Small businesses out thousands in lost revenue following abrupt closures of Foxtrot, Doms Market NBC Chicago [Video]

Three days after Foxtrot and Dom’s Market announced their sudden closures, former employees are scrambling to find jobs.

Several rallied Friday for workers’ rights, believing the parent company, Outfox Hospitality, might have violated the WARN Act. Outfox Hospitality could not be reached for comment Friday, but according to a message on Dom’s Market website the company “explored many avenues to continue the business but found no viable option despite good faith and exhaustive efforts.”

The fallout caused a domino of damage to other small and locally owned businesses in Chicago.

“It hurts, I’m not going to lie it’s really going to hurt us,” said Corey Kaplan, the owner of Corey’s Bagels. “We sold them bagels, we sold them cream cheese, our bagel chips, it was a great relationship.”

Kaplan supplied Dom’s Market daily. He first noticed something was awry Sunday when they didn’t receive a purchase order from Dom’s.

“I went back on …