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== History ==
Simplot was founded in 1929 by 20-year-old [[J. R. Simplot|John Richard Simplot]] near the agricultural community of [[Declo, Idaho|Declo]] in south central [[Idaho]], United States<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The J.R. Simplot Company |url=https://www.simplot.com/company |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>. During the early 1940s, the business expanded, providing the military dehydrated [[onion]]s and [[potato]]es during [[World War II]]. The firm was incorporated as the J. R. Simplot Company in 1955.
Simplot made billions from the commercialization of frozen [[French fries]] by one of its scientists, chemist Ray L. Dunlap. By the early 1970s, it was the primary supplier of French fries to [[McDonald's]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=J. R. Simplot Company |url=https://www.tharawat-magazine.com/fbl/jr-simplot-company/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>. By 2005 it supplied more than half of all French fries for the [[fast food]] chain.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=O’Keefe|first=Eric|date=2019-09-28|title=Top 5 Farms with the Largest Acreage in the U.S.|url=https://www.agriculture.com/farm-management/farm-land/top-5-farms-with-the-largest-acreage-in-the-us|access-date=2021-01-20|magazine=Successful Farming|language=en}}</ref> Simplot also produces fertilizers for agriculture<ref>{{cite journal
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