SUCCESS STORY

Adlook & King's Hawaiian: Helping Football Fans Prepare for the Big Game

How Adlook helped DR Power scale year-round performance with strategic spend, conversion-led optimization, and 934% ROI.

Brand: King's Hawaiian

Market: USA

Audience: Adults 25-54

292%

Reach of Unique Users

>95%

VCR

+37%

Completed Views
above expectations

The Client

Kings Hawaiian is a family owned and operated bakery known for its sweet Hawaiian bread products, particularly its iconic sweet rolls. As a beloved CPG brand found in grocery stores across the country, they teamed up with NFL legends Eli and Peyton Manning in their TV advertising to promote “Slider Sundays” – a new snacking ritual designed to make football season even more delicious.

Our Challenge

King's Hawaiian enlisted Adlook to capture its target audience on Connected TV, reaching adults 25-54 with 100% unskippable ads as they prepared to watch Football with family and friends. The strategy focused on premium inventory, with 80% of the budget allocated to AVOD/SVOD and 20% to FAST channels, all powered by the latest Deep Learning technology.

Our Solution

We combined Adlook's Deep Learning bidder with expert campaign management to deliver outstanding results. The strategy centered on reaching a wide, unique audience across curated, premium CTV channels using a low frequency cap. This delivered both high-quality engagement (high VCR) and excellent value (low cost-per-second-viewed), allowing us to exceed all main KPIs.

Through the Client’s Eyes

"We’re very pleased with the results of our first campaign with Adlook. Their team delivered a premium CTV activation that not only helped us cost-effectively reach more customers, but also stood out creatively. The custom ad wraps they developed for our two 30-second spots brought an extra level of fun and engagement that perfectly aligned with our brand and campaign goals."

Gina Beller,


Sr. Digital Marketing Manager, King's Hawaiian

The results

Adlook curated a list of premium channels to find the right balance between premium quality, audience fit & price efficiency, while overachieving in all the campaign KPIs.

  • Lower frequency of 2.4 translated into almost a 3X in terms of Reach of Unique Users
  • The campaign VCR exceeded 95% delivering 37% extra Completed Views above expectations
  • Achieved the lowest cost-per-seconds viewed of all ad partners

Through Adlook’s Eyes

"Partnering with an iconic brand like King’s Hawaiian was a true highlight. Our goal was to help them connect with football fans as they prepared for the big game – gathering with family, friends, and, of course, great food. By combining high-impact creative with precision targeting across premium CTV environments, we exceeded expectations on all fronts: unique viewer reach, video completion, and cost-efficiency. This campaign is a great example of what happens when engaging storytelling meets smart media strategy."

Gil Larsen,


VP of Sales, Adlook US