founded 1892 philadelphia pennsylvania united states founder frank b. baldwin headquarters burlington new jersey united states area served new jersey pennsylvania delaware new york key people laurence e. bowes ceo products dairy website http www.balford.com balford farms is an american dairy company located in burlington new jersey . it is the oldest privately owned and operated independent distributor of dairy products in the lehigh valley region . 1 along with their own brands balford farms sells and distributes products from other dairy companies including lehigh valley dairy farms swiss premium dannon yoplait hershey s tropicana and international delight . 2 contents 1 history 2 executives 3 references 4 external links history edit balford farms was originally founded in 1892 by a teenager named frank b. baldwin using a horse and wagon to deliver milk to customers throughout philadelphia pennsylvania after school . 3 as his business grew father edgar a. baldwin helped with the management of day to day operations and expanded the business into a profitable company called baldwin dairies . 4 5 in 1965 baldwin dairies merged with frankford dairies of philadelphia to become baldwin frankford dairies inc. george h. baldwin sr. and john baldwin grandsons of frank b. baldwin changed the name to balford farms in 1972 . 3 expansion of balford farms continued in 1980 with the purchase of a 70 000 ft 6 503 m warehouse in bensalem pennsylvania . over the next few years the company acquired small independent dairy and food companies to become a major distributor in the lehigh valley . balford farms merged with another longtime business in philadelphia quality dairy products operating as breuninger s dairy in 1996 . 3 dairy farmers of america sold their warehousing and distribution center in harleysville pennsylvania to balford farms in 2012 formerly owned by keller s creamery as part of a consolidation project . 6 in 2014 balford farms took control of a warehouse and distribution center in binghamton new york formerly owned by crowley foods . 7 the company also acquired rosenberger s dairy of hatfield pennsylvania and part ownership of crowley foods from hp hood . 8 executives edit current corporate executives at balford farms 9 laurence e. bowes president & ceo david w. buys vice president human resources daniel t. smith vice president operations robert e. venafra vice president finance wayne e. baldwin vice president it george h. baldwin jr. chairman references edit balford farms home page retrieved feb. 8 2015 . balford farms products retrieved feb. 8 2015 . a b c balford farms about us retrieved feb. 8 2015 . find a grave frank bruce baldwin retrieved feb. 8 2015 . ancestry.com 1880 united states federal census retrieved feb. 8 2015 . montgomery media keller s creamery in harleysville to close by brian bingaman july 25 2012 retrieved feb. 8 2015 . wnbf news radio 1290 conklin warehouse now operated by balford farms by bob joseph october 29 2014 retrieved feb. 8 2015 . the morning call rosenberger s dairies sold again by anthony salamone october 29 2014 retrieved feb. 8 2015 . balford farms corporate executives retrieved feb. 8 2015 . external links edit balford farms official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title balford farms & oldid 740265513 categories dairy farmingburlington new jerseycompanies established in 1892 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 01 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view