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CHEF

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (industry code 5141), based in Ridgefield, CT. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-26, it reported revenue of $4.1 billion and a profit of $72 million (its filed statements).

Distribution business Wholesale-Groceries, General Line Ridgefield, CT filings since 2011 9 of 9 filed
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6.5/10headline grade
vs its business-model standard
5.8/10past 7.0/10present 6.3/10future

Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a distribution business: prior from its industry code (SEC 5141, Wholesale-Groceries, General Line); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

The grade, in three tenses

Headline 6.5 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 5.8 out of ten, present 7.0 out of ten, future 6.3 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.

The nine metrics

  • Surviving crises (past): 7.1 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 71st percentile among 36 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Track record (past): 6.2 out of ten. +14.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10. 62nd percentile among 35 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Shareholder treatment (past): 2.8 out of ten. Share count grew 5.9% a year. 9% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases. 28th percentile among 25 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Financial health (present): 6.4 out of ten. ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar. 64th percentile among 32 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Industry position (present): 7.6 out of ten. top 24% of 35 in its family; net margin 1.7%. 76th percentile among 35 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Leadership (present): 6.6 out of ten. top 34% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011. 66th percentile among 22 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
  • Room to expand (future): 4.9 out of ten. bottom 49% of 34 in its family for room to expand. 49th percentile among 34 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Growth drivers (future): 7.9 out of ten. top 21% of 35 in its family for growth drivers. 79th percentile among 35 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Expectations vs reality (future): 6.2 out of ten. top 38% of 31 in its family for expectations against reality. 62nd percentile among 31 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).

The filing record

Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 for the period ended 2025-12-26 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-29 for the period ended 2026-06-26 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-29 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-08-18. Filings on record since 2011. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.

Where the revenue comes from

Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Center of the Plate Product 39%, Dry Goods Product 16%, Pastry Product 14%, Produce 12%, Dairy and Eggs Product 7%, Cheese and Charcuterie Product 7%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-24).

Who runs it

Pappas, Christopher (President and CEO); Pappas, John (Vice Chairman and COO); Leddy, James (Chief Financial Officer); Polychroni, Christina (Chief Human Resources Officer); Mccauley, Tim (Chief Accounting Officer); Aldous, Alexandros (General Counsel); Goldstone, Steven F (director); Lewis, Aylwin B (director); Owens, Lester (director); Peretz, Richard N. (director); and 2 more. 12 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.

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