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 ...

Nance Beston, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. 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 ...

NAMPA -- J.R. Simplot Company is delaying the closure of a potato processing plant in Nampa. Company spokesman David Cuoio tells the Idaho Press-Tribune in a story on Friday that unexpectedly high ...

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 ...

It's no hot take to say that golden, delicious french fries are one of the best parts of getting fast food. What sparks debate is which restaurant makes the best fries. But hold that order — it may ...

A “potato cartel” has allegedly conspired to artificially hike prices on french fries and hash browns as they corner the $68 billion frozen spuds market, according to multiple lawsuits. After decades ...