Following a review of cooking data from our Sila platform, we found that Italian cuisine wasn’t as strong as Barilla would want it. The pasta brand known for its Italianity, we found that elevated mealtimes were key to home cooks in Saudi Arabia.

Cooking the Italian way requires a specific mindset to preparation and way of approaching mealtimes that hasn’t been considered before.

We know that Saudis engage with influencers 10-15x more than brands. So we deployed our data platform, Sila, to better understand which audiences followed which accounts that matched our objective of elevated mealtimes.

We traced two key audiences and found creators that were unique to each audience, to avoid direct repetition of the content across multiple creators. This helps drives better budget allocation and stronger ROI.

Sila developed a platform for Barilla in Saudi Arabia that saw real cooks communicate with Saudis for six months. They shared Italian recipes, staying true to the brand.

All content performed above expectations for the campaign, achieving a view rate, with engagements, much higher than benchmarks.

With a start at 0, with the current market leader at 7, we grew Barilla’s digital top of mind affinity score to 3.5. All metrics are above benchmarks as measured by our Sila tool.