Idaho billionaire J.R. Simplot supplies half of these items that McDonald's sells
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J. R. Simplot - Wikipedia  John Richard ("Jack" or "J.R.") Simplot was an American entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of the J. R. Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho based agricultural ... In 1967, Simplot and McDonald's founder Ray Kroc agreed by handshake that the Simplot ... "J.R. Simplot: Still Hustling, after all these years".
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Excerpt: Fast Food Nation | Food, Inc. | POV | PBS  To reach the J. R. Simplot plant in Aberdeen, Idaho, you drive through downtown Aberdeen, population 2,000, and keep heading north, past the half dozen shops on .... among other things, by the fact that few American grocery stores, and even ... McDonald's began to sell J. R. Simplot's frozen french fries the following year.
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The Simplot Saga: How America's French Fry King Made Billions ...  Feb 12, 2012 ... Simplot's stake in Micron, the Boise chipmaker, has grown more than $2.5 ... These differences came to a head last year, FORTUNE has learned, after the ... Accompany J.R. through one of his potato-processing plants and you soon ... to sell frozen French fries to McDonald's , which made him a billionaire.
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Simplot family to keep Idaho firm unchanged after founder's death ...  May 28, 2008 ... BOISE, Idaho - After the death of its founder, the J.R. Simplot Co. will continue ... J.R. Simplot, a billionaire best known for providing McDonald's Corp. ... There are also 16 Simplot Grower Solutions stores in Idaho that sell seed...
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Our Founder | J.R. Simplot Company  J. R. Simplot J.R. 'Jack' Simplot began his colorful career in 1923, near the small farming community of Declo, Idaho, when he quit school to go into business on...
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Fast-food Machismo: Make It Big, And Rich - tribunedigital ...  Jun 9, 1996 ... The message to the $100 billion-a-year fast-food industry from ... For example, last month, amid fanfare not seen since the Big Mac was ... according to McDonald's executive chef Andrew Selvaggio, who led ... Gibbons, who left Burger King in 1993 and is about to launch a chain of turkey restaurants called...
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History of McDonald's Corporation  FundingUniverse  Ticker Symbol: MCD ... 1954: Ray Kroc gains the rights to set up McDonald's restaurants in most of the ... 1998: The company takes its first stake in another fast-food chain, buying a ... 2000: McDonald's buys the bankrupt Boston Market chain. ... Boston Market (rotisserie chicken) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (Mexican fast...
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BUSINESS PEOPLE - Family to Stay On After Variety Sale ...  Jul 15, 1987 ... LEAD: Syd Silverman was busy yesterday putting Weekly Variety to bed at ... Mr. Silverman's proper titles are executive editor and publisher of Weekly Variety, based ... show business since Mr. Silverman's grandfather, Sime Silverman, ... ''Wall Street Lays an Egg'' in 1929 and ''Sticks Nix Hick Pix'' in 1935.
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Companies That Own the World's Most Popular Brands - Dividend.com  Oct 28, 2014 ... The company also sells some well-known beauty and healthcare ... its vast product lineup, 50 brands represent more than 90% of the company's sales and profits. ... some of the largest casual dining restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. ... in addition to the famous Clorox bleach, including: Pine-Sol cleaner,...
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An Introduction to McDonaldization - Corwin  the world. As you will see, McDonaldization affects not only the restaurant business ... There's one near you, and there's one being built right now even nearer to you. ... 45 McDonald's restaurants in Russia, and the company plans to open many ... opening of Juicy Burger, with a rainbow instead of golden arches and J. B..
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jeopardy/101_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | In August of 1987, Joan Kroc, widow of the founder of this company, donated a million dollars to the Democratic Party | McDonald's.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Feb 28, 2012 ... His wealth came from a deposit of this found on his Mariposa land; later, he lost it all in railroad deals. Are we talkin' gold, Alex? Reply .
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J.C. Penney has a buyer for its Plano HQ, expects to complete sale this  Aug 12, 2016 ... J.C. Penney narrowed its loss and posted a 2.2 percent increase in... ... Investors got over that quickly after a conference call where CEO Marvin Ellison ... The state of the consumer hasn't changed much from the first quarter, he said, ... This summer, Penney has been opening kitchen and laundry appliance...
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Mcdonald's Leafy Menu Goes Deluxe - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  December 13, 1996|By Nancy Millman, Tribune Staff Writer. ... The fast-food chain is doing to salads what it's done to most of its menu over the last ... Since May, when McDonald's introduced the Arch Deluxe burger with a $200 million ... blitz, it has focused on adults with menu items promising higher quality and better taste.
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Billionare grocery chain owner offers $5,000 reward for information ...  Aug 12, 2016 ... NEVER MISS A STORY: Sign up for PIX11 breaking news alerts with our app ... of Ice Cream Thieves Below see NY Post Story below.
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Mark Lenz: MIS exhibit shows real 'pit battles' - The Daily Telegram  Aug 18, 2012 ... But, as a national traveling exhibit at MIS about World War I reminds this weekend, it's a long way from Cambridge Township to a war fought over there. ... The free Honoring Our History truck exhibit is open at MIS's New Holland ... drivers including Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, McDonald's tycoon Ray...
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History of Frito-Lay Company  FundingUniverse  1958: Frito Company acquires the rights to Ruffles brand potato chips. ... brands are five that generate annual sales of $1 billion each: Lay's, Ruffles, Doritos, Tostitos, and Chee-tos. In addition to its dominance of the potato chip, tortilla chip, and corn chip ... The Frito Company also began selling the products of potato chip...
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Ask any mermaid you happen to see...What's the best tuna? Chicken ...  I remember this brand! I also remember Playskool Tool Bench w/ Hammer Remember when pepsis came in cartons like this one? McDonald's hamburgers came...
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Ray Kroc - Wikipedia  Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc (October 5, 1902  January 14, 1984) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. ... During the First World War he lied about his age and became a Red Cross ambulance driver at 15,...
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J! Archive - Show #4989, aired 2006-04-27  Apr 27, 2006 ... (Alex: And we're gonna start you off with what looks to be a tribute to my friend Howie Mandel...) DEAL OR NO DEAL .... Jeno Paulucci founded this company in 1947 to sell cans of chicken chow mein ... In 1759 Francis Gastrell, enraged by a stream of visitors to his house in this town, destroyed the house...
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No ordinary box planned for this expansion | QSRWeb  Sep 15, 2004 ... In a conference call with stock analysts yesterday, the San Diego fast-food chain said it could open as many 300 JBX restaurants over the next...