Both McDonald's and Burger King receive potatoes from the same company. Even then, one chain's french fries constantly ranks ...

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 ...

Waffle, shoestring, steak, curly, crinkle-cut, sweet potato, Belgian, traditional, or beyond –- however you like your fries, they all start as the same starch: potatoes. Yes, those unassuming lumps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's no hot take to say that golden, delicious french fries are one of the best parts of getting fast food. What sparks debate is ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Would you be excited to pluck a bag of precut, gleaming-white potato slices from ...

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 ...

The J.R. Simplot Company plans to crank up its famous fryer today in celebration of National French Fry Day. Free french fries and drinks will be given away today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Celebration ...

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.