Our Beginnings
Roll back the curtain of time to the spring of 1919
when two brothers, David and Ernest Horn, had a vision. They founded
a company in agriculturally-prosperous York County, Pennsylvania with
$500 in cash and a $2,000 loan. Included in the transaction was a
horse-drawn wagon. Within two years they were able to buy a Model
T pickup to make sales calls and deliveries to area farmers.
Development & Expansion
The Horn brothers believed in treating their customer
as they'd like to be treated -- always providing personalized service
and quality products. By 1927 the Horns were ready to start manufacturing
their own commercial poultry and livestock feed, and in 1935 they
built their first complete feed manufacturing plant in York, PA.
Over the years, the company flourished and grew from
a small grist-type feed mill into a diversified, multi-state business. In 1985 the company acquired Ritter Food Service, a food distribution company, in the 1990s, several more strategic acquisitions were integrated into both the feed and food segments of the business.
Pennfield Today
Today, Pennfield is a modern, innovative company
headquartered in Lancaster, PA, and has the resources and commitment
needed for continuing growth in the agricultural and food industries.
This initiative will continue to be directed toward providing Pennfield
customers with the finest products and service anywhere.
Pennfield divisions include:
Pennfield Feeds
- Provides animal nutrition products
and services that deliver the best value to its customers.
- Four feed manufacturing facilities
in Pennsylvania produce dairy, equine, poultry and specialty feeds.
- Diverse sales force provides animal
feed technology and nutritional services to farm customers and dealers.
- Dairy Tech Labs, Lancaster, PA, provides
forage testing, feed and feed-ingredient quality control, as well
as nutrient-management assistance in the form of manure analyses.
Ritter Food Service
- Purveyor of more than 3,000 food
and food-related items to grocery retailers (meat/deli/hot foods
departments), restaurants, and food service organizations in Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey and Maryland.
- Fresh-cut, portion-control beef, pork, lamb, veal and poultry.
- Fresh and frozen seafood products.
People Who Care
The Pennfield story is more than the mechanics of
production, delivery and service. The quality of any product and the
level of customer service depend on the people who make it and perform
it. Pennfield is made up of people who care.
A lot has changed since 1919, but one thing hasn't changed and never
will- Pennfield's commitment to its customers, associates and communities.
Commitment to Customers -- Pennfield product and
service are unsurpassed in the industry.
Commitment to Associates -- safe, secure and challenging
employment opportunities.
Commitment to Community -- we are a provider, not
only of jobs, but of business leadership and civic support as well.
 Maintaining
The Quality of Leadership
Ernest O. (Mike) Horn, III, Pennfield's current
president and chief executive officer, continues the company's tradition
of dedicated service to its customers, associates and the communities
in which we live and work. |
