CALDWELL - Fans going to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will have the chance to get their fill on the food item the bowl is named after. Thanks to Simplot, there will be a whole lot of free French fries ...

BOISE Idaho Area McDonald's units here reportedly gave away French fries on Monday to honor the memory of J.R. Simplot, whose company developed the frozen fry. Simplot died last week at age 99. The ...

The J.R. Simplot Company plans to crank up its famous fryer today in celebration of National French Fry Day. Free french fries and drinks will be given away today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Celebration ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. McDonald's is giving customers an inside look at one of the factories that makes its french fries. The ...