After a four-year battle with its biggest lender, Dippin’ Dots Inc. declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Paducah, Ky., to prevent foreclosure.
The maker of the quirky and colorful ice cream beads, which are flash frozen using liquid nitrogen Trae Waynes Vikings Jersey , owes $12 million, the majority of it to some unit of Regions Financial Corp., which gone to live in confiscate the loan this week.
The 170-worker company, which calls its frozen treat “ice cream of the future,” fell into technical default 4 years ago in the peak from the financial crisis Laquon Treadwell Vikings Jersey , when customers were no more willing to spend the few dollars it cost for a cup.
It’s about 140 Dippin’ Dots retail locations, that are mostly controlled by franchisees, and agreements with 9,952 small vendors who sell the ice cream at fairs, festivals and sports games. It’s not bought from supermarkets because of its extreme cooling requirements.
Its sales woes came in the tail end of an expensive legal battle-one that the company ultimately lost-over whether founder Curt Jones properly filed the patents that protected its special freezing process.
“All of that hit us simultaneously Ben Gedeon Vikings Jersey ,” said Steve Heisner, the company’s director of administration, customer support and knowledge systems.
dippin dots nutrition, Mr. Heisner said that Dippin’ Dots offered Regions several proposals to pay for some of their loan, however the bank rejected the offers before posting a foreclosure notice on Tuesday. A representative for Regions Bank declined to comment.
The organization said its assets are valued at $20.2 million. It owns a 120 Jaleel Johnson Vikings Jersey ,000-square-foot plant in Kentucky that may produce more than 25,000 gallons of frozen dots each day.
Mr. Heisner said the company doesn’t be prepared to sell its operations, that are still mostly of Mr. Jones, a microbiologist who started the organization in 1988. The company continues to be hailed being an achievement in entrepreneurship by celebrities such as Oprah.
The company said it sales are slowly recovering. As of Thursday, it reported having $27.7 million in revenue Pat Elflein Vikings Jersey , above last year’s $26.7 million.
Company executives sought court permission to spend a few of the cash collateral that secures the Regions Financial loan to enable it to continue operations. The court set a Nov. 17 hearing on its request.
“Without utilisation of the cash collateral…[the company] will not be able to pay for its vendors, and its vendors will probably cease to provide goods and services towards the debtor on credit,” the company’s attorneys explained in the court documents.
Based on the company’s proposed price range, it’ll need a minimum of $23,000 to cover liquid nitrogen alone with the end of the season. The liquid nitrogen is used to help keep the ice cream dots below the required temperature of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.dippin dots nutrition
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