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[–] 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

The Imperial Sugar refinery in Texas had a building that was literally just piles of sugar. Depending on how recently they had received a shipment, it was either filled to the gills or almost empty.

There was also an incident in the 1990s when one of the doors collapsed, spilling sugar into the parking lot.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    People familiar with agriculture won't find this odd at all, soybeans and corn are stored in silos and grain bins and moved to semis and train cars and then buildings like this. I'm honestly not sure how else people think this is done... it doesn't grow in packet form on the sugarcane plant.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean you’d expect it to be stored in silos when it’s delivered I guess. For products made I would have assumed it would’ve stored in large tanks or more silos.

    The Kellogg factory near me has delivery’s pumped into silos which connect to the factory.

    You sound a little insulting with your framing. Like I’m sure there are things you have no fucking clue how it works, but I wouldn’t judge you for it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I guess it's more of a case that you know stuff comes out of the dirt at one end and is stored in piles, and is clean at the other with sanitary packaging. The shock might just be that the later half happens later than you might expect.

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