---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-23-000001"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T11:13:20.357510+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q4 sales +41.8% to $791.3M; adj EPS $0.48 vs $0.26 YoY; guides FY2023 sales $2.85-2.95B

## Summary
- GAAP net income $1.2M ($0.03 diluted EPS) vs $8.4M ($0.22) prior year; adj net income $0.48/share.
- Organic sales growth 22.7%; acquisitions added 19.1%; extra 14th week contributed ~6% of quarterly sales.
- Adjusted EBITDA $50.1M vs $30.2M YoY; operating income $29.8M (3.8% of sales) vs $15.8M (2.8%) prior year.
- Gross profit margin improved 116 bps to 23.7%; specialty case count +19.1%, center-of-the-plate pounds +15.2%.
- FY2023 guidance: net sales $2.85B-$2.95B; gross profit $684M-$708M; adjusted EBITDA $180M-$190M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-23-000001
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+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/1517175/000151717523000001/0001517175-23-000001-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000001/chef-20230215.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported fourth quarter ended December 30, 2022 results: EPS Adjusted net income per share was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 30, 2022
  - EPS: Adjusted net income per share was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales increased 41.8% to $791.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 from $558.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000001/0001517175-23-000001-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported fourth quarter ended December 30, 2022 results: EPS Adjusted net income per share was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 30, 2022
  - EPS: Adjusted net income per share was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP net income was $1.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to $8.4 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000001/0001517175-23-000001-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported fourth quarter ended December 30, 2022 results: EPS Adjusted net income per share was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 30, 2022
  - EPS: Adjusted net income per share was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Adjusted net income per share 1 was $0.48 for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to $0.26 for the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000001/0001517175-23-000001-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported full year 2023 results: revenue $2.85 billion to $2.95 billion. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: full year 2023
  - Revenue: $2.85 billion to $2.95 billion
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Estimated net sales for the full year of 2023 will be in the range of $2.85 billion to $2.95 billion;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000001/0001517175-23-000001-index.htm

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