J.R. Simplot Co. is planning a $30 million expansion to its north Grand Forks potato processing plant, according to a city memo, though a company employee said corporate approval is still pending.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...

GRAND VIEW, Idaho — Environmental non-profit Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) filed a civil lawsuit against J.R. Simplot Company Tuesday for polluting the middle Snake River in violation of the Clean ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho Transportation Department awarded the Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year Award for Southeast Idaho to J. R. Simplot Company and employees on Friday morning during the board ...

GRAND FORKS - After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks at about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz” or the “Company”) and Simplot Food Group, a division of the J.R. Simplot Company (“Simplot”), announced ...

Counsel from Stoel Rives have entered appearances for agribusiness company Simplot in a pending Resource Conservation and Recovery Act lawsuit. The complaint, filed on Feb. 27 in Idaho District Court ...

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 ...

Simplot Corporate Headquarters, 1099 W. Front St. in Boise. Pictured on Jan. 13, 2026. (Sarah A. Miller/smiller@idahostatesman.com) Two longtime employees of J.R. Simplot Co. took on the Boise-based ...

The J.R. Simplot Co. has acquired Turf Ventures LLC and its four stores in the Midwest and Pennsylvania. The acquisition includes stores in Downers Grove, Ill., where Turf Ventures is based; Warsaw, ...