DOES the American Dream come with fries or hash browns? In Jack Simplot's version, it came with both. Starting out at 14 with little education and only $80 from his mother, Mr Simplot died a ...

BOISE, Idaho — On the first day back to work and school after a long holiday break, you may be wondering what will be on the menu when you get home tonight. Maybe you're even planning which fast food ...

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 — 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 ...

CANYON COUNTY -; Nearly 2,000 people gathered in Boise's Qwest Arena Sunday to mourn the loss and look back on the life of J.R. "Jack" Simplot, who died in his home May 25 at the age of 99. Mourners ...

J.R. “Jack” Simplot, 99, who launched an agribusiness empire that supplied French fries to the McDonald’s fast-food chain and then used his billion-dollar fortune to invest in computer chips, died May ...

JUMP, left, and the J.R. Simplot Co.’s world headquarters, right, as seen Dec. 1. The latter is still under construction. Darin Oswald [email protected] We don’t quibble with anyone who ...

EVEN from well across Boise, the J.R. “Jack” Simplot mansion is impossible to miss. Not only does it sit on a sizeable hill, with a massive American flag whipping round a 150-foot flagpole. In summer, ...

The J.R. Simplot Co. has named a 26-year employee as the company's new president and chief executive officer. Garrett Lofto, 49, who spent the past nine years as president of the Boise-based company's ...

BURLEY, Idaho – Two major french fry producers are facing a court battle over a new twisty fry design. The Times-News reports the J.R. Simplot company of Boise filed a patent infringement lawsuit ...

J.R. Simplot continues to make a mark on Boise, even seven years after the billionaire potato producer's death. Two big projects are under construction downtown: a new headquarters for the company ...

BOISE If you drive in and out of downtown Boise using the Connector you've probably noticed the progress being made on the JUMP project or Jack's Urban Meeting Place. What you probably haven't seen ...