Balfours and James Calder died two years later on 1 October 1889, aged 71. Balfours has been owned by the San Remo Macaroni Company since 2008. Balfours Balfours is a South Australian bakery which produces pies, pasties and cakes for sale in South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. Balfours began when James Calder and Margaret née Balfour opened a bakery at 130 Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia in 1853. 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
National Bakery School Department and a lecture theatre was named after him, which is still is use. During World War II Mr Bennion the School's Head was seconded to the Ministry of Food to advise on rationing and the use of potato flour in baked goods. A higher diploma in Baking Technology was introduced in 1947 and in the following year the School made a silver wedding anniversary cake for King George VI and the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother as well as the christening cake for the infant Prince Charles. In 1958 the Bakery Department won the grand prix d'excellence and a