Foxtrot

Foxtrot

Online convenience store with home delivery

Overview

Foxtrot is a digital-first convenience store that serves customers with online shopping and home delivery of a wide range of products, from groceries to chef-prepared meals and beverages. Customers use Foxtrot’s online platform or mobile app to browse and buy items any time, with delivery bringing purchases directly to their door. The service centers on quality, convenience, and curated assortments including handpicked wines, pizzas, salads, and snacks. Unlike typical convenience stores, Foxtrot emphasizes sustainability and supports local and women-owned businesses, offering products from these sources as part of its catalog. The company’s goal is to provide a convenient, high-quality shopping experience that makes everyday essentials and specialty items easily accessible while promoting local suppliers and sustainable practices.

About Foxtrot

Simplify's Rating
Why Foxtrot is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Food & Agriculture

Consumer Software

Consumer Goods

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$196.8M

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2013

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Foxtrot reopened nine Chicago stores and two Dallas stores by 2026.
  • Further Point and Mike LaVitola restarted the brand with familiar operators.
  • Planned Lake View and Lincoln Park openings show landlord confidence and expansion momentum.

What critics are saying

  • Outfox's April 2024 shutdown left WARN claims, unpaid wages, and creditor disputes unresolved.
  • A Chapter 7 sale for $2.2 million signals weak asset value and fragile economics.
  • If reopened stores miss profitability, Foxtrot faces another liquidation before 2027.

What makes Foxtrot unique

  • Foxtrot sells curated premium groceries and alcohol in neighborhood-sized urban formats.
  • Its revived model combines delivery, coffee, meals, and convenience under one brand.
  • Chicago focus and local-vendor merchandising distinguish it from generic c-stores.

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Funding

Total Funding

$196.8M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

8 Rounds

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 6%

1 year growth

↑ 6%

2 year growth

↓ -7%
Audacy
Aug 27th, 2026
Foxtrot plans new Lake View and Lincoln Park location.

Foxtrot plans new Lake View and Lincoln Park location. The specialty grocer has opened nine stores in Chicago after abruptly shuttering the business in 2024. By Sun Times Media Wire Aug 27, 2026, 01:45 PM CT Specialty grocer Foxtrot is set to open a new location in Lake View and another in Lincoln Park next year, the company said Wednesday. The Lake View site takes over a former Ann Sather Restaurant space and will be part of the new mixed-use residential building Belmora at 917 W. Belmont Ave. "Foxtrot was created as a neighborhood gathering place, and Belmora's walkable, transit-oriented location makes it a natural fit for our next Chicago store," Foxtrot Chief Operating Officer Jason DaPisa said in a statement. The five-story Belmora project by Chicago-based Mavrek Development will have 46 apartments. The first phase at 919 W. Belmont Ave. is expected to open in the fall. Pre-leasing is already underway by real estate firm Cross Street. The second phase, at 917 W. Belmont, will also have 46 apartments, Crain's reported. Mavrek and Cross Street didn't respond to a request for comment. Foxtrot's second location is expected to be at 2600 N. Clark St. in Lincoln Park. The site, once home to Affordable Portables and Dunlay's, will be a mixed-use building with retail and apartments, including affordable units. In April 2024, Foxtrot's parent company Outfox Hospitality abruptly closed all of its locations then a month later filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Foxtrot's assets were sold in an online auction to New York investment firm Further Point Enterprises for $2.2 million in May 2024. Further Point brought in key players from the old company, including Foxtrot co-founder Mike LaVitola as chairman. In the two years since its store closings, the upscale grocer has reopened nine Chicago locations, as well as two stores in Dallas. Prior to closing, Foxtrot had a location in Lake View at North Clark Street and West Diversey Parkway. Now, the company is plotting its return to the neighborhood. "We're excited to rejoin the Lakeview community and provide residents and neighbors with a convenient home for any daypart that suits their needs, whether it be morning coffee and breakfast tacos, lunchtime sweets and a fresh panini, or a bottle of wine and that last grocery item to complete the dinner plans," DaPisa said. This story has been updated to include Foxtrot's Lincoln Park opening.

WFAA
May 18th, 2024
Foxtrot Market parent company files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after abruptly closing all its stores

Foxtrot Market parent company files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after abruptly closing all its stores.

The Business Journals
May 16th, 2024
Foxtrot's parent company files for bankruptcy after abruptly closing all stores

The company's board of managers voted April 23 to file for bankruptcy - the day the company's stores were closed, and five months after Foxtrot merged with Dom's Kitchen.

Vox Media
May 10th, 2024
Inside the Foxtrot and Dom's Kitchen Implosion

When Dom's and Foxtrot merged in November 2023, Foxtrot had already reportedly raised $194 million in total funding.

FOX 4 News
Apr 24th, 2024
Foxtrot Market closes all 4 Dallas locations as part of nationwide shutdown

Foxtrot Market closes all 4 Dallas locations as part of nationwide shutdown.

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