A potato empire built on frozen fries and handshake deals sounds like an unlikely launching pad for one of the most lucrative ...

The flag at J.R. Simplot's former mansion on Bogus Basin Road flies at half-staff on Monday morning. Joe Jaszewski / Idaho Statesman J.R. Simplot, the state's richest man and an Idaho icon for longer ...

J.R. "Jack" Simplot, 99, who launched an agribusiness empire that supplied french fries to the McDonald's fast-food chain and then used his billion-dollar fortune to invest in computer chips, died May ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion belonging to the late Idaho potato ...

Law360 (September 3, 2024, 7:12 PM EDT) -- After a seven-day trial in Idaho federal court, a jury found that McCain Foods USA Inc. willfully infringed its frozen french fry rival J.R. Simplot Co.'s ...

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 ...

J.R. Simplot's influence on his home state was ubiquitous. It's impossible to travel far in Idaho without seeing something he built, owned, donated or produced. Nearly 14,000 Idahoans are indebted to ...

Potential benefits for growers and consumers include less food waste and improved yields BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The J.R. Simplot Company announced today it has entered a strategic alliance ...

BOISE, Idaho — Federal land managers have released a final plan for a phosphate mine with five open pits as well as reclamation work in eastern Idaho proposed by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Company. The ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal land managers have released a final plan for a phosphate mine with five open pits as well as reclamation work in eastern Idaho proposed by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Company.