10 reels per month across all locations
  • Captions, hashtags, stories, polls, and special event designs
  • Community management: DMs, comments, and reviews responded to within 24 hours
  • Content calendar aligned with seasonal campaigns and location-specific promotions

Meta Ads Management

  • Full campaign setup and ongoing management across Meta Ads Manager
  • Multiple ad sets targeting ZIP codes, cities, and regions around each location
  • Creative testing using organic reels and AI product photography
  • Free smoothie acquisition campaign: drove app downloads and first-time customer visits
  • Daily performance monitoring, spend control, and ROAS tracking

Brand Reputation Management

  • Daily monitoring of Google and Yelp reviews across all 5 locations
  • Professional responses to every review within 24 hours
  • Automated review response system built using Make, Claude API, and Gmail
  • Negative review handling and fake review flagging

From the content system

  • AI CommercialAI-generated product commercial for Juice n' Bowls.

The results

The math, shown.

Free smoothie promo results cover January 1 through September 13, 2026.

Ads Performance

  • 2.77x true ROAS on the free smoothie promo: $20,273.25 revenue ÷ ($3,126.81 ad spend + $4,187.45 product cost) = 2.77x
  • Performance nearly tripled from January (1.40x) to June (4.00x) and has held between 3.75x and 4.00x every month since

Customer Acquisition

  • 941 customers acquired through the free smoothie promo
  • $3.32 cost per acquisition: $3,126.81 ad spend ÷ 941 customers
  • $21.54 average order value: $20,273.25 revenue ÷ 941 customers

Content Performance

  • 1,066,404 views on a single organic reel (as of September 13, 2026)
Monthly true ROAS, free smoothie promo, 2026
  • 1.40xJan · 1.40xJan
  • Feb · 1.90xFeb
  • Mar · 2.43xMar
  • Apr · 2.10xApr
  • May · 2.87xMay
  • 4.00xJun · 4.00xJun
  • Jul · 3.78xJul
  • Aug · 3.76xAug
  • 3.75xSep · 3.75x (partial)Sep

September is a partial month (through September 13). True ROAS = revenue ÷ (ad spend + product cost).

View as table
MonthTrue ROAS
Jan1.40x
Feb1.90x
Mar2.43x
Apr2.10x
May2.87x
Jun4.00x
Jul3.78x
Aug3.76x
Sep (partial)3.75x
1,066,404 viewsOrganic reel for Juice n' Bowls, as of September 13, 2026. Watch on Instagram

Josue transformed our social media presence. We've seen a 40% increase in sales since partnering with him, we even had to hire a few more employees!

Jerusalem HernandezOwner, Juice n' Bowls

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