Imperial Sugar Company
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Imperial Sugar Company Key Employees
Name Job Title
Fast Facts
Vice President - Sales
8016 Highway 90-A, Sugar Land, 77487, George Muller
Headquarters Address Planning
United States of America
Hal P. Mechler Chief Financial Officer
Telephone + 1 281 4919181
President, President, Chief
John C. Sheptor
Fax + 1 281 4909530 Executive Officer
President, President, Chief
John C. Sheptor
Website www.imperialsugar.com Executive Officer
Senior Vice President,
Louis T. Bolognini
Ticker Symbol, Stock Exchange N/A Secretary
Vice President -
Raylene M. Carter
Number of Employees 530 Manufacturing
Fiscal Year End December
Company Overview
Revenue (in US$ million) N/A
Imperial Sugar Company (Imperial Sugar) is a
processor and marketer of refined sugar in the
SWOT Analysis North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
region. The company primarily is into the
Strengths Weaknesses refining, packaging and distribution of cane
sugar. It offers granulated, powdered, liquid
Diversified customer base Litigations and brown sugars, co-crystallized sweeteners
such as HFCS, polyols, aspartame, saccharin,
sucralose, acesulfame-k and stevia, and syrups.
Vertically integrated operations
The company markets its products in a variety of
packaging options and under various brands
Opportunities Threats such as Dixie Crystals, Imperial , Savannah
Acquisition by Louis Dreyfus Gold , NatureWise, Holly, and other private
Rise in manpower costs labels. It also markets organic and fair trade
Commodities Sugar Holdings LLC
sweeteners, and sugar and stevia sweetener
Growing demand for stevia Stringent regulations blends. Imperial Sugar operates through its
refineries in Los Angeles and Georgia, the US.
Positive outlook of the sugar industry in Threat of substitutes for stevia The company primarily caters to grocery stores,
the US sweeteners retailers, foodservice companies and industrial
customers. Imperial Sugar operates as a
subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Sugar
Holdings LLC and is headquartered in Sugar
Land, Texas, the US.
Key Competitors
American Crystal Sugar Company
Archer Daniels Midland Company (Ticker: ADM)
Cargill, Incorporated
Domino Foods, Inc
Florida Crystals Corporation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Business Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Company Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Business Description ....................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Major Products and Services ........................................................................................................................... 5
2 Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships ............................................................................................. 6
2.1 M&A and Partnerships Strategy ....................................................................................................................... 6
3 Recent Developments ............................................................................................................................. 8
4 SWOT Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1 SWOT Analysis - Overview ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.2 Strengths ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Weaknesses .................................................................................................................................................. 10
4.4 Opportunities ................................................................................................................................................. 10
4.5 Threats .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
5 History .................................................................................................................................................... 12
6 Key Employees ...................................................................................................................................... 14
7 Key Employee Biographies ................................................................................................................... 15
8 Locations and Subsidiaries .................................................................................................................. 16
8.1 Head Office ................................................................................................................................................... 16
8.2 Other Locations and Subsidiaries .................................................................................................................. 16
9 Appendix ................................................................................................................................................ 17
9.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................................................. 17
9.2 Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
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List of Tables
Table 1: Major Products and Services ............................................................................................................................. 5
Table 2: History ............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Table 3: Key Employees................................................................................................................................................ 14
Table 4: Key Employee Biographies .............................................................................................................................. 15
Table 5: Subsidiaries ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
Table 6: Locations ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
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1 Business Analysis
1.1 Company Overview
Imperial Sugar Company (Imperial Sugar) is a processor and marketer of refined sugar in the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) region. The company primarily is into the refining, packaging and distribution of cane sugar. It offers
granulated, powdered, liquid and brown sugars, co-crystallized sweeteners such as HFCS, polyols, aspartame, saccharin,
sucralose, acesulfame-k and stevia, and syrups. The company markets its products in a variety of packaging options and
under various brands such as Dixie Crystals, Imperial , Savannah Gold , NatureWise, Holly, and other private labels. It
also markets organic and fair trade sweeteners, and sugar and stevia sweetener blends. Imperial Sugar operates through
its refineries in Los Angeles and Georgia, the US. The company primarily caters to grocery stores, retailers, foodservice
companies and industrial customers. Imperial Sugar operates as a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Sugar
Holdings LLC and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, the US.
1.2 Business Description
Imperial Sugar is a sugar manufacturing company, based in the US.
The company produces refined sugar from raw cane sugar and markets to retailers, grocery stores, restaurant chains,
distributors and industrial food manufacturers.
The company classified its offerings into seven product categories: Granulated Sugar, Light Brown Sugar, Dark Brown
Sugar, Powdered Sugar, Free-flowing Sugar, Sugar Shakers, and Steviacane. The company provides its sugar in various
packaging options such as bags, pouches, boxes and shakers.
Depending upon end market, the company classified its operations into three segments: Industrial Sales, Foodservice and
Specialty Products.
Under the Industrial Sales segment, the company produces a wide assortment of industrial products for sale throughout
the US. The company’s industrial product portfolio includes bulk and liquid sugars. Apart from standard granulated
product, the company also offers confectioners’ powdered and brown sugars.
Under the Foodservice business segments, the company serves the foodservice markets with several brands of sugar
products ranging from the Imperial, Dixie Crystals, and Holly in various packaging options ranging from 1-pound packages
to 50-pound bags. The company also provides sugar under offer private labels. The product portfolio under the segment
includes cinnamon sugar shaker, powdered sugar shaker, granulated sugar, woven polypropylene granulated sugar,
powdered sugar, brown sugar, bakers' special sugar, superfine sugar, and sugar cubes.
The company’s Specialty Products segment offers sugar in several blends. Under this segment, the company, through its
Compound Crystallization technology, mixes a broad range of ingredients, colors and flavors with sugar to form a single,
free flowing, stable granular or powdered specialty ingredient. The company’s portfolio includes free flowing compressible,
flavored, granulated and powdered sugars; fondants and icings; syrups; edible molasses and flavored blends; and high
specification sugars and dry blends. These products are marketed under Imperial Pure Cane Sugar, Dixie Crystals and
Holly brands.
The company operates a research and development centers in Port Wentworth, Georgia. The company operates through
its refineries in Los Angeles and Georgia, the US.
The company also operates through its subsidiaries including Imperial Distributing, Inc., Imperial-Savannah LP and
Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc.
In June 2012, the company was acquired by Louis Dreyfus Commodities Sugar Holdings LLC, an agricultural company
based in the US.
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1.3 Major Products and Services
Imperial Sugar Company provides sugar and sweetner products. Key products offered by the company include the
following:
Table 1: Major Products and Services
Products:
Refined sugar
Edible molasses
Syrups
Brands:
Imperial Pure Cane Sugar
Dixie Crystals
Holly
Source: Canadean
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