The Klaus Thiessen Award has been in existence since 2014, but it had never gone to an agribusiness — until this year.

BOISE Idaho J.R. “Jack” Simplot, the founder of restaurant-industry supplier J.R. Simplot Co. and a key figure in the early growth of quick-service chains like McDonald’s, died peacefully at his home ...

Keith Lund presented the award before an audience of several hundred people, including regional business leaders, elected officials and community partners.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers, died Sunday at his Boise home. He was 99. Ada ...

City Administrator Reid Huttunen said the city may consider establishing a Tax Increment Financing program to help promote ...

National Corn Growers Association President Jed Bower says actions by Mosaic Company and J.R. Simplot have driven up ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Striking Simplot workers in Grand Forks again voted down a proposed contract from the company Thursday. The vote came a day after J.R. Simplot Co. and union officials "participated ...

The J.R. Simplot Co. has acquired Turf Ventures LLC and its four stores in the Midwest and Pennsylvania. The acquisition includes stores in Downers Grove, Ill., where Turf Ventures is based; Warsaw, ...

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz” or the “Company”) and Simplot Food Group, a division of the J.R. Simplot Company (“Simplot”), announced ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho Transportation Department awarded the Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year Award for Southeast Idaho to J. R. Simplot Company and employees on Friday morning during the board ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 26—GRAND FORKS — The J.R. Simplot Company received the 2026 Klaus Thiessen Impact Award at the annual meeting of the Grand ...