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Mrs. Yoder’s Kitchen — Richmond’s family-run, fresh doughnut food truck — is shutting down its operations until further notice, according to a statement the company left on Facebook.
Current owners Lucas Miller and brother-in-law Samuel Amaya are in the process of acquiring a new operator as the two devote themselves to another cause.
Mrs. Yoder’s Kitchen has been a staple in the community since 2011 as the Mennonite family started to pop up with handmade confections at local farmers markets.
The family ran the business for nearly 10 years until Miller and Amaya took the reins between 2016 and 2017 after the family moved to Pennsylvania to take care of an ailing family member.
Under their leadership, their desserts claimed the state’s top doughnut award in 2021 by Food and Wine magazine.
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The two inherited the food truck after returning from a mission trip in Nicaragua, the owners wrote on Facebook. Now, Miller and Amaya have decided to go on another mission trip.
Miller and his family plan to be the administrators for a pastors discipleship center in the outskirts of the capital, Managua, and are leaving in June. Amaya and his family plan to be the administrators of a clinic in the northern part of Nicaragua and are leaving this year.
As their plans move forward, they decided it was best to find someone else to take over the Yoder family’s namesake business. Their search for a new owner and operator began in October and has been a lengthy process, the company’s statement read.
As the process continues, Miller and Amaya have decided to halt all operations and are asking their loyal patrons for patience.
Updates will be posted in the near future.
PHOTOS: Mrs. Yoder’s Kitchen through the years
The Yoder family trailer parked at the Westbury Shopping Center at the intersection of Three Chopt and Eastridge roads in Henrico County, VA Monday, July 7, 2014. The Yoder family members are a fixture at the weekly farmer’s market on Saturday in Forest Hill Park in Richmond, but have started doing different locations including Westbury and the Great Big Greenhouse during the week. This is their 4th year selling donuts.
Judy Yoder dipped sourdough doughnuts in a glaze at the South of the James Farmers Market in August 2014.
Marcia Yoder, 16, left, hangs a freshly-glazed (notice hot glaze dripping from donut) sourdough donut to cool as her sister, Kimberly Yoder, 13, right, deals with a customer inside their trailer parked at the Westbury Shopping Center at the intersection of Three Chopt and Eastridge roads in Henrico County, VA Monday, July 7, 2014. The Yoder family members are a fixture at the weekly farmer’s market on Saturday in Forest Hill Park in Richmond, but have started doing different locations including Westbury and the Great Big Greenhouse during the week. This is their 4th year selling donuts.
Jay Yoder fries sourdough donuts at the South of the James Farmers Market Saturday, August 30, 2014.
(L-R) Sixteen-year-old daughter Marcia Yoder sells the sourdough donuts at the South of the James Farmers Market Saturday, August 30, 2014. Her mother Judy Yoder dips them in a glaze as her father Jay Yoder fries donuts and her 10-year-old sister Amanda Yoder works with the dough.
A list of items for sale by the Yoder family sits outside their trailer parked at the Westbury Shopping Center at the intersection of Three Chopt and Eastridge roads in Henrico County, VA Monday, July 7, 2014. The Yoder family members are a fixture at the weekly farmer’s market on Saturday in Forest Hill Park in Richmond, but have started doing different locations including Westbury and the Great Big Greenhouse during the week. This is their 4th year selling donuts.
Jay Yoder fries donuts as his wife Judy Yoder dips them in a glaze and their 16-year-old daughter Marcia Yoder sells the sourdough donuts at the South of the James Farmers Market Saturday, August 30, 2014.