Bankruptcy

Financing

NYC's Gotham Restaurant files for bankruptcy protection

The Chapter 11 filing indicates the once-acclaimed restaurant's financial problems go deeper than having lost $45,000 to online scammers.

Financing

A Pizza Hut franchisee battling with its franchisor files for bankruptcy

EYM Pizza, which has traded lawsuits with Pizza Hut over the franchisor’s efforts to terminate the stores over unpaid royalties, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas.

No other buyers came forward for the seafood chain, putting the owner of Krystal, Logan's Roadhouse and other chains in line to acquire it for about $375 million.

The two fast-casual brands are seeking a buyer out of bankruptcy, either together or separately. Parent One Table CEO Harald Herrmann says both are moving in the right direction.

The operator of Tender Greens and Tocaya is seeking a buyer, but there are no plans to close any of the 39 restaurants between the two fast-casual brands. It is one of a number of recent restaurant bankruptcies.

The Bottom Line: The fast-casual pizza chain was sold last week to Elite Restaurant Group. But few who’ve seen the finances believe the company can avoid closing large numbers of stores.

The seafood chain and its creditors are aligning behind a debt-for-equity deal that would limit disruptions and expenses.

In a deal that aims to avoid bankruptcy, the Bellevue, Washington-based fast-casual pizza chain has agreed to sell 100% of its equity to a Southern California-based group that has owned brands like Slater's 50/50, Project Pie and Patxi's Pizza.

The Bottom Line: The fast-casual pizza chain's apparent downfall may color the industry's condition more than Red Lobster. But MOD was a victim of its own decisions.

The fast-casual pizza chain, for years one of the country’s fastest-growing concepts, said it is “exploring all options” to improve its capital structure.

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