Chicken noodle soup with parsley and vegetables in a white plate, gray background.

Amy’s Kitchen Pauses Construction of Goshen, New York, Processing Plant

Nov. 25, 2024

Work on the very slow-moving capital project will stop for the time being, five years after groundbreaking, and with the future of the facility up in the air for now.

Andy Hanacek

Organic foods processor Amy’s Kitchen reportedly has paused construction of its processing and packaging facility in Goshen, N.Y., a project that broke ground about five years ago and has been in the works since 2013, according to one local news report.

“A number of factors” from Covid-19 to inflation, as well as the changes in demand for frozen meals and canned soups, were cited by the company to the news outlet as the reasoning behind the halt of work at the site.

“We currently do not have need for additional manufacturing capacity,” the company spokesperson told the news outlet. “We have made the tough decision to pause our project, and we are still considering our options and timelines. No decision has been made about the project’s future direction.”

As mentioned, the company broke ground in 2019, but this project has been in the works for more than a decade, as more than $33 million has been spent at the site on infrastructure since 2013, an official told the news outlet.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.