BOISE, Idaho (AP) - J.R. Simplot left home in 1923 at age 14 with four gold coins given to him by his mother. He ended his life as the spud king of America and one of the nation's richest men. The ...

It seems like no tour of Idaho would be complete without a mention of J.R. Simplot. And what better place to start to get to ...

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 ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – East Grand Forks City Council members on Tuesday approved a land exchange between the city and the J.R. Simplot Company, trading a parcel in Grand Forks bought by the council for ...

BOISE -- J.R. Simplot Co. has agreed to pay a $900,000 fine and spend about $42 million on pollution controls to cut sulfur dioxide emissions at five fertilizer plants in three states. The U.S.

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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 ...

A Grand Forks fire marshal ruled the fire that ignited Saturday at J.R. Simplot Co. in northern Grand Forks was accidental, according to the Grand Forks Fire Department. Grand Forks Fire Marshal Brian ...

Dutch Treat Foods Inc. issued a recall Tuesday for more than 3,000 pounds of Sweet Pea Pasta Salad because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, saying its supplier recalled one of ...