---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-036584"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHEF"
cik: "0001517175"
company_name: "Chefs' Warehouse, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:00:43.524869+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chefs' Warehouse Q2 net sales up 8.4% to $1,035M; EPS $0.49 vs $0.37

## Summary
- GAAP net income $21.2M ($0.49 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $0.52 vs $0.40 prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $65.4M, up from $56.2M; gross margin improved 59 bps to 24.6%.
- Organic specialty case count +3.5%; center-of-plate pounds -4% due to poultry program exit.
- FY2025 guidance: net sales $4.0-4.06B, adjusted EBITDA $240-250M.
- Operating income $40.2M vs $33.9M; effective tax rate 28% (down from 30%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-036584
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHEF
- cik: 0001517175
- company_name: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000162828025036584/0001628280-25-036584-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517175/000162828025036584/chef-20250730.htm

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