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An Arkansas Couple’s Search for Dixie Crystals

An Arkansas Couple’s Search for Dixie Crystals

Imperial Sugar Company came to the rescue of two loyal fans of Dixie Crystals who were having trouble finding the free-flowing brown sugar shaker in their area.

Prize winners Michael Bentley and his sister Samantha Bentley pose with John Sheptor

Sugar Land Employees Picnic at the Zoo

Sugar Land employees of Imperial Sugar Company got back to nature during the company’s annual employee picnic held on September 18 at the Houston Zoo.

Brand Program Encourages Sweet Deeds

Brand Program Encourages Sweet Deeds

Tins full of cookies and other items baked with Imperial Sugar will soon be skipping across the globe – to and from co-workers, neighbors, family members, soldiers and more – in an effort to promote good will and put smiles on faces.

Port Wentworth's air monitoring system.

At Port Wentworth, Clean Air Matters

As part of Imperial Sugar Company’s ongoing commitment to the environment, Imperial Sugar Company recently hired environmental engineer Sheila Scott to sponsor and lead company-wide awareness and focus to conservation objectives.

Countdown Underway for Debut of Revolutionary New All-Natural Sweetener

Countdown Underway for Debut of Revolutionary New All-Natural Sweetener

Imperial Sugar Company’s Manager of Research and New Product Development, Darrell Gerdes, is on a fast-track these days, overseeing one of the most significant new product launches for Imperial Sugar Company in years.

New, All-Natural Sweetener to Hit Market

New, All-Natural Sweetener to Hit Market

Imagine baking your favorite dessert or sweetening your favorite beverage with that same cane sugar taste that you enjoy but with two-thirds less calories.

A Workforce Trained for Excellence

A Workforce Trained for Excellence

Imperial Sugar Company’s Port Wentworth sugar refinery has embarked on its most sweeping effort yet to improve production and systematically reduce waste through training in Six Sigma-based problem-solving techniques.

Frank Plut

Responsible Business and Community Outreach

As part of its business model, Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) has made it a point to reach out to communities wherever it operates – a priority it established long before corporate social responsibility became a popular idea.

Maintenance Planning Leads To Improved Efficiency

Maintenance Planning Leads To Improved Efficiency

On a recent Friday evening, maintenance staff at Imperial Sugar Company’s Port Wentworth refinery began a shutdown process that took every piece of equipment from a steady productive purr to a standstill, a planned maintenance outage designed to improve equipment efficiency.

Ed Makin (r),  President and CEO of Lantic Sugar, is taken on a tour last year of the new Imperial Sugar Refinery by John Sheptor, President and CEO of Imperial Sugar.

Imperial Sugar in Collaborative Global Partnerships

Imperial Sugar Company is continuing to expand its global network of collaboration with technical exchanges on-going with Lantic Inc. in Canada, British Sugar in the United Kingdom, and Pfeifer & Langen in Germany.

Trish Winebrenner Brings Disciplined, Strategic Focus to Boost Sales

Trish Winebrenner Brings Disciplined, Strategic Focus to Boost Sales

Texas businesswoman Trish Winebrenner has focused her career on effectively streamlining sales and marketing processes of a spectrum of Fortune 500 companies. Now, she is bringing her operational expertise to the sales area of Imperial Sugar Company.

Employees Come to Aid of Fellow Worker

Employees Come to Aid of Fellow Worker

When one of their own suffers, employees at Imperial Sugar Company step up and step in. That was the case when Jerry Tolito, a maintenance manager at the company’s sugar refinery in Gramercy, La., was injured in a motorcycle accident and required several pints of blood.

Honing Their Craft On and Off the Job

Honing Their Craft On and Off the Job

Well-tuned engineering skills certainly have their place on the job – as well as in the heat of competitive racing. Just ask master technician Kevin Todd and house engineers Wade Lambert and Onell Lousteau at Gramercy, La.

Imperial Sugar’s Online Coupons Gain Popularity

Imperial Sugar’s Online Coupons Gain Popularity

Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) has typically distributed coupons in newspapers or shopping fliers to reach customers. Today, these free-standing inserts (FSIs) are complemented by the company’s increasingly popular e-coupons – and consumers are the better for it.