In 2010, the food processing factory’s long-term viability was in doubt, suffering from slowing consumer demand for Simplot’s Birdseye brand frozen vegetable products, a distressed balance sheet 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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was updated Tuesday, April 1, to add two paragraphs of comment from the city of Boise. Change may be coming soon to ...

After years of lying largely dormant, plans are in place to have Boise’s Simplot Hill undergo a more than decadelong makeover that will bring a feature-rich, publicly accessible park to the north ...

Simplot Australia has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire the Black Swan dips brand from Melbourne family business Poseidon Tarama for an expected $50 million, The Australian reports. According to ...

CALDWELL — Community members and leaders including farmers, executives, and generations of the Simplot family gathered on Friday afternoon to celebrate the agribusiness retail company’s 80 years of ...

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Credit: Alpha Studio 03/Shutterstock. US agri-food group JR Simplot has agreed to acquire Belgian potato-processing company Clarebout Potatoes for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which is expected to be ...

Agriculture is the focus of the University of Idaho’s first endowed deanship. The J.R. Simplot Family Foundation has made a “significant gift” to establish the J.R. Simplot Endowed Dean of the College ...