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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-22-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:08:34.578844+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q2 net sales +53.2% to $648.1M; raises FY2022 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP net income $16.9M ($0.42 diluted EPS) vs $1.1M ($0.03) in Q2 2021.
- Adjusted EPS $0.51; adjusted EBITDA $45.3M vs $17.2M a year ago.
- Organic sales +36.0%; acquisitions added 17.2%; specialty case count +34.8%.
- Full-year guidance raised: net sales $2.375B-$2.475B; adj. EBITDA $135M-$145M.
- Gross margin up 140 bps to 24.1% driven by center-of-the-plate margin +230 bps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-22-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717522000009/0001517175-22-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717522000009/chef-20220727.htm

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