POCATELLO — Prominent leaders and representatives of the community, including county commissioners, Idaho State University leadership, mayors and lawmakers, gathered inside a grand white tent Tuesday ...

US food group Simplot has decided to hang on to two plants in Australia it had said could close but warned costs would have to fall to keep them open in three years’ time. Simplot said in June the ...

The Australian arm of US-based food group Simplot has warned two factories could close, putting around 325 jobs at risk. Simplot Australia said today (5 June) it has advised employees at plants in New ...

ABERDEEN, Idaho -- The J.R. Simplot Company has delayed the closure of two potato processing plants in Idaho. Simplot spokesman David Cuoio told the Capital Press that layoffs at the Aberdeen plant ...

That Simplot Foods plant that Grand Forks residents drive by along Gateway Drive has a sort of permanence. It's been there for a half century. Inside, the Simplot plant is a changing, evolving place ...

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho company that successfully brought genetically modified potatoes to the market announced an agreement Thursday to help a California-based plant breeding company grow ...

The federal work safety agency suggested today it may slap a $59,000 fine on the J.R. Simplot Co. for what it says are a baker's dozen of health and safety violations at its Grand Forks plant on ...

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BOISE — The J.R. Simplot Company recently received an incentive from Idaho Power for energy-saving upgrades at its fertilizer plant in Pocatello. Simplot implemented several new systems to reduce the ...