Amy's Kitchen, Inc.
A pioneer of the organic foods movement, Amy's started over 30 years ago with a simple mission to make good food for everyone at the table. Andy and Rachel Berliner started the company in their California farmhouse kitchen in 1987, and they named it after their newborn daughter, Amy. Their first product was a vegetable pot pie with a flaky, homestyle crust. Today, we are still family-owned, but we now make more than 250 products, and we sell our homestyle foods in over 11 different countries. Amy's employs over 2,600 people with headquarters in Petaluma, California and manufacturing facilities in Santa Rosa, CA; Medford, OR; and Pocatello, ID.www.amys.com
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Sep 18, 2026
Farida Jabala RomeroCORRESPONDENT
News.
Farida Jabala RomeroCORRESPONDENT
The organic meal producer Amy's Kitchen plans to close its Santa Rosa manufacturing plant.
Farida Jabala RomeroCORRESPONDENT
The company announced yesterday it will gradually shift production out of Sonoma County to plants in Oregon and Idaho.
Farida Jabala RomeroCORRESPONDENT
The press Democrat reports the move will affect 260 jobs.
Larry BeilHOST
Investigators say they received numerous reports from the community and they started looking into this business back in March.
Larry BeilHOST
In the North Bay, Amy's Kitchen is closing its plant in Santa Rosa.
Larry BeilHOST
This is going to happen over several months.
Larry BeilHOST
It will affect more than 200 jobs.
Doug LisleGUEST
And so it's gotten easier.
Doug LisleGUEST
You know, Amy's Kitchen ca- comes along, and now it's got imitators.
Doug LisleGUEST
And so now there's, you know, essentially convenient, microwavable, pretty healthy food.
Doug LisleGUEST
And so And I go into restaurants now and there's like, oh, vegan, couple of vegan options.
Rajat BhageriaGUEST
And my belief, as well as literally everyone else's belief, was that that's already automated.
Rajat BhageriaGUEST
But then we visited a couple local plants, Sun Basket in South Bay, as well as Amy's Kitchen in North Bay in Santa Rosa.
Rajat BhageriaGUEST
And it was just like a room of like 200 people scooping food on assembly lines.
Rajat BhageriaGUEST
And I'm like, holy crap, if robots can't do this, it's like perfect, right? And that's when we kind of decided, hey, look, Our vision is still robots everywhere.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
Funded with a loan against her car, $2,000 her mother lent them, and a $10,000 bank loan.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
That company is Amy's Kitchen.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
It's in 57,000 stores today.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
And in nearly 40 years, they have never taken a dollar of outside investment and never once have they tried to sell it.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
And that decision made almost 40 years ago is exactly why the company still belongs to her family today.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
This is the episode that closes out the theme of Behind the Curtain this month.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
Rachel Berliner, co-founder of Amy's Kitchen.
Lindsay PinchukHOST
Welcome to Dear Founder.
Eric LindquistHOST
So Tex, we can say that nicer than that.
Eric LindquistHOST
Amy S is a saint and must be treated as such.
Eric LindquistHOST
Amy S, except for when she, you know, vouches for Nikki Lopez.
Eric LindquistHOST
That's a fucking terrible idea.
Eric LindquistHOST
But anyway, we're going to do tears.