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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.'s new genetically modified potato. But one of the company's oldest business partners -- McDonald's -- ...

The Simplot Co. completed its acquisition of Belgium-based Clarebout Potatoes, a leading European producer of frozen potato products. The acquisition, announced in July, brings together two ...

BOISE — J.R. Simplot Company’s chief executive officer announced his retirement on Friday. Bill Whitacre was the company’s sixth CEO since the founder Jack Simplot stepped down in 1973, according to a ...