Spreckels Sugar facility closing in Brawley

Spreckels Sugar facility closing in Brawley

BRAWLEY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Six workers at Spreckels sugar traveled to bargain with Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, as they still don’t know what the future holds. Workers at Spreckels Sugar Company received a warn notice letter Tuesday morning saying the factory will be closing. The Spreckels Sugar Company in Brawley announced it will be closing and jobs will be eliminated in July. Workers say they are now left in the dark as the…

Last remaining California sugarbeet processing facility to close

BRAWLEY, Calif. — The last sugarbeet processing plant in California is slated to close, possibly ending a 155-year-old industry in the state. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative announced on April 22 that it will close its plant in Brawley, California, which has operated under its subsidiary, Spreckels Sugar Company Inc. A statement from the company said operations are scheduled to begin the decommissioning and closure process at the nearl…

The Spreckels sugar plant in Brawley will close in July. The closure affects 400 jobs and more than 28 thousand acres of beet cultivation in the Imperial Valley.