---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-23-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T13:05:23.916409+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q2 revenue up 36% to $882M; GAAP EPS falls to $0.25 from $0.42

## Summary
- Net sales $881.8M (+36.1% YoY); organic growth +8.1%, acquisitions contributed 28.0%.
- GAAP net income $9.9M ($0.25 diluted EPS) vs $16.9M ($0.42) in Q2 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA $51.1M vs $45.3M; adjusted net income $14.4M ($0.35 EPS) vs $20.9M ($0.51).
- Gross margin fell 43 bps to 23.6%; SG&A as % of sales rose to 20.3% from 19.2%.
- FY23 guidance: net sales $3.25-3.35B, gross profit $774-797M, adjusted EBITDA $199-207M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-23-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000012/0001517175-23-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000012/chef-20230802.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported full year 2023 results: revenue $3.25 billion to $3.35 billion. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: full year 2023
  - Revenue: $3.25 billion to $3.35 billion
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Estimated net sales for the full year of 2023 will be in the range of $3.25 billion to $3.35 billion;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000012/0001517175-23-000012-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $881.8 million, net income $9.9 million, EPS $0.25 per diluted share.
  - Period: second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $881.8 million
  - Net income: $9.9 million
  - EPS: $0.25 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Financial highlights for the second quarter of 2023: • Net sales increased 36.1% to $881.8 million for the second quarter of 2023 from $648.1 million for the second quarter of 2022. • GAAP net income was $9.9 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2023 compared to $16.9 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717523000012/0001517175-23-000012-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.