Preparations for the 4th of July parade are under way and as we get closer Simplot is prepping for the big day. Simplot and ...

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 -- 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 -- ...

Two longtime employees of J.R. Simplot Co. took on the Boise-based potato giant over its COVID-19 vaccine policy. But they didn’t get the outcome they were seeking. Howard Skidmore and Sarah Dance had ...

A federal judge has ordered the J.R. Simplot agribusiness company to pay for the upkeep of cattle allegedly contaminated with heavy metals during litigation over the matter. The ruling results from a ...

Simplot is thrilled to announce an exclusive, limited-time promotion offering an extraordinary 30% off Harvest Fresh avocados. As a leader in the food service/produce industry, Simplot has never ...

J.R. Simplot, a billionaire who grew up in a sod-roofed log cabin and dropped out of school at 14, then marshaled luck, spunk and inventiveness to fashion an entrepreneurial career that included ...