You can't have fast food without fries — and no matter which fast food chain is serving them up, there's a good chance they all came from the same place.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) — People gathered at the Museum of Clean Saturday for fun, food, and their love of potatoes. Hundreds of people met at the Pocatello Potato Festival to enjoy local vendors, ...