Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

The Chefs' Warehouse distributes specialty food, center-of-the-plate proteins, produce, and staple grocery items across the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. Its product catalog spans more than 90,000 items, including artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, oils, vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, custom-cut meats, seafood, and poultry. The company primarily caters to culinary professionals operating independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty retail shops. In addition, it operates a direct-to-consumer mail and e-commerce channel for specialty proteins through Allen Brothers.

The company delivers to more than 55,000 customer locations across 23 primary geographic markets, utilizing a network of 44 distribution facilities and a dedicated delivery truck fleet. International operations span Canada along with Middle Eastern markets including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Oman. The provided text details operations across these geographic markets but does not disclose a headquarters city or state.

Summary of the business section of Chefs' Warehouse's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 26, 2025, we had 5,156 full-time employees, 64 of whom (approximately 1%) are currently represented by unions and operate under collective bargaining agreements, which expire at various times between fiscal 2027 and 2028.”