BOISE Idaho Area McDonald's units here reportedly gave away French fries on Monday to honor the memory of J.R. Simplot, whose company developed the frozen fry. Simplot died last week at age 99. The ...

Oct. 7—MOSES LAKE — The Association of Washington Business stopped at the J.R. Simplot factory in Moses Lake on Friday, during day three of their eighth-annual Manufacturing Week bus tour. "We're out ...

Two leading frozen potato manufacturers based in Idaho face a lawsuit over allegations of price fixing. Boise agribusiness giant J.R. Simplot and Eagle potato producer Lamb Weston were among four ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - J.R. Simplot, the 97-year-old Idaho billionaire whose firm created frozen French fries and is McDonald's main fry supplier, is unconscious and in intensive care after a fall, ...