California is preparing to lose another food-manufacturing facility. Unlike a recent round of layoffs at another California frozen-food producer that left its factory open, Amy’s Kitchen plans to close its Santa Rosa plant, eliminating 207 jobs there.
The organic prepared-food company announced the decision in September 2026 as part of a larger manufacturing reorganization affecting approximately 260 positions across California and Idaho. This is a planned, phased closure, not a shutdown that has already been completed: the Santa Rosa operation is expected to wind down through summer 2027.
A longtime California food plant is closing
The affected facility is in Santa Rosa, in Sonoma County. It is the original manufacturing plant for Amy’s Kitchen, the Petaluma-based business founded in 1987 and known for organic frozen dinners, pizzas, burritos and soups.
Amy’s is not closing as a company. Its products will continue to be made elsewhere.
Its headquarters will remain in nearby Petaluma. What is ending is production at the Santa Rosa factory, a change that will remove more than 200 manufacturing positions from the community. The company says the reorganization will simplify its network of food plants rather than discontinue the familiar grocery-store brand.
Why the job counts differ
In statements reported by Food Business News and Food Dive, the company said 207 Santa Rosa jobs would be eliminated. A California Employment Development Department WARN report lists 200 workers affected by a permanent closure at the Santa Rosa site, with a notice dated September 17 and an effective date of December 18, 2026.
The 207 jobs are part of approximately 260 positions affected across Amy’s manufacturing network. The company described about 51 additional cuts to canning jobs in Pocatello, Idaho, while local reporting on the Idaho WARN notice identifies 49. These differences reflect the company’s overall estimates versus the positions recorded in individual state filings.
Where production will move
Amy’s plans to shift work from Santa Rosa to its facilities in Medford, Oregon, and Pocatello, Idaho. Medford will focus on pizza, soup and burritos, and will take over canning work now performed in Idaho. Pocatello will become the company’s designated frozen-entrée production site.
Chief executive Paul Schiefer said the manufacturing network had become more complicated than the business needed. Concentrating different products at different plants should make operations more efficient, according to the company. Amy’s has not described the decision as a product recall or a shutdown of its retail food business.
What happens next for workers
The first round of layoffs is scheduled for late 2026, with the remaining transition expected to continue into summer 2027. Amy’s said affected employees would receive separation packages, job-placement assistance and counseling services. The Santa Rosa factory has not yet completed its shutdown, but the company has confirmed that production there will end.
For workers and their families, the phased timetable offers some advance notice but does not change the planned loss of local jobs. For shoppers, the company’s message is different: its familiar frozen meals and other products are expected to continue coming from its remaining facilities.
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