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Simplot was founded in 1929 by 20-year-old John Richard Simplot near the agricultural community of Declo in south central Idaho, United States. [2] During the early 1940s, the business expanded, providing the military with dehydrated onions and potatoes during World War II. The firm was incorporated as the J. R. Simplot Company in 1955.
4, including Scott. John Richard Simplot ( / ˈsɪmplɒt /; January 4, 1909 – May 25, 2008) was an American entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of the J. R. Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho –based agricultural supplier specializing in potato products. [2] [3] In 2007, he was estimated to be the 89th-richest person in the ...
The State of Idaho has been without an official governor's residence since 2013. [1] Pierce House, in Boise 's North End at 1805 N. 21st Street, served that role from 1947 to 1989. [2] From 2009 until 2013, [3] the former home of billionaire agribusiness magnate J. R. Simplot (1909–2008) and his wife Esther Simplot, served as the governor 's ...
Boise’s Simplot Hill and its flag have a lot of stories to tell. It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the ...
Birds Eye is an international brand of frozen foods [1] founded in the USA and now owned by Conagra Brands in the United States, by Nomad Foods in Europe, and Simplot in Australia. The former Birds Eye Company Ltd., originally named "Birdseye Seafood, Inc." had been established in the United States by Clarence Birdseye in 1922 to market frozen ...
McCain Foods Limited. McCain Foods Limited is a Canadian multinational frozen food company established in 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. [2] It is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, with 1 in 4 french fries in the world being a McCain fry. [3] Its major competitors are Simplot and Lamb Weston.
Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States. It is the 14th largest, the 39th most populous, and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Idaho was 1,654,930 as of July 1, 2015, [1] up from 1,595,728 on July 1, 2012, a 1.8% increase since 2010. [2]
The United States Department of Labor ( DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.