Drug Emporium, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,524 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $446 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 5,500
• Sub-industry: 59 Miscellaneous Retail
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Columbus
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Squire Sanders
• Date of filing: March 26, 2001
• Judge at filing: data not available
• Court district of filing: OH ND
• Court city of filing: Youngstown
• Case number: 01-41066
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: September 4, 2001
• Judge at disposition: William T. Bodoh
• Days from filing to disposition: 162

After the case

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