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The J.R. Simplot Company has a long-standing heritage of innovation in potatoes. In the 1940s, Simplot invented the dehydration process for potatoes, enabling them to send potato flakes to U.S. troops during World War II.
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 ...
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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.
- 11,000
- 1929; 94 years ago; Declo, Idaho
- $6.0 Billion(2020)
- Boise, Idaho
Jan 21, 2017 · In 1965, J. R. Simplot met with Ray Kroc, McDonald’s founder. Kroc found it’s appealing to switch to frozen french fries to ensure uniformity and cut labor costs, since a three-month unavailable of Russet potato leads to the problem in consistency and quality of the fries.
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...
Feb 8, 1996 · Celebrated in Boise as a living legend, 87-year-old John R. Simplot, describes himself as "an old potato farmer" and drives a white Lincoln Town Car with "MR SPUD" on its license plates. Still ...
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.
