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accession: "0000947871-26-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:39:21.890587+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse issues FY2026 guidance: net sales $4.35-4.45B, adj. EBITDA $276-286M

## Summary
- Net sales guidance $4.35B-$4.45B; gross profit $1.053B-$1.076B.
- Adjusted EBITDA forecast $276M-$286M.
- Diluted share count 46.0-46.7M, including ~6.5M from convertible notes due 2028.
- Company to present at ICR Conference fireside chat on Jan 13, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-26-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787126000031/0000947871-26-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000094787126000031/ss5815598_8k.htm

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