Grand Union Company (1995)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $4,892 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $2,753 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 17,000
• Sub-industry: 54 Food Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NJ Newark
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Willkie Farr
• Date of filing: January 25, 1995
• Judge at filing: Helen S. Balick
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 95-00084
• 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: May 31, 1995
• Judge at disposition: Peter J. Walsh
• Days from filing to disposition: 126

After the case

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