Burris Logistics

Burris Logistics is a family-owned and operated third-party logistics and supply-chain company headquartered in the United States. Its history began in 1925, when John W. Burris and his father, Edward, identified an opportunity to transport tomatoes from farms in lower Delaware and Maryland to markets in Philadelphia. On return journeys, they delivered freshly baked bread to Acme Markets, a customer the company says it has continued to serve. The company describes its roots as a cold-chain pioneer and emphasizes handling food products across different temperature requirements. Today, Burris Logistics presents itself as a parent company supporting operating businesses that together serve different links in the supply chain. Its principal companies named on its website are Honor Foods, Trinity Logistics, and Eagle Business Credit. Honor Foods redistributes refrigerated, frozen, dry, and dairy products for foodservice customers. Trinity Logistics arranges freight, including truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), intermodal, drayage, and expedited transportation. Eagle Business Credit provides invoice factoring and related funding solutions for businesses, including small and medium-sized American businesses and carriers. The company also identifies information technology and custom logistics solutions as part of its offer. Its stated capabilities and historical areas of work include cold storage, e-commerce fulfillment, and custom distribution. Burris says it combines people and technology to manage supply-chain and transportation needs, and that its operating companies can be brought together as ONEBURRIS to address customer requirements. It positions its services around dependable partnerships, responsiveness, service excellence, and solving supply-chain problems rather than pursuing growth for its own sake. Burris states that five generations of its family have stewarded the business and that it has more than 2,000 employees. Its history page identifies Donnie Burris as CEO; the centennial page identifies him as CEO and President. The company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025. Its website describes a long evolution from produce delivery into food distribution and freight brokerage, while retaining a focus on food handling, customer partnerships, and operational innovation.

Burris Logistics traces its origins to 1925, when John W. Burris and his father, Edward, began moving tomatoes from farms in lower Delaware and Maryland to markets in Philadelphia. Their return trips carried freshly baked bread to Acme Markets, which the company identifies as a customer it has continued serving. This early combination of produce and food delivery established a business closely tied to the movement and handling of food. Over the following generations, the company developed beyond its original transport work. Burris describes itself as a cold-chain pioneer and points to advances in refrigeration, facilities, fleets, communications, information technology, automation, and operating processes as important changes in its history. Its current supply-chain work depends on handling multiple categories of food products at different temperatures and at different points in the supply chain. The company says five generations of Burris family members have stewarded the business, guided by principles of integrity, commitment, partnership, service excellence, and innovation. Burris also expanded into areas beyond its early produce routes. Its centennial account names cold storage, e-commerce fulfillment, and custom distribution among its areas of development, and notes that the company previously expanded into truck tire sales and steamship operations. The account presents these ventures as part of a century of change while describing the company’s focus as being the best rather than the biggest. In more recent years, Burris has organized a broader set of supply-chain capabilities through its operating companies. Honor Foods specializes in foodservice redistribution of refrigerated, frozen, dry, and dairy products. Trinity Logistics arranges freight across truckload, LTL, intermodal, drayage, and expedited modes. Eagle Business Credit provides invoice factoring and funding solutions. Burris describes itself as the parent company supporting these operating companies and uses ONEBURRIS to express the combined availability of their services. The company’s history page says freight brokerage grew from a few loads per week in 2018 to more than 50,000 loads per month in 2026. This is a company-reported figure and is stated here as presented in its history material. Burris celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, with CEO and President Donnie Burris announcing a year-long celebration. The company reports a workforce of more than 2,000 people and continues to describe its business as family-owned and operated, combining its food-logistics heritage with freight, technology, and financial services.

• 2026

  Company-reported freight brokerage volume

• 2025

  Burris Logistics marks its centennial

• 2018

  Freight brokerage growth period begins

• 1925

  John W. Burris and Edward Burris begin the business

A family-owned supply-chain partner offering connected food redistribution, freight management, logistics technology, and factoring capabilities, with an emphasis on dependable partnerships, responsiveness, and service.

• Honor Foods

  Foodservice redistribution of refrigerated, frozen, dry, and dairy products.

• Trinity Logistics

  Freight brokerage and transportation arrangements across truckload, LTL, intermodal, drayage, and expedited modes.

• Eagle Business Credit

  Invoice factoring and funding solutions for businesses and carriers.

• ONEBURRIS

  The company’s umbrella approach to connecting its operating companies and solutions for customer needs.

• Organizing operating companies under Burris LogisticsOther

1. 1Burris Logistics | Foodservice Redistribution, Freight Management, & Logistics ITburrislogistics.com
2. 2Our History - Logistics Leaders Since 1925 | Burris Logisticsburrislogistics.com
3. 3From a Proud Heritage, Burris Turns 100 | Burris Logisticsburrislogistics.com
4. 4Become A Partner | Burris Logisticsburrislogistics.com
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