Deals
Chicago Food Retailers Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen to Merge
- Foxtrot’s CEO Liz Williams will lead the combined group
- Retailers to keep separate brands, form new holding company
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Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market, two trendy hometown Chicago food retailers, are combining in a all-stock merger.
The brands will fall under a new entity called Outfox Hospitality, with Foxtrot Chief Executive Officer Liz Williams taking the top role at the combined firm. Jay Owen, chairman of Dom’s Kitchen, will become chairman of holding company, while co-founder Don Fitzgerald will serve as president and chief operating officer through a transition period. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.