Seven ASM associates honored as Progressive Grocer's 2014 Top Women in Grocery

Patented media platform augments Advantage Sales and Marketing's best-in-class in-store marketing services

New acquisition will expand Advantage Sales and Marketing's best-in-class retail sales services for perishable to the Texas market

New acquisition will enrich Advantage Sales and Marketing's best-in-class sales and marketing service portfolio by providing innovative brand promotional services.

Investments in training, technology and new services, combined with an ongoing trend toward outsourcing by CPG companies, are driving growth among the nation's leading sales and marketing agencies.

New acquisition will enhance Advantage Sales and Marketing's best-in-class retail sales services in the perishables industry in the Southeast, Mid-West and Caribbean.

New acquisition will expand Advantage Sales and Marketing's best-in-class retail sales services in the perishables industry to the Southeast markets.

New acquisition will expand Advantage Sales and Marketing's best-in-class retail sales services in the perishables industry to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets.

Customized Training Program Focuses on Sales and Marketing Skills; Vets to Be Hired by Advantage Sales and Marketing.

New sales and marketing division to provide industry-leading retail meat, seafood, deli and bakery services.

Publication Recognized Corporate Attorney's Exceptional Contributions, Exemplary Leadership at Company for more than a Decade

Sonny King to Assume Role of Executive Chairman

Industry-leading marketing agency enhances robust, innovative technology portfolio

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced it has agreed to become an equity partner in Advantage Waypoint LLC, a newly formed sales and marketing company focused on the foodservice industry.

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced the appointment to its board of directors, Richard G. Wolford, the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Del Monte Foods, effective as of Sept. 9, 2011.

Full service promotions agency ranks #1 in both retail and retailer marketing, #6 overall in 2011 ranking of industry's best and brightest

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC, today announced that the Company's equity partners J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. and BAML Capital Partners have agreed to sell their majority interest in ASM to funds advised by Apax Partners (“Apax”).

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced the appointment of Tanya Domier as president and chief operating officer. Domier will report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sonny King.

IRVINE, Calif. — Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced the appointment of Brian G. Stevens as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1. Brian will report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sonny King.

ASM honored eight associates for outstanding leadership at its second annual Leadership Advantage Awards ceremony held in February at the company's Executive Leadership Forum in Newport Beach, CA

MARKHAM, Ontario — Advantage CKN will change its name to Advantage Sales and Marketing Canada, effective April 1.

ASM co-sponsored charity events, Will Golf 4 Kids and Color of Hope Gala, were recently recognized with the NW Arkansas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professional's National Philanthropy Day award for Outstanding Philanthropic Organization.

ASM recently teamed up with Walmart, Mars, Inc., and Kimberly-Clark to co-sponsor the second annual Color of Hope Gala and 16th annual Will Golf 4 Kids charity events to benefit Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH).

IRVINE, Calif., — Advantage Sales and Marketing (ASM) today welcomed its second class of potential future sales leaders in its developmental program tagged ACES—Accelerated Career Excellence in Sales.

IRVINE, Calif. — Next time you need to meet with Advantage Sales and Marketing, save time and money with one more effective communication channel: its state-of-the-art videoconferencing technology tagged ASM Video Conference solution or AVC.

IRVINE, Calif. — Tanya Domier, Advantage Sales and Marketing's President of Marketing Services, will speak at the November Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) conference: Resilience & Relevance: Winning Strategies for a New Economy.

IRVINE, Calif. — Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM), a leading sales and marketing agency in North America, has expanded its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services division.

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC recently received many awards for 2008 by their Natural and Specialty clients Seventh Generation, Method, Kiss My Face and Lundberg Family Farms.

Advantage Sales and Marketing associates Adam Zinsmeister and the Kroger dedicated team were named Tillamook County Creamery Association's (TCCA) 2008 National Broker of the Year at their 20th Annual broker meeting.

World Kitchen, LLC has appointed Advantage Sales & Marketing to a national strategic partnership effective Oct. 1, 2008. ASM will be responsible for World Kitchen's HQ sales at our retail customers throughout the US

ROGERS, Ark.– Advantage Sales and Marketing recently teamed up with Wal-Mart and Mars, Inc. to co-sponsor the 15th annual Will Golf 4 Kids charity golf tournament to benefit Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH).

DES MOINES, Ia. — Advantage Sales and Marketing's Des Moines office earned the 2008 Broker of the Year Award at the Hy-Vee Supplier Appreciation Day held this month.

IRVINE, Calif. — Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, (ASM) announced the appointment of Chris Olivier as the company's Chief Strategy Officer today.

John Dillinger, Mary Forciea, and Cathy Walker were named Sunstar Americas, Inc.'s 2007 Broker of the Year for their respective markets. The awards are determined by Sunstar's assessment of business success for each of their markets.

Advantage Sales & Marketing (ASM), announced today the formation of ASM Canada, Inc., a Canadian subsidiary of ASM, which has acquired the business of “Crombie Kennedy Nasmark Inc.” (CKN).

IRVINE, Calif. — On January 1, 2007, Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM), acquired the business of Campaigners, Inc. Campaigners provides outsourced field sales and marketing services in addition to progressive training and incentive programs.

IRVINE, Calif. – On November 30, 2006, Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM), acquired the business of B.I.N. Sales & Marketing, Inc. The company is the largest independent sales and marketing agency for natural products in the United States.

IRVINE, Calif. – On November 30, 2006, Advantage Sales & Marketing acquired the business of Sigma Retail Services. The company was formed in July 2004, and is a leading Southeast based third-party “in-store” Merchandising Service Organization.

On September 1, 2006, Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) acquired the business of Try-Foods International Inc. Try-Foods is an East Coast based company specializing in promotional and merchandising programs in the perishables food industry.

IRVINE, Calif. – Advantage Sales & Marketing and Allied Capital Corporation are pleased to announce that they have completed the transaction that joins two new equity partners J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, Inc.

Advantage Sales & Marketing and Allied Capital Corporation announced that they have signed definitive documents to sell a majority interest in the Company to an affiliate of J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.

On February 1, 2006, Integrated Marketing Services (IN), a division of Advantage Sales & Marketing (ASM), acquired the business of Field Marketing Services, Inc. (doing business as Marketration).

Advantage Sales & Marketing (Advantage) announced today that it has acquired S.W.B., Inc. SWB is a Texas-based sales and marketing agency specializing in natural and organic foods.

Advantage Sales and Marketing acquired In-Store Opportunities, a company that provides promotional programs under the Superfridge name to manufacturers of frozen and refrigerated goods.

IRVINE, Calif. — Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC (ASM), the largest sales and marketing agency in North America, announced today that it is consolidating substantially all of its Member Companies throughout the continental United States.