Ice cream maker Rebel Creamery files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $23.8M in packaging battle
Ice cream maker Rebel Creamery has filed for bankruptcy after losing a packaging battle with rival Van Leeuwen — and being ordered to shell out $23.8 million. The Utah-based Rebel, which sells its low-carb Rebel Ice Cream at major retailers including Walmart, Target and Kroger, filed for Chapter 11 protection Friday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, The Street reported.
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Ice cream maker Rebel Creamery has filed for bankruptcy after losing a packaging battle with rival Van Leeuwen — and being ordered to shell out $23.8 million. The Utah-based Rebel, which sells its low-carb Rebel Ice Cream at major retailers including Walmart, Target and Kroger, filed for Chapter 11 protection Friday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, The Street reported. The company listed between $10 million and $50 million in assets and the same amount in debts, according to its bankruptcy filing. The move comes less than a month after Rebel was ordered to turn over $23.785 million in profits to Van Leeuwen, after US District Judge Eric Komitee found that the business intentionally copied the New York ice cream company‘s packaging.
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- Ice cream maker Rebel Creamery has filed for bankruptcy after losing a packaging battle with rival Van Leeuwen — and being ordered to shell out $23.8 million. The Utah-based Rebel, which sells its low-carb Rebel Ice Cream at major retailers including Walmart, Target and Kroger, filed for Chapter 11 protection Friday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, The Street reported.
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Ice cream maker Rebel Creamery files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $23.8M in packaging battle
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