--- description: Two years after Sbarro LLC clawed its way out of bankruptcy, the ailing pizza chain is serving up a fresh slice of Chapter 11 filings title: Sbarro Prepares Bankruptcy Filings, Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e369a805cbcfeaf/6986842a169ab064732781c6/111515138.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sbarro Prepares a Fresh Slice of Bankruptcy Filings  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 7:20 AM CUT  Customers order lunch at a Sbarro restaurant on April 4, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Customers order lunch at a Sbarro restaurant on April 4, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson / Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 7:20 AM CUT Roughly two years after Sbarro LLC managed to claw its way out of bankruptcy, the ailing pizza chain is [reportedly](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303824204579421870260213220?mg=reno64-wsj "undefined") serving up a fresh slice of Chapter 11 filings. The _Wall Street_ _Journal_ [reports](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303824204579421870260213220?mg=reno64-wsj "undefined") that Sbarro is gathering votes on a restructuring plan that could have the company filing for Chapter 11 protections as early as Sunday. Sales at its restaurants took a hit after the 2008 recession, as foot traffic in its favored habitat, the mall food court, dropped off precipitously. Sbarro managed to shake off some debts through tweaked recipes, fresher ingredients and closures at hundreds of struggling locations, but the _Journal_ [reports](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303824204579421870260213220?mg=reno64-wsj "undefined") that the streamlined firm is still roughly $140 million in the red, a burden that’s just waiting to be sliced, again. \[[_WSJ_](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303824204579421870260213220?mg=reno64-wsj "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13596/sbarro-prepares-a-fresh-slice-of-bankruptcy-filings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13596/sbarro-prepares-a-fresh-slice-of-bankruptcy-filings/"},"headline":"Sbarro Prepares a Fresh Slice of Bankruptcy Filings","datePublished":"2014-03-06T07:20:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:36:30.089Z","description":"Sprinkle 400 pizza joints across a generous helping of malls, mix in a recession, and you have a recipe for Chapter 11","url":"https://time.com/13596/sbarro-prepares-a-fresh-slice-of-bankruptcy-filings/","keywords":["Recession","restaurants","Bankruptcy","Pizza","malls"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e369a805cbcfeaf/6986842a169ab064732781c6/111515138.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e369a805cbcfeaf/6986842a169ab064732781c6/111515138.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sbarro Restaurant Chain Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection","caption":"Sbarro Restaurant Chain Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection","creditText":"Scott Olson / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13596/sbarro-prepares-a-fresh-slice-of-bankruptcy-filings/","name":"Sbarro Prepares a Fresh Slice of Bankruptcy Filings"}}]}] ```