Michigan Sugar Company

Michigan Sugar Company is the largest beet sugar processor east of the Mississippi River and fourth largest in the United States. The Company is a cooperative owned by approximately 1,300 sugarbeet growers, employing 450 year-round employees and 1,750 seasonal. It generates nearly $300 million in direct economic activity annually in the local communities in which it operates. Michigan Sugar Company became a cooperative in 2002 and the Monitor Sugar Beet Growers and Monitor's Bay City factory joined the Cooperative on October 1, 2004. Beginning with the 2004 crop, a single, grower-owned cooperative processed all sugar produced in the State of Michigan. Michigan Sugar Company annually produces nearly one billion pounds of sugar under the Pioneer and Big Chief brand names - "Locally ( www.michigansugar.com )