Michigan Sugar Company
food Bay City, MI · Private
Michigan Sugar Company is a major grower-owned cooperative processing approximately 1.3 billion pounds of beet sugar annually across four manufacturing facilities in Michigan's Thumb region. The company maintains an established distribution network across Michigan and Ohio with no recent operational changes reported.
Michigan Sugar Company is a grower-owned agricultural cooperative that processes sugar beets into approximately 1.3 billion pounds of beet sugar annually, sold under the Big Chief and Pioneer brand names. Founded in 1906 and reorganized as a cooperative in 2002, it operates four beet sugar processing factories in Michigan's Thumb region along with distribution and warehouse facilities in Michigan and Ohio.
Employees
2,100
Mfg Plants
5
All Facilities
11
Activity
3/10
Type
Private
Plant Locations (11 mapped)
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Manufacturing Plants (5)
Bay City Beet Sugar Factory
Bay City, MI
One of four primary beet sugar processing factories; oldest sugarbeet processing facility in the US, originally built in 1899; processes beets into granulated, powdered, brown, and liquid sugars
Caro Beet Sugar Factory
Caro, MI
One of four primary beet sugar processing factories; processes approximately 950,000 tons of sugarbeets annually producing ~250 million lbs of sugar; facility dates to 1902
Croswell Beet Sugar Factory
Croswell, MI
One of four primary beet sugar processing factories; the only factory to have run continuously since opening (1902); processes ~1.1 million tons of sugarbeets annually
Sebewaing Beet Sugar Factory
Sebewaing, MI
One of four primary beet sugar processing factories in Michigan's Thumb region
Toledo Sugar Packaging Facility
Toledo, OH
Sugar packaging and production facility in Ohio; packages sugar under Pioneer and Big Chief brands for retail distribution
Other Facilities (6)
Bay City Shipping/Warehouse
Bay City, MI · distribution
Shipping and distribution warehouse in Bay City serving as a major sugar distribution point
Bridgeport Distribution Warehouse
Bridgeport, MI · distribution
Sugar warehouse and distribution center in Bridgeport, Michigan
Carrollton Distribution Warehouse
Carrollton, MI · distribution
Sugar warehouse and distribution center in Carrollton Township near Saginaw
Findlay Distribution Warehouse
Findlay, OH · distribution
Pioneer Sugar warehouse and distribution center in Findlay, Ohio; facility acquired when Michigan Sugar purchased Northern Ohio Sugar Company in 1985
Fremont Distribution Warehouse
Fremont, OH · distribution
Sugar warehouse and distribution center in Fremont, Ohio
Michigan Sugar Company Corporate HQ
Bay City, MI · hq
Corporate headquarters for the grower-owned cooperative; ~900 grower-owners farm 160,000 acres of sugarbeets annually