Amy’s Kitchen to Close Santa Rosa Plant in Production Overhaul

Amy’s Kitchen plans to close its Santa Rosa, California, production plant in phases and eliminate about 260 jobs across its manufacturing network. About 207 positions are affected in Santa Rosa, with roughly 51 more tied to changes at the company’s Pocatello, Idaho, canning operation.

The company expects the Santa Rosa shutdown to unfold over several months, with the first phase at the end of 2026 and the plant closing by summer 2027, according to reporting by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The affected jobs are not all moving with production.

Amy’s is reorganizing its remaining sites around product lines. Pocatello will focus on entrées, while its Medford, Oregon, plant will make pizza, soup and burritos, including canned products now made in Idaho.

Chief Executive Paul Schiefer said the manufacturing network had become more complicated than the business required. The company said it reviewed alternatives before deciding to close the Santa Rosa facility, its original production site.

Amy’s has described the changes as a way for each plant to concentrate on the categories where it is strongest. That shifts production toward Medford and Pocatello while ending manufacturing at the California site.

The company said it plans to offer affected workers separation packages, job-placement assistance and counseling. The cuts span two states, even as production from the closing site and the Pocatello canning operation is reassigned among remaining facilities.

The next milestones are the first Santa Rosa shutdown phase and the transfer of canning work to Medford. How smoothly those moves proceed will show whether the new division of products can simplify Amy’s operations without disrupting supply.