Archive for April, 2010
Piggly Wiggly and Imperial Sugar: Rekindling Customer Ties
As Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth refinery ramps back up to full production, the company’s sales team is rekindling ties with former customers — some of whom have been waiting for months to restock their shelves with Imperial’s product line. Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. is one such customer.
New Partnership Takes Shape, Along with a Capital Plan
To go from its current production rate to the targeted 6.2-million-pounds-of-sugar-per-day rate, the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery at Port Wentworth, Ga., is essentially following a two-step plan: First, cross-functional teams will figure out what’s getting in the way of achieving the targeted rate.
Food Processors Learn about Combustible Dust
Representatives of major food companies and safety executives gathered recently at Imperial Sugar Company’s sugar refinery at Port Wentworth, Ga., to discuss the importance of maintaining a safe work environment.
Market Report: USDA Increases Tariff Rate
The USDA increased the 2009-10 Tariff Rate by 200,000 short tons on Friday April 23rd, reports sugar industry analyst Frank Jenkins of the Jenkins Sugar Group.
PepsiCo, Cargill Explore Natural Sweeteners
Patents filed by PepsiCo and Cargill reveal they are exploring new sources of natural sweeteners from oats and monatin, a naturally-occurring substance found in a plant grown in South Africa, reports FoodNavigator.com.
China Plans Sugar Sales from Reserves
China will soon auction some more sugar from state reserves, while additional sales may be on the way as the government seeks to ensure market supply, given a drop in domestic production this season, reports Dow Jones.
Pre-Lemonade Day Contest Stirs Up Excitement
“What an event!” That was the response of George Muller, vice president of administration at Imperial Sugar Company, after attending the recent “Best Tasting Lemonade” contest held at the Children’s Museum of Houston.
Imperial Sugar Is the Only Sweetener for Bama
The Bama Companies make several million pies and biscuits each week for McDonald’s and other quick serve restaurants – and they use Imperial Sugar in every one of them.
Process Improvement Boosts Sugar Production
Significant returns are beginning to flow as Imperial Sugar Company continues its process improvement strategy at its sugar refinery in Gramercy, Louisiana. Most recently, the focus was on white sugar refining.
Port Wentworth gets HAPIE about Wellness
Unhealthy weight gain is not an uncommon side effect of working the night shift — nor is a range of other side effects. People who work night shifts — about 15 million people in the United States — are much more like to have heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.
Kevin Jeffries: Safety is a Core Corporate Value
Kevin Jeffries is uncompromising in his belief that workplace safety must be a core value of any corporation’s culture. He also sees views the environmental safety challenges of everyday business only as opportunities, not as problems.
Sugar Refinery Trains for Emergency Response
OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) requires organizations that potentially have to respond to emergencies involving hazardous materials adapt a nationally recognized incident command system or ISC.
Right Product, Right Place, Right Time
Getting the right product to the right place at the right time. In the simplest of terms, that’s the job of any company’s distribution team. Imperial Sugar’s distribution-network management team is no exception.
Spring Bursts into Color at Port Wentworth
The Savannah area is known for its Southern charm and hospitality, superb Southern cooking, enchanting streets and boulevards lined with live oak trees draped with Spanish moss, lovely old architecture … and azaleas.