| |  |  | | | | | | | History | | Lula-Westfield, LLC was formed in 1997, combining the Lula Sugar Factory and the Westfield Sugar Factory, which were previously owned by Savoie Industries, LLC and Dugas & LeBlanc, LLC respectively. Savoie Industries, LLC and Dugas & LeBlanc, LLC. are the sole owners of Lula-Westfield, LLC. Lula-Westfield produces raw sugar and blackstrap molasses from sugar cane.
Lula Sugar Factory was built in the late 1800's and was acquired by the Savoie Family in the 1920's where the ownership still resides. It is located in Belle Rose, LA, 1.4 miles west of La. Hwy. 1 and Bayou Lafourche on La. Hwy. 999, which joins La. Hwy. 1 at 6.6 miles south of Donaldsonville.
Westfield Sugar Factory was built in the 1870's by the Dugas and LeBlanc families where the ownership still resides. It is located at Paincourtville, LA, 1.75 miles west of La. Hwy. 1 and Bayou Lafourche on estate road joining La. Hwy. 1 at point 5.9 miles north of Napoleonville and 10.2 miles south of Donaldsonville Hwy. Junction La. 1-1005.
Presently, Lula-Westfield, LLC receives sugar cane from 7 neighboring parishes and has a combined grinding capacity of 25,000 tons per day.
The two parent companies, Savoie Industries, and Dugas and LeBlanc, combined, own approximately 40,000 acres, of which approximately 22,000 acres is cane land.
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