Sunbelt Sales & Marketing, with more than 14 years of service to the retailers of natural, organic and gourmet products in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States, announced today that it has merged with Advantage Sales and Marketing of Tampa, Fl. and Irvine, Ca.  Terms of the merger agreement were not disclosed.

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Advantage Sales and Marketing, with regional offices nationwide, is considered one of the premier full-service sales and marketing agencies in the U.S. with a strong national commitment to the natural, organic and gourmet products industry.


Sunbelt’s President Travis Tabor said, “Advantage has the leadership and vision to help the natural/gourmet category to thrive in the future.  They have the strategy and finance to be global and, at the same time, act regionally.  Sunbelt will continue to stay focused on this territory to be the very best sales and marketing agency in the region.”


“I want to personally thank our manufacturing clients, our distributor partners, and our retail customers for working with us and trusting in us for so many years,” Tabor said.  “We look forward to serving you with all the same manufacturers and all the same folks you have known and grown with in the past.  I will be staying with the company to manage the new Advantage Sunbelt Inc.”

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