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Week of August 24, 2026

Signorello Estate Files Chapter 11, Halts Auction on $36.32M AgCredit Debt

Signorello Estate filed chapter 11 in Northern California, pausing foreclosure over $36.32M in AgCredit debt and proposing an up-to-$20M sale.

Food & agriculture

Week of August 10, 2026

Aug 15

Salad and Go Files Chapter 11, Seeks $105M Sale to Dutch Bros

Salad and Go operator And Go Concepts filed Chapter 11 in Houston, shut its remaining restaurants and seeks approval to sell 51 Arizona and Nevada leases and site assets to Dutch Bros for $105M. Fourteen additional Texas and Oklahoma leases carry a $50 price.

Food & agriculture

Aug 14

S.M.F. Group Files Chapter 11 as Processors Withhold $6M

S.M.F. Group's 22 Fireman Group restaurant debtors filed Chapter 11 in SDNY after Amex, Toast and Stripe withheld nearly $6 million in card receipts; a turnover suit seeks access to the proceeds.

FreefallFood & agriculture

Aug 12

Republic National Distributing Files Chapter 11 After Reyes Sale Tops $1B

Republic National Distributing entered Chapter 11 after Reyes closed an 11-market acquisition for more than $1 billion in net proceeds. A $75 million DIP facility funds remaining sales and an orderly wind-down.

Food & agriculture

Week of July 20, 2026

Jul 20

Unigel: Chapter 15 Recognizes $810M Brazilian Workout, Then a Second Restructuring

Unigel Participacoes S.A. filed chapter 15 in SDNY in Nov 2024 to recognize its $810M Brazilian extrajudicial restructuring. Judge Glenn entered the recognition order Dec 10, 2024. After the deal closed Jan 2025, distress returned; Unigel filed a second Brazilian reorganization in Oct 2025.

PrenegotiatedFood & agriculture

Week of June 29, 2026

Jul 3

Kentucky Owl and Stoli Group USA: $88.5M Liabilities and Trustee-Led Wind-Down

Kentucky Owl and Stoli Group USA entered chapter 11 in November 2024 with $88.5M in liabilities. After a conversion fight with Fifth Third Bank, dual chapter 11 trustees are now liquidating 35,000+ bourbon barrels in a brokered sale through the N.D. Texas.

Food & agriculture

Week of June 8, 2026

Jun 8

Bar Louie: $70M Balance-Sheet Restructuring and Lender Equity Takeover

Bar Louie filed chapter 11 in Delaware on March 26, 2025 — its second in five years — carrying ~$70 million in funded debt. A prepetition sale process failed, and QSR 10 acquired the lender claims and received 100% of reorganized equity when the plan went effective on September 29, 2025.

PrenegotiatedFood & agriculture

Jun 8

The Little Mint: $11M Restructuring Preserves Hwy 55 Chain

The Little Mint, Inc. (Hwy 55 Burgers) filed chapter 11 Dec. 31, 2024 in E.D.N.C. with $11M secured and $5.8M unsecured debt. Plan confirmed Nov. 6, 2025. Owner Kenneth K. Moore retained 100% equity. Post-confirmation claims reconciliation continues through mid-2026.

FreefallFood & agriculture

Week of June 1, 2026

Jun 7

H-Food Holdings: $2B Debt Cut, Emerges as Maker's Pride

H-Food Holdings, parent of Hearthside Food Solutions, filed chapter 11 in Houston Nov. 2024 carrying ~$2.75B in funded debt. A prenegotiated balance-sheet plan eliminated ~$2B in obligations and the company emerged March 31, 2025 as Maker's Pride LLC.

PrenegotiatedFood & agriculture

Jun 6

Vintage Wine Estates: $140M Sale and Liquidating Plan

Meier's Wine Cellars Acquisition, LLC — chapter 11 vehicle for Vintage Wine Estates — filed in Delaware July 2024. A $140M auction sold the wine brands; a lender conversion fight settled through mediation into a liquidating plan effective February 28, 2025.

Food & agriculture

Jun 6

Brewster Heights Wins Sale Process Approval, Secures $50M Financing

Brewster Heights won approval for a sale process and a $50M financing facility as it pursues a sale of its orchard assets.

Food & agriculture

Week of May 18, 2026

May 22

Pinstripes Holdings: From $520M SPAC Debut to Chapter 7 in Under Two Years

Pinstripes public holding company sold its eatertainment assets to lender affiliate SilverStrike through a $15M credit bid, then converted from chapter 11 to chapter 7.

Chapter 7Food & agriculture