Add another 260 jobs to California Exodus Watch.
Amy’s Kitchen — the billion-dollar organic frozen-food company founded in California — is closing its Santa Rosa manufacturing plant and shifting production to Medford, Oregon, and Pocatello, Idaho. The shutdown will happen in phases, with layoffs beginning later this year and continuing into next summer.
Amy’s says the move is about simplifying its manufacturing network and concentrating products at the plants best equipped to make them. Of course, Idaho and Oregon have a lower cost of living, lower state taxes and that is appealing to Amy’s employees. Its corporate headquarters will remain in Petaluma.
But this isn’t Amy’s first California retreat. The company closed its San Jose factory in 2022, eliminating roughly 300 jobs, and earlier this year closed its Rohnert Park drive-thru and SFO restaurant.
And consider the timing: Ruiz Foods just announced another 176 California job cuts at its Dinuba plant after moving its headquarters to Texas.
This report was compiled by AI.
