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 ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...

This story was updated Tuesday, April 1, to add two paragraphs of comment from the city of Boise. Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion ...

J R Simplot, who has died aged 99, was the potato king of America whose wealth helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers. The Idaho farmer increasingly dominated the state's ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers, died Sunday at his Boise home. He was 99. Ada ...

Boise, ID and Nieuwkerke, BE - The J.R. Simplot Company, a privately held food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and Clarebout Potatoes, a leading potato processing company ...

GRAND FORKS – An official with the union representing striking J.R. Simplot Co. workers in Grand Forks said Tuesday proposed contract changes would affect the lives of employees’ families. Workers at ...

DALLAS, May 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ISN, the global leader in contractor and supplier information management services, announced The J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot), a leader in food and agriculture ...

That Simplot Foods plant that Grand Forks residents drive by along Gateway Drive has a sort of permanence. It's been there for a half century. Inside, the Simplot plant is a changing, evolving place ...

BOISE Idaho J.R. “Jack” Simplot, the founder of restaurant-industry supplier J.R. Simplot Co. and a key figure in the early growth of quick-service chains like McDonald’s, died peacefully at his home ...