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Private
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Bringing Earth's Resources to Life
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1923 Declo, Idaho
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Boise, Idaho
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J R Simplot , Founder<br>Larry Hlobik, President and CEO<br>Scott R Simplot, Chairman
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10,000
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frozen food processing, fertilizer manufacturing, cattle feeding, and other businesses related to agriculture
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The , commonly referred to as '''Simplot''', was founded in
1923 by 14-year-old
J. R. Simplot near the small agricultural community of
Declo in south central
Idaho . J. R. Simplot led his company to tremendous growth in the period between its founding and
World War II . The business truly flourished when it sold millions of pounds of dehydrated
Onion s and
Potato es to the U.S. military during the war.
