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Potato Empire

Series: potatopotuesday
J.R. "Jack" Simplot holding potatoes near Simplot company logo
J.R. "Jack" Simplot holding potatoes near Simplot company logo

J.R. ‘Jack’ Simplot, holding his company’s claim to fame.

In almost 90 years, the Simplot Company has gone “from a one-man farming operation into a food and agribusiness empire.” In the 1940s Simplot developed the first commercially-viable frozen french fries.

Bonus points for today’s post: does anyone know where on campus this portrait is?

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