JR Simplot Company
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| legal form | Private Company |
| founding | 1929 |
| Seat | Boise , Idaho |
| management | Scott Simplot |
| Number of employees | around 10,000 |
| sales | 4 billion US dollars (2013) |
| Branch | agricultural economics |
| Website | simplot.com |
The JR Simplot Company is an American agricultural company headquartered in Boise , Idaho .
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The Simplot Company was founded in 1929 by the then 20-year-old John Richard Simplot as a one-man farm . It established itself primarily as a major supplier of dehydrated onions and potatoes for the military during World War II . The company has been selling frozen French fries since 1953, which it is considered to be the inventor, and in 1967 it became a supplier to McDonald’s . The company continuously invests in sustainable and environmentally friendly production and careful use of finite resources.
Simplot has several offices in the USA, as well as in Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and China, among others. The company markets its products in around 40 countries worldwide and has stakes in other companies.
- Awards (selection)
- 2010: EPA Energy Star
Products and brands
Among other things , the company produces seeds , fertilizers and frozen food and sells some of its own food brands . In addition to plant-based foods, Simplot also processes meat and fish into ready-made meals , operates its own cattle farms and extracts raw materials for fertilizer production. These include in particular phosphates and silicates .
Simplot includes, for example, the Australian food brands Edgell (frozen vegetables), Leggo’s ( Italian dishes ), Ally ( salmon ), Seakist and John West ( tuna ), Harvest (frozen ready meals) and Bird's Eye (fish, vegetables , ready meals)
literature
- JR Simplot Company (Ed.): Origins of the JR Simplot Company. JR Simplot Co., Boise 1997, OCLC 41863319 .
- Louie W Attebery: JR Simplot. A billion the hard way. Caxton Press, Caldwell 2000, ISBN 0-87004-399-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simplot USA ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at saludfoodgroup.eu, accessed on February 23, 2014.
- ↑ Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good (Excerpt) on Public Broadcasting Service , accessed March 17, 2014.
- ↑ About at simplot.com, accessed on February 23, 2014.
- ↑ JR Simplot in Othello receives Energy Star award on columbiabasinherald.com, accessed on February 23, 2014.
- ↑ Simplot international operations at simplot.com, accessed on February 23, 2014.
- ↑ Food Processing Plants Earn EPA's ENERGY STAR (January 2010) ( Memento of November 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on csupomona.edu, accessed on February 23, 2014.
- ↑ About us at edgell.com.au, accessed February 23, 2014.
- ^ Brand Names manufacture under JR Simplot Company on noshly.com, accessed February 23, 2014.
