---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T02:44:45.852053+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q1 net sales +21.5% to $874.5M; adj. EPS $0.15 vs $0.12

## Summary
- GAAP net income $1.9M ($0.05 diluted EPS) vs $1.4M ($0.04) a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA $40.2M vs $32.8M; adjusted net income per share $0.15 vs $0.12.
- Gross profit margin expanded 37 bps to 23.9%; organic case count +4.6% in specialty.
- FY2024 guidance: net sales $3.64B-$3.785B, adj. EBITDA $207M-$219M.
- Interest expense rose $3.2M to $13.2M on higher debt and variable rates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1517175/000151717524000010/0001517175-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717524000010/chef-20240501.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported first quarter ended March 29, 2024 results: revenue $874.5 million, net income $1.9 million, EPS $0.05 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 29, 2024
  - Revenue: $874.5 million
  - Net income: $1.9 million
  - EPS: $0.05 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: East, and Canada, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 29, 2024. Financial highlights for the first quarter of 2024: • Net sales increased 21.5% to $874.5 million for the first quarter of 2024 from $719.6 million for the first quarter of 2023. • GAAP net income was $1.9 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717524000010/0001517175-24-000010-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. reported fiscal 2024 full year results: revenue $3.640 billion to $3.785 billion. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fiscal 2024 full year
  - Revenue: $3.640 billion to $3.785 billion
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: We are providing fiscal 2024 full year financial guidance as follows: • Net sales in the range of $3.640 billion to $3.785 billion, • Gross profit to be between $867.0 million and $902.0 million and • Adjusted EBITDA to be between $207.0 million and $219.0 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717524000010/0001517175-24-000010-index.htm

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