(This is such a cool Google feature)

Question:
I am a nobody with a regular job etc. (Nothing special) I want to
start my own line of sugar products.  I don't want to make or produce
it (that's not my idea).  I want someone else to make it and i want my
label on it.  Who do I call/contact to get the process started? I
would prefer to use domestic channels since I am clueless on importing
etc.

Maybe you can come up with some clever tidbits of info--maybe
something I never thought of.

Cheers!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 05 Jul 2004 17:19 PDT

Hmmm...not quite sure what you're after, but have a look at this list of links:


http://www.promopeddler.com/Search.php?cat=Candy


All the companies listed here provide candy and sweets that are sort
of a blank slate, and you can add your own text, pictures, etc to the
labels, or even right on the candy itself.

Is this the sort of thing you're looking for?

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by marshalledgar-ga on 05 Jul 2004 19:57 PDT

Sorry to be so vague.

I don't want to make candies.  I want to have my own line of Sugar. 
(as in granulated sugar and confectioners sugar and brown sugar). 
Does this help?  I understand that sugar is a traded commodity, but I
don't think that should affect my pursuit.

Thanks.

Hello! Thanks for asking. 

I've located (by reference/inference) several private label sugar
producers, and provided their contact information.

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U.S. SUGAR CORPORATION
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"Reclosable zipper packaging has become so prevalent in recent years
that some may view it as a commodity. Not U.S. Sugar. The Buffalo,
NY?based private-label sugar producer/packager expects that this
year?s overall company sales will double from two years ago, when it
first introduced zippers to its plastic pillow bags of powdered and
brown sugars."

Packaging World | Sugar Zips Into Reclosable Bags
http://www.packworld.com/articles/Features/13532.html


US Sugar Co Inc. Offices
692 Bailey Ave
Buffalo, NY 14206
(716) 828-1170

://www.google.com/local?q=us-sugar&near=Buffalo,+NY&radius=10.0&latlng=42886388,-78878611,42873459,-78818803&oi=locald

I have also located an additional contact address in Clewiston, Florida:

U.S. Sugar Corporation
 
111 Ponce de Leon Ave.
Clewiston, FL USA 33440
(863) 983-8121

United States Sugar Corporation | Contact Us
http://www.ussugar.com/contactus/contactus_frame.html

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IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY
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From the magazine "Private Label Buyer": "Imperial Sugar Co., Sugar
Land, Texas, appoints Robert Peiser as president and CEO."

Highbeam Abstract | Private Label Buyer
http://static.highbeam.com/p/privatelabelbuyer/may012002/imperialsugarcosugarlandtexasappointsrobertpeisera/

- and -

"We also offer private labels for all major foodservice distributors."

Imperial Sugar Company
http://www.imperialholly.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=57

Imperial Sugar Company-Corporate
8034 Highway 90a
Sugar Land, TX 77478
(281) 491-9181

://www.google.com/local?q=imperial-sugar&near=Sugar+Land,+TX&oi=localr

Imperial Sugar Company - Contact Us
http://www.imperialholly.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=75


Outside the Private Label "Box"
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Creatively, you'd likely have much greater control if you bought sugar
in bulk -- truckload or train carload lots -- and worked with a custom
powder packager.

In addition to the major sugar companies above, the following sugar
producers also sell in bulk lots.


Monitor Sugar Company
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2600 S. Euclid Avenue
Bay City, Mi 48706 

Phone: 989-686-0161 
Fax:   989-686-2959 

Click the Packaging link beneath the framed info area:

Monitor Sugar Products
http://www.monitorsugar.com/products/index.php


Florida Crystals
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P.O. Box 4671
West Palm Beach, FL 33402

Phone: (877) 835-2828 toll-free
Fax:   (561) 366-5158 

Natural and Organic Cane Sugar: "Florida Crystals natural sugars are
milled on the day of harvest, with one simple crystallization. The
juice is pressed from sun-ripened sugarcane, washed, filtered and
crystallized-all right on the farm. Because our natural sugars are
less processed, they retain more of the original flavor of
sun-sweetened sugarcane."

Florida Crystals | Industrial Ingredients
http://www.floridacrystals.com/ingredients/ingredient_partner_line.asp


Snake River Sugar Company / Amalgamated Sugar Company
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2427 Lincoln Avenue
PO Box 1520 (84404)
Ogden, Utah 84401

Phone: (801)399-3431
Fax:   (801)393-8043 

Sugar Products
http://www.srcoop.com/sugarproducts.htm


Contract Packagers
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LRM PACKAGING - POWDER AND GRANULAR FILLING
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"Our specialty is in the innovative packaging of powder and granular
products, as well as snack foods and dry food products. The LRM team's
commitment is to provide you with creative, cost-effective solutions
that meet all of your packaging needs.

Your products can be shipped to us in supersacks, drums, K-bins,
gaylords, paper sacks or cartons and we will be ready to handle them.

LRM Packaging Inc. is FDA approved and is inspected by the State of
New Jersey Department of Health."

LRM Packaging | Products
http://www.lrmpackaging.com/products.htm


MARC INC. - FOOD PACKAGING
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"Our USDA certified food packaging plant provides facilities for form,
fill and sealing dry food products, zip-top bag enclosures, pillow
bags and tucked bottom bags. We also custom blend."

MARC, Inc.
PO Box 1001
Hendersonville, NC  28793 

Toll-free: 800-339-1484  
Telephone: 828-696-1747
FAX: 828-697-7320

Marc Inc. | Custom and Contract Packaging
http://www.marcinc1.com/packaging.htm#packaging


SUPERIOR PACK GROUP - CONTRACT FOOD PACKAGING
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"Contract Food Packaging is a Specialty: With a temperature-and
humidity-controlled 100,000 sq. ft. facility meeting all state and
federal standards of excellence as well as having both Kosher and
Organic certification, SPG can accommodate demanding production
requirements necessary for standard as well as unusual, fragile or
test products of all types."

Superior Pack Group
2 Mill St., Box 28
Cornwall, NY 12518

Tel 845.534.1015
Fax 845.534.4173
sales@superiorpackgroup.com
http://www.SuperiorPackGroup.com

SPG Food Packaging Services
http://www.superiorpackgroup.com/services.html


Search Strategy
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sugar "private label"
sugar suppliers
sugar packaging
"food packaging" sugar


I hope you find this information helpful. I've concentrated on US
sourcing. Should you require sourcing in another country, I'll be
happy to locate suppliers. If you have questions about any of the
material or links provided, please, feel free to ask for
clarification.

---larre

Wow!  Thank you so much for the wonderful information.  What I really
loved were the contacts (agencies) in Florida.  I am from Florida so
that would be great to keep things local (within the state).  You did
good work.  Thank you!

I wonder if you might talk to a grocery store like Publix or a food
services distributor like Sysco that has its own brand. Sometimes they
work in-house, sometimes they outsource.

Also you might talk with established names like Dixie Crystals to see
about co-branding.

Since, essentially, sugar is sugar, your brand should signify
significant value to the consumer to compensate you with paying for
what results in naming rights. Good business be yours!

I never thought of that.  Perhaps I will try that.  But I wonder if
that would be a conflict of interest (for Dixie Crystals) since the
public would be purchasing my product and not theirs.  Unless of
course it's their sugar with my name.  They still get a percentage (or
price) on my sugar).

I don't care too much who makes it.  I really want to have tight
control over marketing, advertising, distribution and branding.

You're quite welcome -- I enjoyed the research. Thank you for the
stars and tip. And welcome to Google Answers!   ---l