secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)
CIK:        0001517175
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001517175-26-000021
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chefs' Warehouse Q1 net sales up 11.4% to $1.06B; EPS $0.40 vs $0.25
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- GAAP net income $17.4M ($0.40 diluted EPS) vs $10.3M ($0.25) in Q1 2025.
- Adjusted EBITDA $60.1M, up from $47.5M; organic sales grew 10.4%.
- Gross margin improved 53 bps to 24.3% driven by specialty and center-of-plate categories.
- FY2026 guidance: net sales $4.35-4.45B, adjusted EBITDA $276-286M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717526000021/0001517175-26-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717526000021/chef-20260429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517175-26-000021

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