Court Confirms W.S. Lee & Sons Reorganization Plan; Broadliner to Become Lee Food Service



The order, signed 13 months after the company filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, signals the start of a 10-day period, during which company management will finalize details in order to emerge from Chapter 11 as a new company named Lee Food Service, Inc.

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