Balfours

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| name = Balfours

| logo = Balfours_Logo.svg

| type = Private

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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1853}} in Adelaide, Australia

| founder = James Calder and Margaret née Balfour

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| location_country = Australia

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| industry = Meat pies and Pie shops

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| owner = Bruce Feodoroffhttps://bakingbusiness.com.au/balfours-sold-to-aus-pie-co/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBalfours%20is%20older%20than%20Mrs,owner%20Bruce%20Feodoroff%20told%20ABC.

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| parent = Aus Pie Cohttps://bakingbusiness.com.au/balfours-sold-to-aus-pie-co/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBalfours%20is%20older%20than%20Mrs,owner%20Bruce%20Feodoroff%20told%20ABC.

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| homepage = {{url|https://balfours.com.au/}}

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Balfours is an Australian bakery which produces pies, pasties and cakes for sale in South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales.

History

Balfours began when Scottish immigrant James Calder and Margaret née Balfour opened a bakery at 130 Rundle Street, Adelaide in 1853.The Advertiser, How a humble bread and biscuit maker became Balfours, a South Australian icon, by Liz Walsh, 10 September 2017 As Calder's bakery became very successful, he opened the City Steam Biscuit Factory in Twin Street, Adelaide in 1872. Balfours became a household name and in 1867, when Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited South Australia, James Calder was made the official biscuit baker for the royal visit.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Around this time, Calder took on his nephew John Balfour and began trading as Calder & Balfour.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Margaret Balfour died on 1 November 1887 and James Calder died two years later on 1 October 1889, aged 71.{{cite web|title=Balfours History|url=http://www.southaustralianfamilyhistory.com/Balfours.htm|accessdate=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321034055/http://southaustralianfamilyhistory.com/Balfours.htm|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=City Steam Biscuit Factory|url=http://www.weekendnotes.com/city-steam-biscuit-factory/|accessdate=29 September 2012}}

In the 1890s a new factory was built off Carrington Street.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

From 1914 Balfours expanded their business to cake shops, cafes and tearooms. They acquired Jackman's Grand Cafe in the T&G Building in King William Street, and Balfour's Cafe was an Adelaide institution on this site for half a century.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In recognition of the significant contribution of then chairman, Charles Wauchope, the company was re-registered under the name Balfour Wauchope Pty Ltd.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In 2001, the state government provided funds to relocate the main production facility from Morphett Street to Dudley Park under a buy and lease back agreement. The company continued to struggle financially and faced imminent closure.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Balfours was acquired by the San Remo Macaroni Company in 2008.{{cite web|title=About Balfours |url=http://www.balfours.com.au/about.html |accessdate=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430113315/http://www.balfours.com.au/about.html |archivedate=30 April 2012 }}

As of 2018 Balfours have a second factory at Milperra in Sydney.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}