Vlasic Foods International, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,528 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $987 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,455
• Sub-industry: 20 Food and Kindred Products
• Place of incorporation: NJ
• Court for city of headquarters: NJ Camden
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Skadden Arps
• Date of filing: January 29, 2001
• Judge at filing: Mary F. Walrath
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 01-00285
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: November 16, 2001
• Judge at disposition: Mary F. Walrath
• Days from filing to disposition: 291

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile