<p>公司品牌包括 Fatburger、Johnny Rockets 和 Round Table Pizza</p>
<p>前首席执行官因未披露贷款被起诉，去年指控被撤销</p>
<p>餐厅在破产期间继续营业</p>
<p>作者：Dietrich Knauth</p>
<p>1 月 27 日 - FAT Brands，餐饮连锁品牌如 Fatburger、Johnny Rockets 和 Round Table Pizza 的母公司，周一晚在休斯顿申请破产保护，此前其业务因前首席执行官被起诉和 14 亿美元债务的成本上升而受到影响。</p>
<p>该公司及其特许经营商经营着超过 2200 家餐厅，FAT Brands 的首席执行官 Andy Wiederhorn 在一份声明中表示，这些餐厅在 FAT Brands 破产期间将继续营业。</p>
<p>FAT Brands 在破产时手头仅有 210 万美元现金，并于周二获得美国破产法官的许可，使用部分现金以确保 40 万美元的近期支票在员工兑现时不会跳票。FAT Brands 在法庭文件中表示，其业务受到餐饮行业普遍逆风的影响，如持续的通货膨胀和顾客对休闲餐饮的需求下降。但公司的高债务意味着自 2022 年以来还支付了 7200 万美元的利息罚款和摊销费用，自 2021 年以来支付了 8500 万美元的法律费用。美国司法部在 2024 年起诉 FAT Brands 及其前首席执行官 Andrew Wiederhorn 等人，指控 Wiederhorn 从公司获得 4700 万美元的未披露贷款，并逃避应支付给政府的税款。司法部后来决定撤销这些指控，理由是共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普的新政策优先考虑移民执法，并缩减对白领犯罪的调查，该案件于 2025 年 8 月被驳回。</p>
<p>美国证券交易委员会在公司被起诉时提起了民事诉讼，目前已原则上达成和解协议，尽管尚未最终确定，根据 FAT Brands 的法庭文件。</p>
<p>FAT Brands 直接经营约 150 家餐厅，另外 1900 多家餐厅在特许经营协议下运营。它在美国拥有 7500 名直接员工，其特许经营合作伙伴在全球约有 45000 名员工。</p>
<p>FAT Brands 拥有 18 个餐饮品牌：Round Table Pizza、Fatburger、Marble Slab Creamery、Johnny Rockets、Fazoli’s、Twin Peaks、Great American Cookies、Smokey Bones、Hot Dog on a Stick、Buffalo’s Cafe &amp; Express、Hurricane Grill &amp; Wings、Pretzelmaker、Elevation Burger、Native Grill &amp; Wings、Yalla Mediterranean，以及 Ponderosa 和 Bonanza Steakhouses。</p>
<p>案件编号为 In re FAT Brands Inc.，美国德克萨斯州南区破产法院，案号 26-90126</p>
<p>FAT Brands 的法律顾问：Latham &amp; Watkins LLP 的 Ray Schrock 和 Natasha Hwangpo；Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 的 Tad Davidson 和 Ashley Harper；以及其他人。更多信息：FBI 被要求优先考虑移民问题，司法部缩减白领案件的调查。</p>

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<p>FAT Brands，拥有 Fatburger 和 Johnny Rockets 等餐饮连锁品牌，因高额债务和法律问题在休斯顿申请破产，包括其前首席执行官被起诉。该公司负债 14 亿美元，现金仅有 210 万美元。尽管破产，仍有超过 2200 家餐厅将继续营业。该公司面临通货膨胀和休闲餐饮需求下降的挑战，自 2021 年以来已产生 7200 万美元的利息罚款和 8500 万美元的法律费用。美国证券交易委员会正在谈判解决与起诉相关的民事诉讼</p>

<p>Company brands include Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, Round Table Pizza</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>公司品牌包括 Fatburger、Johnny Rockets 和 Round Table Pizza</p>
</div><p>Ex-CEO indicted for undisclosed loans, charges dropped last year</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>前首席执行官因未披露贷款被起诉，去年指控被撤销</p>
</div><p>Restaurants remain open during bankruptcy</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>餐厅在破产期间继续营业</p>
</div><p>By Dietrich Knauth</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>作者：Dietrich Knauth</p>
</div><p>Jan 27 - FAT Brands, the parent company of restaurant chains such as Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, and Round Table Pizza, filed for bankruptcy protection in Houston late Monday after its business took a hit from the indictment of its former CEO and rising costs on its $1.4 billion in debt.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>1 月 27 日 - FAT Brands，餐饮连锁品牌如 Fatburger、Johnny Rockets 和 Round Table Pizza 的母公司，周一晚在休斯顿申请破产保护，此前其业务因前首席执行官被起诉和 14 亿美元债务的成本上升而受到影响。</p>
</div><p>The company and its franchisees operate over 2,200 restaurants, and those restaurants will remain open for business during FAT Brands’ bankruptcy, the company’s CEO Andy Wiederhorn said in a statement.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该公司及其特许经营商经营着超过 2200 家餐厅，FAT Brands 的首席执行官 Andy Wiederhorn 在一份声明中表示，这些餐厅在 FAT Brands 破产期间将继续营业。</p>
