Chicago (CBS) — Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen & Market It suddenly went out of business on Tuesday a week ago. However, CBS 2 revealed that the state of Illinois was not notified until the next day.
The Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give workers at least 60 days' notice of mass layoffs.
Nearly 350 Foxtrot and Dom's employees lost their jobs in Illinois, and hundreds more at Foxtrot stores across the country.
Outfox Hospitality, the parent company of both stores, is already facing multiple lawsuits as a result. Federal lawsuit filed last week is seeking class action status against all Dom's and Foxtrot employees and 60 days of severance and benefits for the fired employees.
Six months before the sudden closure, Foxtrot and Dom's had announced a merger under parent company Outfox Hospitality.
The closure affected Dom's Chicago location and all 33 Foxtrot locations in the Chicago, Texas, and Washington, D.C., areas.
Deliveries have been suspended, mobile apps have gone dark and store credit cards have been suspended. All Foxtrot and Dom account credits and member benefits have been disabled starting Tuesday.
Some employees said they learned the store was closing when they arrived for work on Tuesday, April 23. Two young women who worked at Foxtrot at Broadway and Diversey Parkway posted a TikTok video saying they learned the business was closing and they would lose money. Mid-shift work.
Customers were still inside the store at the time, but they were all asked to leave, and the store immediately closed, with a handwritten sign reading “Permanently Closed.”
