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 ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho Transportation Department awarded the Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year Award for Southeast Idaho to J. R. Simplot Company and employees on Friday morning during the board ...

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz” or the “Company”) and Simplot Food Group, a division of the J.R. Simplot Company (“Simplot”), announced ...

J.R. Simplot Co. is planning a $30 million expansion to its north Grand Forks potato processing plant, according to a city memo, though a company employee said corporate approval is still pending.

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 ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Striking Simplot workers in Grand Forks again voted down a proposed contract from the company Thursday. The vote came a day after J.R. Simplot Co. and union officials "participated ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Pocatello’s J.R. Simplot Co. employees presented a ceremonial check in the amount of $122,242 Thursday that will provide critical support for community members in need.

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 ...

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 ...

Thirty employees at the J.R. Simplot Co. potato processing plant in Grand Forks will be laid off Monday. The layoffs are part of a reduction of 40 positions at the plant as a result of improved ...