Rogers Sugar Inc. is the Canadian

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of Lantic Inc., which was established in June 2008 after the merger of Lantic Sugar Limited operating in

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and Rogers Sugar Ltd. (operating in

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). It is the largest refined sugar distributor in

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. Established as Rogers Sugar Income Fund in October 1997, the

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was converted to a regular corporation, Rogers Sugar Inc. in January 2011.

History

The company began as two companies on both the east coast and west coast of Canada. The original Rogers Sugar company was established in

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as the British Columbia Sugar Refining Company in 1890 by its American-born founder, Benjamin Tingley Rogers, whose father was president of E.J. Gay’s Sugar of

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. Atlantic Sugar Refineries was established in 1912 from the merger of three sugar refineries, including Acadia Sugar Refining Co. (established 1893 in

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), and later renamed as Lantic Sugar Limited. The company was owned from 1981 to 1990 by Steinberg's, a chain of supermarkets. In 1984, Lantic Sugar acquired St. Lawrence Sugar, which was formed in 1888 in Montreal. Lantic Inc. was created from the merger of Rogers Sugar and Lantic Sugar on June 30, 2008. On September 28, 2023, 135 employees at the Vancouver refinery walked off the job after issuing a 72-hour strike notice. They had been attempting to negotiate with the company for six months after their contract expired. Lantic was demanding major concessions in regards to hours worked and benefits. In 2022, the company had the highest EBITDA balance recorded its history.

Facilities

The combined company operates these facilities: * Montreal cane refinery: The Montreal refinery was originally built in 1888 by St. Lawrence Sugar. A major upgrade was completed in December 2000, upgrading normal capacity to permitting the

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plant to close in July 2000. In February 2024, Rogers Sugar raises $110 million through an equity offering to partially finance a 20% expansion of Lantic's Montreal plant's sugar production capacity. * Vancouver cane refinery: The facility is at the

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; it primarily processes imported raw sugar into sugar products. * Taber sugar beet factory: The

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plant processes

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into sugar products. It contracts with nearly 400 farmers each year to plant and grow sugar beets. *

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distribution centre: The warehouse is in

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at 198 New Toronto Street and it receives processed sugar by rail distributing it for the region of

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. It also stores liquid sugar in tanks and is a liquid sucrose melt facility. * Toronto blending operation: The facility is in

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at 230 Midwest Road. It is and used for bulk dry blending services.

References

External links

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The story of Rogers Sugar
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