Grand Union Company (1998)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,597 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,416 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 15,000
• Sub-industry: 54 Food Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NJ Newark
• In business at filing? yes

Chapter 11 case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: 6/24/1998
• Court district of filing: NJ
• Court city of filing: Newark
• Case number: 98-27912
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? no
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prepackaged


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: 8/5/1998
• Judge at disposition: Novalyn L. Winfield
• Days from filing to disposition: 42

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled