secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)
CIK:        0001517175
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001517175-25-000007
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chefs' Warehouse Q1 beats: EPS $0.25 vs $0.05 YoY; sales up 8.7% to $950.7M
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- GAAP net income $10.3M ($0.25/diluted) vs $1.9M ($0.05) YoY; adjusted EPS also $0.25.
- Net sales $950.7M, +8.7% YoY; organic specialty case count +5.7%; center-of-plate pounds -1.3%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $47.5M vs $40.2M YoY; gross margin 23.8% (down 18bps).
- FY2025 guidance: net sales $3.96-4.04B; adjusted EBITDA $234-246M.
- CEO cites strong unique item placements and solid operating leverage.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717525000007/0001517175-25-000007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717525000007/chef-20250430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517175-25-000007

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