The Fair Work Commission hosted talks between the vegetable producer and the Australian Workers’ Union this week but no agreement was reached. About 300 workers are employed across Simplot’s two ...

Protesters are picketing Simplot Australia over its decision to cut 12 jobs from its food processing plant in northern Tasmania. The mix of forced and voluntary redundancies at the potato processing ...

TASMANIA’S North-West is famous for producing great potatoes and a major processing plant is ready for an upgrade and expansion. KAROLIN MACGREGOR reports. Back then the original factory was used to ...

A chance to be recognised among their peers will be on offer for Simplot growers and harvesters as the vegetable processing company holds its annual awards dinner. I have worked in the Tasmanian ...

New equipment is being trialled at Simplot's vegetable processing plant at Ulverstone, in northern Tasmania, before it moves into serious production early next year. The Scottsdale factory will close ...

WORKERS at Simplot’s Devonport factory will strike for four hours on Friday as the vegetable processor holds firm over pay negotiations. Simplot — Tasmania’s last remaining vegetable processor — has ...

Ulverstone man Luke Barrie Marshall, 42, pleaded guilty in Devonport Magistrates Court to a single charge of common assault. Marshall, who was a team leader at Simplot for more than a decade, before ...

A Tasmanian manager at food processing giant Simplot has pleaded guilty to assaulting an ex-employee of his after a boozy night at the RSL. The pair had longstanding bad blood. DETAILS > Ulverstone ...