secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)
CIK:        0001517175
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T12:26:16+00:00
Accession:  0001517175-26-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717526000026/0001517175-26-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000151717526000026/chef-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517175-26-000026

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