National Sugar Marketing Cooperative, Inc.
Chris Simons is the President/CEO of National Sugar Marketing LLC, leading a joint-venture partnership between The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, and Sucden Americas Corp. Prior to this role, Chris worked at Cargill for over 14 years, holding various high-level positions within the Food Segment and Energy BU. Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Cornell University and completed an Executive M.B.A. in Business from Washington University in St. Louis. With a strong background in sales, marketing, and strategic planning, Chris has a wealth of experience in the food and retail industries.
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National Sugar Marketing Cooperative, Inc.
National Sugar Marketing LLC was formed in April 2012 as a jointly owned marketing company by its two original members, The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, and Sucden Americas Corporation. The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC is grower-owned by The Snake River Sugar Company. Based in Boise, ID, Amalgamated operates three beet sugar processing plants in Idaho and is the second largest beet sugar processor in the United States with over 900,000 tons of refined sugar produced annually. Sucden Americas Corporation is a Miami, FL based, wholly owned subsidiary of the Sucden Group, a Paris, France-based, leading sugar trading company with a worldwide presence producing 8 to 10 million tons of sugar annually. On March 1, 2016, National Sugar announced the addition of Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative as its newest member. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, based in Renville, MN, is a grower-owned cooperative with processing plants in Renville, MN, and Brawley, CA. Southern Minnesota annually produces approximately 600,000 tons of refined sugar at their two facilities. Utilizing a vast network of production and distribution facilities across the United States and Mexico, National Sugar is able to provide a variety of products to our customers. This enables National Sugar to deliver refined sugar to its customers with the highest efficiency and the lowest cost to serve. Operating as a full-service marketing company for its partners, National Sugar handles all sales, customer service, transportation, invoicing, and cash disbursement for its partners.