Content Strategy for Food & Beverage

Content Strategy Consulting for Food & Beverage Brands

Data-driven content strategies built for food & beverage. We help CPG brands, restaurants, craft beverage companies, and food retailers build recipe-driven content programs that grow brand authority, shorten the path to purchase, and deliver 3.2x content ROI.

3.2x Content ROI
Recipe-Driven Content
23% Shorter Sales Cycle
47% Traffic Increase
$1.5T US Food & Beverage Market
73% Consumers Research Brands Online
3.2x Content ROI for F&B Brands
23% Shorter Sales Cycle

Why Food & Beverage Brands Struggle with Content

Seasonal Campaigns Planned Too Late

Holiday recipes, summer grilling content, and back-to-school meal plans get published after peak search demand has passed. Without a content calendar built 6-12 months ahead, your seasonal campaigns miss the window when consumers are actually searching.

Recipe & Food Content Needs Constant Production

Food content is visual, labor-intensive, and perishable. Every recipe needs photography, video, and styled plating. Without a scalable production workflow, your team burns out trying to keep up with the volume that food audiences expect.

Competing with Food Bloggers and Media Companies

Food bloggers, recipe aggregators, and media companies like Bon Appetit and Tasty dominate search results for every recipe and food keyword. Without a focused strategy targeting brand-specific content that bloggers cannot replicate, your brand gets buried.

How We Build Food & Beverage Content Strategies

01

F&B Content Audit

We analyze your existing content against competitors, map content gaps by product line, recipe category, and consumer intent. We audit your visual content pipeline and identify which formats are driving engagement and which are falling flat.

02

Consumer Journey Mapping

We build detailed consumer personas for each product line, mapping their discovery triggers, recipe search behavior, purchase decision points, and loyalty drivers. This becomes the foundation for content that meets consumers at every stage from awareness to repeat purchase.

03

Content Calendar & Seasonal Planning

We deliver a 6-12 month editorial calendar organized by season, product launch, cultural food moment, and platform. Each piece includes keyword targets, visual production requirements, and pre-production timelines so content is ready before peak demand.

04

KPI Framework & Optimization

We establish measurable KPIs tied to brand awareness, organic traffic, recipe engagement, and purchase intent. Monthly or weekly reporting shows what content drives real business results, and we continuously optimize the strategy based on performance data.

Food & Beverage Content Strategy Outcomes

National CPG Brand
3.2x Content ROI
47% Organic Traffic Increase
180 Recipes Published in 6 Months

Built a recipe-driven content strategy across 8 product lines. Seasonal content calendar ensured recipes were live 4-6 weeks before peak search demand. Recipe content now drives 47% of new website traffic.

Craft Beverage Company
23% Shorter Sales Cycle
285% Blog Traffic Growth

Created a brand storytelling content program highlighting sourcing, craft process, and cocktail recipes. Educational content reduced the consumer decision cycle by 23% compared to paid advertising alone.

Multi-Location Restaurant Group
92% More Online Orders
$38K Monthly Ad Spend Saved

Replaced paid search dependency with organic content strategy targeting high-intent local food keywords and menu-driven content. Within 8 months, organic content generated more online orders than their $38K/month ad budget.

Food & Beverage Content Strategy Components

F&B Content Audit

Comprehensive analysis of your existing content across all product lines and platforms. We identify top-performing recipes, content gaps, outdated assets, and opportunities to outrank competitors on high-value food and beverage keywords.

Competitor Content Analysis

Deep analysis of how competing brands, food bloggers, and media companies are winning with content. We identify gaps in their strategy that become your competitive advantage in search results and social feeds.

Seasonal Editorial Calendar

6-12 month content calendar organized by season, holiday, product launch, and cultural food moment. Each piece includes keyword targets, visual production specs, and pre-production timelines to capture peak demand windows.

KPI & ROI Framework

Measurable goals tied to brand awareness, organic traffic, recipe engagement, and purchase conversions. Clear dashboards that prove content ROI to brand managers and marketing directors.

Consumer Persona Development

Detailed consumer personas for each product line mapping dietary preferences, recipe search behavior, shopping habits, and purchase triggers. Content is then tailored to meet consumers at every stage of their food discovery and buying journey.

Recipe Content Framework

Scalable recipe content production system including SEO-optimized formats, photography shot lists, video content templates, and distribution workflows. We build a repeatable system so your team produces high-quality food content without constant reinvention.

Food & Beverage Content Strategy Packages

Foundation
$ 2,497

One-time strategy

  • 2-3 platform strategy
  • 3-month content calendar
  • F&B content audit
  • KPI framework
  • Recipe content framework
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Enterprise
$ 997 /mo

Ongoing partnership

  • All platforms
  • 12-month roadmap
  • Weekly strategy calls
  • Performance reporting
  • Recipe content coordination
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Multi-brand add-on: For food & beverage companies managing multiple brands or product lines, we offer expanded strategies with brand-specific content pillars, cross-promotion frameworks, and unified seasonal calendars.

Food & Beverage Content Strategy Questions

Food & beverage content strategy consulting starts at $2,497 for a foundation strategy covering 2-3 platforms with a 3-month content calendar, content audit, and KPI framework. Comprehensive strategies covering 4-6 platforms with competitor analysis, consumer personas, and monthly check-ins run $4,997. Ongoing enterprise partnerships with weekly strategy calls, performance reporting, and 12-month roadmaps are $997 per month.
Our strategy includes a complete recipe content framework: content formats, SEO-optimized recipe structures, seasonal recipe calendars, and distribution plans across blog, video, and social. We map out which recipe types drive the most traffic and conversions for your brand, and build a production workflow so your team can create recipe content consistently without burning out.
Food & beverage brands working with our content strategy typically see 3.2x content ROI within 6-12 months, a 47% increase in organic traffic, and a 23% shorter sales cycle from discovery to purchase. The key driver is replacing ad-hoc social posts and seasonal campaigns with a systematic approach that builds brand authority, targets high-intent keywords, and nurtures consumers through the purchase journey.
Seasonality is built into every food & beverage content strategy we create. We map your editorial calendar to key seasons, holidays, and cultural food moments 6-12 months in advance. This includes pre-production timelines so recipe photography, video content, and blog posts are ready weeks before peak search demand, not published after the moment has passed.
Yes. Food bloggers and media companies dominate generic recipe and food keywords, but brand-owned content wins on product-specific terms, brand story content, and purchase-intent queries. We identify the content gaps where your brand has an unfair advantage, like proprietary recipes, behind-the-scenes production content, chef expertise, and sourcing stories that bloggers simply cannot replicate.

Ready to Transform Your Food & Beverage Content Strategy?

Get a free content audit. We will analyze your current content, identify gaps, and show you exactly how a data-driven strategy can grow brand authority, drive recipe engagement, and shorten the path to purchase.

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