Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Moderate confidence (75%)
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:05 AM
What is happening
Derived by rule set status-rules-2026.09.7
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
Latest material event: bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 2043) (Mar 17, 2025)
Bankruptcy information
Court records associated with this company's legal entities.
- Court
- D. Delaware
- District
- Delaware
- Chapter
- Other
- Case status
- UNKNOWN
- Filed
- Oct 5, 2011
- Judge
- Craig T. Goldblatt
- Trustee
- —
- Reported assets
- —
- Reported liabilities
- —
Affiliated debtors
8 affiliated entities filed with Friendly Ice Cream Corporation and are administered under the same case. Each filed its own petition.
Timeline
Every material event, newest first. History is never overwritten.
bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 2043)
Mar 17, 2025
Bankruptcy case closed
Order and Final Decree (I) Closing the Remaining Chapter 11 Case; (II) Approving Distributions on Account of General Unsecured Claims; (III) Approving Abandonment of Remaining Assets; (IV) Discharging the Trustee; and (V) Granting Related Relief
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 11-13167, entry 2043 — “Final Decree”
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation filed for bankruptcy
Oct 5, 2011
Bankruptcy filed
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation filed for bankruptcy in D. Delaware as case 11-13167 on Oct 05 2011.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 11-13167 — “Friendly Ice Cream Corporation — case 11-13167 — Delaware — before Craig T. Goldblatt — filed Oct 05 2011 — 9 affiliated debtors”
Company information
- Founded
- —
- Employees (estimate)
- —
- Industry
- Retail
- Subindustry
- —
- Website
- friendlys.comSource verification pending
- —
- Headquarters
- —
- Also known as
- —
- Legal entities
- Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Sources
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Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Final Decree
Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation — case 11-13167 — Delaware — before Craig T. Goldblatt — filed Oct 05 2011 — 9 affiliated debtors
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Status history
Every derived status, with the rule that produced it.
- BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDED → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 18, 2026, 01:31 AM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDED → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 18, 2026, 01:12 AM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDED → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 15, 2026, 12:22 PM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 11, 2026, 03:24 PM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 11, 2026, 12:02 AM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- UNKNOWN → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 9, 2026, 09:31 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.