1979 Harrington Warehouse Fire
On February 19, 1979, our Harrington Warehouse during a blizzard caught on fire and was burned to the ground. As Jack Burris described it, “We were ‘on our knees’ for […]
Brief Overview of Burris Foods
This is a brief overview of Burris’s history from the time Burris Express began in 1924 to the construction of the Harrington Warehouse in 1973.
A Tour of Burris’s Chicken Plant in 1964
Winnie Lynch of the Milford Chronicle recounts her tour of the Burris Processing Company. You can read her account below!
The History Leading Up to Burris Foods
I recently spent the day at the Milford Museum looking for Burris Logistics information and photos – turns out the Executive Director moved here to Milford as a child when […]
Remembering Lillian Marshall Burris
Five years ago this week, Lillian Marshal Burris passed away in her home surrounded by loved ones. She was 94. Lillian was born in Lewes in 1919 to Joseph L. […]
