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May 28, 2008 · By Douglas Martin. May 28, 2008. J. R. Simplot, a billionaire who grew up in a sod-roofed log cabin and dropped out of school at 14, then marshaled luck, spunk and inventiveness to fashion an...
John Richard Simplot (/ ˈ s ɪ m p l ɒ t /; 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.
- Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho
- Eighth grade dropout
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Dec 15, 1991 · During the war years, Simplot shipped 33 million pounds of dehydrated potatoes and 5 million pounds of dried onions a year to the armed forces. In fact, the plant produced a third of the dried potato products bought by the military during World War II, Zerza said.
Jan 21, 2017 · John Richard Simplot (January 4, 1909 – May 25, 2008), America’s great potato baron, was the billionaire founder of his namesake company, which is with interests in food, fertilizer, turf and horticulture, and cattle feeding.
Simplot is one of the world's largest frozen-potato processors, annually turning out more than 3 billion pounds of french fries and other potato products for the foodservice industry. The company also is among the largest frozen-vegetable processors in the nation, supplying mainly institutional customers.
This profile of J.R. Simplot, inventor of the frozen french fry, was previously published in 1996. J.R Simplot died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his home in Boise at the age of 99.
May 26, 2008 · Simplot, who provided McDonald’s with fresh Idaho russet potatoes except during the summer months, had assigned one of his chemists to work on a method to freeze potatoes without compromising...
