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What Amy's Kitchen layoffs have meant for employees

If you're at the Santa Rosa plant, this closing is set to stretch over months, unlike San Jose's in 2022, when KTVU reported that pizza production would stop within days of the announcement. The layoffs are scheduled to begin Dec. 18 and run until the plant closes June 18, 2027, according to the Press Democrat, so even the first ones are set to come months after the news. The Santa Rosa plant, which the company said employed about 630 people in 2022, had already drawn the larger of Amy's two 2024 layoff notices at its Northpoint Parkway address, by the Employment Development Department’s 2024-25 report, and by 2026 Santa Rosa made only a small portion of the company's output.

For the two latest plant rounds, the company's figures and the state's differ. Amy's put the 2026 cuts at about 207 jobs in Santa Rosa and 51 in Pocatello, while the Sept. 17 notices list 200 and 49, according to our WARN tracker. For 2024 the company announced 311 layoffs across Petaluma, Santa Rosa and remote roles, and the two state notices listed 283 at Northpoint Parkway and 22 on Dutton Avenue. If you're matching a figure to your own site, the state notices are the ones that name it.

The work itself is staying with Amy's. The company said it wants each plant focused on the product categories where it's strongest, so it plans to move Pocatello's canning to Medford while Pocatello grows as its entrée plant. Two years earlier, Paul Schiefer, then Amy's president, had said plant operations including packaging were running at 65% of capacity against an optimum of about 85 to 90%, and that canned soups and frozen side dishes hadn't rebounded while entrées were doing well. For anyone who'd follow the work, the record cuts both ways. The Press Democrat’s 2024 report said that year's laid-off staff could choose to transfer to other locations or positions still to be determined, and San Jose's notice in 2022 offered transfer and relocation options, by the Press Democrat’s account. The help Amy's described for the 2026 closing, as the Press Democrat reported it in September, lists separation packages, placement and counseling, with no transfer offer among them.

Santa Rosa also saw the company's labor fights. The Teamsters were trying to organize workers there in 2022 while UNITE HERE worked to unionize San Jose, and a boycott of Amy's products that began that year ran until June 2024. Announcing the closing, Amy's said neither the boycott nor the unionization efforts had raised local costs or influenced the decision, and that it hasn't faced similar worker concerns or organizing efforts at its Oregon and Idaho plants.

The restaurant business was gone entirely by March 2026. Amy's Drive Thru closed Roseville and Thousand Oaks in February 2024 and Corte Madera in August 2025, Nation’s Restaurant News reported, then Rohnert Park and, on March 25, 2026, the airport restaurant at SFO, its last. When the 2024 reorganization was announced, company officials had said the three drive-thrus then open wouldn't be affected by that round, and all three were shut by late March 2026. Schiefer said the company would prioritize its core retail offerings.

For these layoffs, Santa Rosa's city government said it would work with Amy's and local workforce groups, as it did in 2024, when the city, Sonoma County Job Link, the county and the company held an October job fair that drew about 165 people. If you're looking for work from Santa Rosa or Petaluma, a fair like that one is worth watching for. California's claim process is on our California unemployment page, and Idaho's, for anyone at Pocatello, is on our Idaho unemployment page.

A sourced history of Amy's Kitchen layoffs

• September 2026, Santa Rosa plant closing and Pocatello canning cuts

  Amy's said it would close the Santa Rosa plant in phases and move Pocatello's canning to Medford, Oregon, affecting about 207 Santa Rosa jobs and 51 in Pocatello, the Press Democrat reported. It said those affected would receive separation packages and placement help.

• January 2026, Rohnert Park Amy's Drive Thru closing

  Amy's announced Jan. 7 that its first drive-thru would close after its last service March 8, the North Bay Business Journal reported. California’s 2025-26 WARN report lists 55 jobs at the Rohnert Park address in a permanent closure.

• October 2024, reorganization layoffs in Petaluma and Santa Rosa

  Amy's said it would lay off 311 workers, nearly 15% of its workforce, from managers to assembly line staff in Petaluma, Santa Rosa and remote jobs, the Press Democrat reported. California’s 2024-25 WARN report put 283 at its Northpoint Parkway plant.

• July 2022, San Jose plant closing

  Amy's stopped production at its San Jose plant July 18 and told the state the site would close Sept. 16 with all 331 employees affected, the Press Democrat reported. Workers who stayed to help wind it down would be offered a stay bonus.

• February 2009, first layoffs in two decades

  Amy's laid off 30 workers, about 2 percent of its staff, split between Santa Rosa and its Medford, Oregon, plant, as shoppers pared back spending on organic food, the Press Democrat reported.

What to do if you're laid off from Amy's Kitchen

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Amy's Kitchen's biggest hubs: California, Idaho. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Amy's Kitchen's hub states run: California, Idaho, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.