No sugar tonight in my coffee

Posted on December 4, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

The Imperial Sugar refinery, from which the Houston suburb of Sugar Land gets its name, is closing its doors, a victim of high costs and slim profit margins. Company headquarters will still be there, but over 300 people are out of work. Imperial has operated a plant there for over 150 years, so this is very much the end of an era.

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