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Amy's Kitchen Inc.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$200.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Health Food Mfr

President & CEO & Co-Owner
Andy Berliner
Number of Employees 900
Contact Information

2330 Northpoint Pkwy

Santa Rosa, California 95407

www.amys.com

(707) 578-7270

NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing: 311999

News & Analysis

amy's kitchen inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Amy's Kitchen.(Brief Article)

    - 2001-05-01

    Amy's Kitchen didn't set out to be the nation's leading natural frozen food brand. What motivated company co-founders Andy and Rachel Berliner was making the kinds of tasty, natural and organic vegetarian meals they like to eat and sharing them with other busy families like theirs....

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  • Amy's Aims to Pop Up All Over.(Amy's Kitchen Inc.)(Brief Article)

    - 2001-02-01

    Amy's Kitchen showed natural foods shoppers a pair of product lines they've never found on store shelves before. Now, the goal is to introduce those items to more Americans than ever before. Amy's, based in Santa Rosa, Calif., specializes in natural and...

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  • A Natural ADDITION.(Amy's Kitchen Inc.)

    - 2001-02-01

    With new natural and organic standards issued, companies like Amy's Kitchen say the time is right for grocers to cash in on the natural food boom. With scores of Amy's SKUs in frozen natural entrees, pizzas and convenience foods already dominating this...

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  • Amy's Kitchen Inc.(Brief Article)

    - 2000-07-01

    Amy's Kitchen Inc., Santa Rosa Calif., organic offerings: Amy's All American Veggie Burger(onions, mushrooms, celery, carrots, bell peppers, non-GMO soy, gluten flour, bulgur wheat, oats, walnuts)--four (2.5 oz. patties); 1O-oz package weight, SRP $3.99. Also, 2-serving Skillet Meals: Amy's Pasta & Vegetables Alfredo (pasta, mushrooms,...

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  • Amy's Kitchen Inc.

    - 2000-01-01

    Amy's Kitchen Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif., has three new items--Veggie Combo Pizza (mushrooms, olives, artichoke hearts, onions and golden peppers), Mushroom & Olive Pizza and Thai Stir-Fry (blend of organic vegetables, jasmine rice and tofu in coconut milk-based sauce, with no cholesterol, gluten or dairy). Veggie...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Andy Berliner President & CEO & Co-Owner
Rachel Berliner Co-Owner
Errol Sober Manager, Business Development & Natl Sales
Tom Mello Manager of Organic Agriculture
Susan Shimm Customer Relations Representative

Organization Position Status
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. President & CEO & Co-Owner Current
Sonoma Academy Board of Directors Current
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. Co-Founder Former
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. Proprietor Former
Purdue University Former

Organization Position Status
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. Co-Owner Current

Organization Position Status
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. Manager, Business Development & Natl Sales Current

Tom Mello, Amy's Manager of Organic Agriculture, is responsible for working with growers and processors to ensure adequate quantities and superb quality of all the agriculture products that are needed to make Amy s foods. Spring and fall are Tom s busiest times of the year, when he is on the road as much as 80% of the time visiting farms that grow vegetables such as onions, broccoli, corn, carrots, peas and more. By traveling to organic farms, he is able to do field inspections and quality assurance in processing facilities. Tom makes sure that every organic agriculture product sold to Amy s is grown and processed in accordance with new federal organic foods regulations. The majority of Tom s travels are in California (70%), while the rest of the time he visits farms in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and even Mexico. Before working at Amy's, Tom worked as a produce manager at a natural foods retailer in Sonoma County. Rachel and her mother were regular customers of the store. They would often ask Tom what organic produce they should buy. They also asked him what was selling in the frozen food section. Tom's tips and ideas paid off because eventually Rachel and Andy offered Tom a job at Amy's Kitchen. Including the last eight years at Amy's, Tom has been in the natural foods industry for 31 years. Since coming to Amy's in 1996, Tom has seen Amy's grow rapidly. Tom started in the purchasing department as a Field Representative. Because Amy's was growing so quickly and the demand for agriculture items became so great, a new department was created for Tom - the Agriculture Department. Tom has recently seen the Agriculture Department expand to include a new Field Representative, who will share the time in the field with him. Tom says the best thing about working for Amy's is that he gets to work with so many great people, especially Rachel and Andy, whom he greatly admires. He also is proud to work for a company that is committed to quality as well as organic and sustainable agriculture. Tom's favorite Amy's foods include Amy's Country Dinner, Amy's Country Cheddar Skillet Meals and Amy's Spinach Feta Pocket.

Organization Position Status
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. Manager of Organic Agriculture Current

Susan Shimm works as a Customer Relations Representative for Amy's. She is responsible for answering phone calls, letters and emails from Amy's customers in the United States and Canada. Every person who calls, writes or emails gets a personal response from Susan or another member of the Customer Relations team. In addition, Amy's mom, Rachel and her mother Eleanor read every letter and email that comes in. Susan may have a lot of work now, but Amy's Customer Relations Department wasn't always this big or this busy.

Organization Position Status
Amy's Kitchen, Inc. Customer Relations Representative Current