Small businesses out thousands in expected revenue following closures of Foxtrot, Dom's Market

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Three days after Foxtrot and Dom’s Market announced their sudden closures, former employees were scrambling to find jobs. Several rallied on Friday for…

"This has such a huge effect on so many different people ," said local business owner Corey Kaplan of Corey's Bagelson the Dom's Market website, the company"explored many avenues to continue the business but found no viable option despite good faith and exhaustive efforts."“It hurts, I’m not going to lie. It's really going to hurt us," said Corey Kaplan, the owner ofFeeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.

“I went back on Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. to find out if anything was going on," Kaplan said."I went back around 11, and the doors were locked. It was that is verbatim the way it happened. No one knew, the management didn’t know."Dom's was the bagel shop's largest account. Now they're out at least $10,000, which Kaplan said he does anticipate being paid out ever."This has such a huge effect on so many different people," Kaplan told NBC 5.

And although Dom's and Foxtrot are gone, many of the products they sold in their stores are not. Kaplan hopes customers will visit Chicago brick-and-mortar shops that supplied those grocers in the first place. "Where are the people that go there buying Corey’s bagels now? Hopefully they'll come here," he said outside of his Old Town location that's been there for 23 years."Come visit everybody else that you used to get inside that store. Patronize the little guy that helped you get your muffins, your coffee, your cookie, your cakes."Couple grew their basement side hustle into a business bringing in $4.

 

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