Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. layoff notices at a glance
Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. has filed 5 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Mar 23, 2020 and Feb 18, 2025, naming 1,208 workers. 1 was a closure and 4 were layoffs; 2 permanent, 3 temporary. The largest single notice named 538 workers in San Diego County on Oct 12, 2023. Its latest notice, 116 workers in Alameda County dated Feb 18, 2025, was 2.5% of the 4,719 workers named in all 106 Alameda County notices of fiscal year 2024-2025. 1 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between the notice date and the effective date (see how to read this). 3 notices carry a notice date later than the effective date it announces, which usually means the letter reached the EDD after the separations had begun. 2 fall in the March to June 2020 window when the Governor's COVID order suspended the 60-day requirement.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 12, 2025 | Alameda | Hayward | 116 | Layoff, permanent | 53 under 60 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | San Diego | San Diego | 538 | Layoff, temporary | 64 |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Feb 22, 2023 | Alameda | Hayward | 48 | Layoff, permanent | 8 days after effective date |
| Apr 27, 2020 | Apr 24, 2020 | San Diego | San Diego | 342 | Closure, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
| Mar 23, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Alameda | Hayward | 164 | Layoff, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
Sites named on the notices
- 2395 American Ave Hayward CA 94545 (Feb 18, 2025, 116 workers)
- 8411 Siempre Viva Rd. San Diego CA 92154 (Oct 12, 2023, 538 workers)
- 2188 Alpine Way Hayward CA 94545 (Mar 2, 2023, 48 workers)
Also filed as: Ajinomoto Foods North America.
Where the notices landed
- San Diego County2 notices, 880 workers
- Alameda County3 notices, 328 workers
- San Diego2 notices, 880 workers
- Hayward3 notices, 328 workers
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, Hayward employment lawyer, San Diego County employment law guide, Alameda County employment law guide.
How to read this record
Notice date is the date on the employer's letter. Effective is the first day of separations it announced. Days notice is the gap between them; California Labor Code 1401 calls for 60 days from a covered employer, and section 1402 makes a short notice worth a day of pay and benefits for every day it is short, up to 60.
For Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. the shortest gap shown is 53 days. That is a reason to check whether an exception in 1401(c) or 1402.5 applied, whether the workers received the letter earlier than the EDD did, and whether anyone was let go before the effective date. It is not, by itself, a finding against the employer.
3 notices are dated after the effective date on the same filing. Notice given after the layoff has started is the clearest case the statute addresses: section 1402 counts every day between the separation and the notice as a day owed, up to 60.
3 notices are marked temporary. A temporary layoff that runs past six months is treated as a termination under the federal Act, and the employer should issue a new notice before that point.
Full statute walk-through: the California 60-day rule, section by section.
If you work, or worked, at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
Keep the notice, every email about the selection, and your final pay stub. A free review covers four things in one call: whether the notice period was honored and paid, whether final pay and vacation payout arrived on time, whether the selection pattern raises an age, pregnancy or leave, or retaliation question, and what a proposed severance release is actually worth before you sign it. Call (800) 371-3088 or send the notice.
Source: California EDD WARN reports, fiscal years 2019-2020 to 2024-2025. Record last checked against the EDD on Oct 30, 2026. Back to the layoff tracker.
About this data: Notices come from the California Employment Development Department WARN reports (fiscal years 2014-2015 to today) and are reloaded from the EDD every Tuesday and Thursday. Employer names appear as the employer wrote them on the notice, grouped where the names clearly refer to the same company. A notice is not a finding that any law was broken. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.