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 ...

Company spokesman David Cuoio tells the Idaho Press-Tribune in a story on Friday that unexpectedly high product demand will keep the plant in Nampa open past a previously announced Oct. 31 closing.

NAMPA -- J.R. Simplot Company is delaying the closure of a potato processing plant in Nampa. Company spokesman David Cuoio tells the Idaho Press-Tribune in a story on Friday that unexpectedly high ...

US agri-food group JR Simplot has agreed to acquire Belgian potato-processing company Clarebout Potatoes for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which is expected to be finalised by the end of the year, ...

The J.R. Simplot Co. plans to acquire the operating business of Clarebout Potatoes, a Belgium-based processor. The planned acquisition brings together two market leaders in frozen potato products ...