</div><p>FAT Brands entered bankruptcy with just $2.1 million in cash on hand, and it received permission from a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to use some of that cash to ensure that $400,000 in recently issued checks would not bounce when employees went to cash them. FAT Brands in court filings said its business has suffered from common headwinds in the restaurant industry, like persistent inflation and lower customer demand for casual dining restaurants. But the company’s high debt meant that it also spent $72 million in interest penalties and amortization payments since 2022, and it has paid $85 million in legal fees since 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice indicted FAT Brands, its former CEO Andrew Wiederhorn, and others in 2024, accusing Wiederhorn of taking $47 million in undisclosed loans from the company and avoiding tax payments owed to the government. The DOJ later moved to drop those charges, citing Republican President Donald Trump’s new policy of prioritizing immigration enforcement and scaling back investigations of white-collar crime, and the case was dismissed in August 2025.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>FAT Brands 在破产时手头仅有 210 万美元现金，并于周二获得美国破产法官的许可，使用部分现金以确保 40 万美元的近期支票在员工兑现时不会跳票。FAT Brands 在法庭文件中表示，其业务受到餐饮行业普遍逆风的影响，如持续的通货膨胀和顾客对休闲餐饮的需求下降。但公司的高债务意味着自 2022 年以来还支付了 7200 万美元的利息罚款和摊销费用，自 2021 年以来支付了 8500 万美元的法律费用。美国司法部在 2024 年起诉 FAT Brands 及其前首席执行官 Andrew Wiederhorn 等人，指控 Wiederhorn 从公司获得 4700 万美元的未披露贷款，并逃避应支付给政府的税款。司法部后来决定撤销这些指控，理由是共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普的新政策优先考虑移民执法，并缩减对白领犯罪的调查，该案件于 2025 年 8 月被驳回。</p>
</div><p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which filed a civil suit when the company was indicted, has an agreement in principle to settle that litigation, although it is not yet final, according to FAT Brands’ court filings.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>美国证券交易委员会在公司被起诉时提起了民事诉讼，目前已原则上达成和解协议，尽管尚未最终确定，根据 FAT Brands 的法庭文件。</p>
</div><p>FAT Brands directly operates about 150 of its restaurants, with over 1,900 other restaurants operated under franchise agreements. It has 7,500 direct employees in the U.S., and its franchise partners have approximately 45,000 employees worldwide.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>FAT Brands 直接经营约 150 家餐厅，另外 1900 多家餐厅在特许经营协议下运营。它在美国拥有 7500 名直接员工，其特许经营合作伙伴在全球约有 45000 名员工。</p>
</div><p>FAT Brands owns 18 restaurant brands: Round Table Pizza, Fatburger, Marble Slab Creamery, Johnny Rockets, Fazoli’s, Twin Peaks, Great American Cookies, Smokey Bones, Hot Dog on a Stick, Buffalo’s Cafe &amp; Express, Hurricane Grill &amp; Wings, Pretzelmaker, Elevation Burger, Native Grill &amp; Wings, Yalla Mediterranean, and Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>FAT Brands 拥有 18 个餐饮品牌：Round Table Pizza、Fatburger、Marble Slab Creamery、Johnny Rockets、Fazoli’s、Twin Peaks、Great American Cookies、Smokey Bones、Hot Dog on a Stick、Buffalo’s Cafe &amp; Express、Hurricane Grill &amp; Wings、Pretzelmaker、Elevation Burger、Native Grill &amp; Wings、Yalla Mediterranean，以及 Ponderosa 和 Bonanza Steakhouses。</p>
</div><p>The case is In re FAT Brands Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, No. 26-90126</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>案件编号为 In re FAT Brands Inc.，美国德克萨斯州南区破产法院，案号 26-90126</p>
</div><p>For FAT Brands: Ray Schrock and Natasha Hwangpo of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP; Tad Davidson and Ashley Harper of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP; among others. Read more: FBI ordered to prioritize immigration, as DOJ scales back white collar cases</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>FAT Brands 的法律顾问：Latham &amp; Watkins LLP 的 Ray Schrock 和 Natasha Hwangpo；Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 的 Tad Davidson 和 Ashley Harper；以及其他人。更多信息：FBI 被要求优先考虑移民问题，司法部缩减白领案件的调查。</p>
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