---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:17:08.912006+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q4 net sales up 20.1% to $950.5M; guides FY24

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP net income $16.0M ($0.38 diluted EPS) vs $1.2M ($0.03) a year ago; adjusted EPS $0.47 vs $0.46.
- Net sales $950.5M (+20.1% reported; +29.3% on a 13-week comparable basis).
- Organic sales +11.3%; acquisitions contributed 18.0% to sales growth.
- Adjusted EBITDA $59.0M vs $50.1M in Q4 2022.
- FY2024 guidance: net sales $3.625B-$3.775B; gross profit $865M-$900M; Adjusted EBITDA $205M-$218M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+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/1517175/000151717524000002/0001517175-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717524000002/chef-20240214.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2023 results: revenue $950.5 million, net income $16.0 million, EPS $0.38 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2023
  - Revenue: $950.5 million
  - Net income: $16.0 million
  - EPS: $0.38 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: weeks as compared to the fiscal quarter ended December 30, 2022, which consisted of 14 weeks. Financial highlights for the fourth quarter of 2023: • Net sales increased 20.1% to $950.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 from $791.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. On a pro-rated basis, comparing 13-week to 13-week basis, net sales increased 29.3%. • GAAP net
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717524000002/0001517175-24-000002-index.htm

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