The new management team behind the Original Soupman Inc. is in the midst of cooking up a rebirth of the company after recently emerging from bankruptcy protection, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. The soup purveyor, which licenses the recipes, likeness and name of Al Yeganeh, the man who inspired the “Soup Nazi” character on the television show “Seinfeld,” has had a tumultuous year. The company, now based in Eatontown, N.J., but previously of Staten Island, N.Y., sought bankruptcy protection in mid-June as it saw its cash flow dry up and one of its former executives indicted on tax-evasion charges. From the outset of the bankruptcy filing, the company’s attorneys said there was only one outcome in mind, to find a new owner. However, the new owner came as a surprise: an investor that was in the midst of a dispute with Soupman before and during the bankruptcy process.
