| Rogers Sugar | |
| Type: | Public |
| Location: | 4026 Rue Notre-Dame Montréal, Québec H1W 2K3 |
| Former Name: | Rogers Sugar Income Fund |
| Key People: | Dallas Ross, Chairman Michael Walton, President and CEO Mike Walton, COO Jean-Sébastien Couillard, VP of Finance and CFO Patrick Dionne, VP Operations & Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Sugar, Sweeteners, Maple Syrup, Maple Sugar/Flakes, Maple Treats |
| Num Employees: | 700 |
| Divisions: | Lantic Sugar, Rogers Sugar, The Maple Treat Corp, Decacer |
| Subsid: | Lantic Inc. |
Rogers Sugar Inc. is the Canadian holding company of Lantic Inc., which was established in June 2008 after the merger of Lantic Sugar Limited operating in Montreal, Quebec and Rogers Sugar Ltd. (operating in Western Canada). It is the largest refined sugar distributor in Canada.[1] Established as Rogers Sugar Income Fund in October 1997, the income trust was converted to a regular corporation, Rogers Sugar Inc. in January 2011.[2]
The company began as two companies on both the east coast and west coast of Canada. The original Rogers Sugar company was established in Vancouver, British Columbia as the British Columbia Sugar Refining Company in 1890 by its American-born founder, Benjamin Tingley Rogers,[3] whose father was president of E.J. Gay’s Sugar of New Orleans.
Atlantic Sugar Refineries was established in 1912 from the merger of three sugar refineries, including Acadia Sugar Refining Co. (established 1893 in Halifax, Nova Scotia),[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
The combined company operates these facilities:[7]