CALDWELL - Fans going to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will have the chance to get their fill on the food item the bowl is named after. Thanks to Simplot, there will be a whole lot of free French fries ...

BOISE, Idaho — Yes, it's technically a Monday, but on this Monday, July 13, it is actually 'Fry Day,' National (French) Fry Day that is. We would be remiss if we didn't mention it on The 208 because ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. has filed a lawsuit against a railway company after a large freight carrying french fries traveling to Georgia spoiled because it wasn’t properly sealed.

BOISE Idaho Area McDonald's units here reportedly gave away French fries on Monday to honor the memory of J.R. Simplot, whose company developed the frozen fry. Simplot died last week at age 99. The ...

BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — Two major french fry producers are facing a court battle over a new twisty fry design. The Times-News reports the J.R. Simplot company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ...

J.R. Simplot, pictured in 2002, is known in Boise for driving his white Lincoln Town Car with "Mr Spud" vanity plates to McDonald's for hash browns or french fries. (File / The Spokesman-Review) BOISE ...