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 1,250 sugar beet growers, employing 450 year-round employees and 1,750 seasonal. The company generates over $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 in October 2004. Michigan Sugar Company annually produces nearly one billion pounds of sugar under the Pioneer and Big Chief brand names. The scholarship fund was established in 1998 to provide financial assistance to students who demonstrate superior leadership qualities. Learn more online at www.michigansugar.com