Private company
Michigan Sugar
Logo: https://www.michigansugar.com, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia4
Agricultural cooperative
Michigan Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative, based in Bay City, Michigan, that specializes in the processing of beet sugar. Founded in 1906, Michigan Sugar sells beet sugar under the brand names Big Chief and Pioneer. Michigan Sugar operates four beet sugar factories, located in Bay City, Caro, Croswell, and Sebewaing, and operates three shipping and distribution centers in Michigan and the adjacent state of Ohio.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersBay City1
- Websitewww.michigansugar.com
- Legal formCorporation (For-Profit)3
- LEI5493006O7614M0K2YJ263
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 48170-4675 Plymouth, United States3
- Registered withCorporations Division (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs), 8008332783
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Michigan Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative, based in Bay City, Michigan, that specializes in the processing of beet sugar. Founded in 1906, Michigan Sugar sells beet sugar under the brand names Big Chief and Pioneer.2
Products and brands
- sugar
Listed on Wikidata.1
Controversies and legal
Controversies
The company's Bay City sugar beet processing plant located on South Euclid Avenue produces an offensive odor which can be described as burnt peanut butter, or vomit. Many complaints are received every year on the basis of the smell, and it is alleged to have been getting worse. The plant is located on the Southwest side of town, and winds prevail from the West, so very regularly much of the Southeastern and Eastern residential areas are affected.
In 2004 the company settled with 3,800 families living near the plant for $1.75 million as the result of a class action lawsuit filed due to the offensive odor and pollution concerns. In 2017 the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality sued the company over the complaints mostly related to odors. The suit was settled in 2019 with the result that Michigan Sugar would pay a $300,000 fine and support or create two environmental projects totaling $262,500.
From Wikipedia’s article on Michigan Sugar, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
Timeline
- 1906Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.michigansugar.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/PioneerSugar1
- WikipediaMichigan Sugar
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ6837748
Sources
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- 1WikidataMichigan Sugar on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMichigan Sugar on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsMichigan Sugar logo by https://www.michigansugar.com, Non-free logo
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