Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the ...

McDonald's french fries are a formidable fast food staple, but who's the supplier behind this beloved menu item — and where ...

J.R. Simplot never dealt with small potatoes. This is a man who dropped out of school in the eighth grade and went on to ...

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 ...

Boise Parks And Recreation posted warning signs at Esther Simplot Park Pond 1 following water quality test results showing E.

BOISE, IDAHO — The J.R. Simplot Co.’s acquisition of Clarebout Potatoes has created a frozen potato processing group that will offer a localized supply from 23 production locations, according to the ...

The J.R. Simplot Company and Plant Sciences Inc., have announced a strategic partnership to bring the first commercially gene-edited strawberry to supermarkets. The alliance plans to leverage the gene ...