---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517175-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-29T12:26:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T12:30:29.005429+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q2 net sales up 12.9% to $1.17B; adjusted EPS $0.78 vs $0.52

## Summary
- Net sales $1.17B (+12.9% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.76 vs $0.49; adjusted EPS $0.78 vs $0.52.
- Adjusted EBITDA $88.1M vs $65.4M; operating income $58.6M vs $40.2M.
- Organic sales +12.2%; specialty case count +6.0%; center-of-plate pounds +8.8%.
- FY2026 guidance: net sales $4.50B-$4.60B; adjusted EBITDA $305M-$315M.
- Gross profit margin up 49 bps to 25.1%; Middle East operations at ~94% of prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517175-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T12:26:16+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717526000026/0001517175-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717526000026/chef-20260729.htm

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