EXHIBIT (C)(6)

                                AMENDMENT NO. 4
             TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (SERP)
                                      OF
              SAVANNAH FOODS & INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


          THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 is made as of the 4th day of September, 1997, by
Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. (the "Company").


                              W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Second
Amendment and Restatement of the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)
of Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. and Subsidiaries, effective January 1,
1989, together with subsequent amendments thereto (such plan, as amended to
date, being hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"); and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to its authority under Article 11 of the Plan, the
Board desires to amend the Plan in certain respects.

          NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of September 4, 1997, the Plan is hereby
amended as set forth below:

                                    ITEM ONE

          Section 1.7 of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following
sentence at the end thereof:

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction pursuant to an agreement to
     which the Company and Imperial Holly Corporation are parties shall not 
     constitute a Change in Control.


 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed as of
          the day and year first above written.


                       SAVANNAH FOODS & INDUSTRIES, INC.


                
                       By: 
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                                      President

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