{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000947871-22-001120","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CHEF","cik":"0001517175","company_name":"Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.","filed_at":"2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:50.945710+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-22T18:04:29.464476+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Chefs' Warehouse acquires Chef Middle East; raises FY2022 guidance","bullets":["Acquired Chef Middle East (CME) from Gulf Capital; CME operates in UAE, Qatar, Oman.","CME expected to generate $160-180M annual net sales and $11-14M EBITDA.","FY2022 net sales guidance raised to $2.48-2.58B (from $2.45-2.55B).","Adjusted EBITDA guidance raised to $147-157M (from $145-155M).","First acquisition outside North America."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-001120","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-001120.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-001120.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-001120.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787122001120/0000947871-22-001120-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787122001120/ss1474039_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-22T18:04:29.464476+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}