It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the Boise Highlands. Although the mansion has since been demolished, Simplot’s ...

As Simplot continues its global expansion, the company requires a sophisticated travel platform capable of meeting the ...

The agricultural company J.R. Simplot Company, one of the largest potato producers in the world, struck a deal with the developers of a specific gene editing technology. That tech will allow Simplot ...

Oct. 7—MOSES LAKE — The Association of Washington Business stopped at the J.R. Simplot factory in Moses Lake on Friday, during day three of their eighth-annual Manufacturing Week bus tour. "We're out ...

J.R. Simplot, pictured in 2002, is known in Boise for driving his white Lincoln Town Car with "Mr Spud" vanity plates to McDonald's for hash browns or french fries. (File / The Spokesman-Review) BOISE ...

Vegetable processing company Simplot Australia has announced it is downsizing operations at its Bathurst plant, with at least 110 full-time jobs to go. The Bathurst plant and Simplot's operations at ...

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Two longtime employees of J.R. Simplot Co. took on the Boise-based potato giant over its COVID-19 vaccine policy. But they didn’t get the outcome they were seeking. Howard ...

DOES the American Dream come with fries or hash browns? In Jack Simplot's version, it came with both. Starting out at 14 with little education and only $80 from his mother, Mr Simplot died a ...