---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-22-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T04:04:52.165446+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q1 net sales up 82.8% to $512.1M; GAAP EPS $0.04 vs -$0.49

## Summary
- Net sales $512.1M (+82.8% YoY); organic sales up 62.9%; acquisition contribution 19.9%.
- GAAP net income $1.4M ($0.04 diluted EPS) vs net loss $17.9M ($0.49 loss) in prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $21.5M vs negative $9.5M; adjusted EPS $0.10 vs $(0.50).
- Gross profit margin expanded 191 bps to 22.9%; SG&A as % of sales improved to 21.5% from 28.6%.
- FY 2022 guidance: net sales $2.13B-2.23B; gross profit $500M-524M; adjusted EBITDA $103M-112M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-22-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717522000007/0001517175-22-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717522000007/chef-20220427.htm

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