The manager of a struggling food processing plant in Bathurst says a contract offer from a supermarket giant is promising. Simplot announced in June its Bathurst facility would be shut down if ...

US food and agribusiness company J.R. Simplot has said it is to permanently close its Hermiston, Oregon potato processing plant in a phased shutdown during the next nine months. The company said the ...

Australia’s food manufacturing industry has come under the spotlight again after the local arm of American group Simplot, which manages the iconic Chiko rolls brand, along with Edgell and Birdseye, ...

Union representatives say the uncertain future of Simplot's Bathurst plant is making agreement negotiations difficult. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has met with staff at five Simplot ...

Simplot is investing US$460m in its plant in Manitoba, Canada, as the US-based agri-food business seeks to more than double capacity. Construction will begin this spring and will expand the site’s ...

POCATELLO — Two Simplot contract employees were injured following an ammonia release at the Don Plant early Tuesday morning, Simplot reported. The plant was evacuated because of the ammonia release ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. After five months of uncertainty, Simplot Australia announced yesterday that its Devonport frozen vegetable ...

POCATELLO — Prominent leaders and representatives of the community, including county commissioners, Idaho State University leadership, mayors and lawmakers, gathered inside a grand white tent Tuesday ...

J.R. Simplot Co., announced plans Wednesday to build a "state-of-the-art" potato processing plant on the site of its original facility in Caldwell, Idaho, with construction to begin in May. Simplot ...

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho company that successfully brought genetically modified potatoes to the market announced an agreement Thursday to help a California-based plant breeding company grow ...

BOISE — The J.R. Simplot Company recently received an incentive from Idaho Power for energy-saving upgrades at its fertilizer plant in Pocatello. Simplot implemented several new systems to reduce the ...