The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a NASDAQ-listed specialty food distributor. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual operating results, financial-condition updates, non-GAAP measures such as adjusted EBITDA and Regulation FD guidance tied to the company’s food product distribution business.
Proxy and governance filings cover annual meeting matters, director elections, executive compensation, equity awards, board composition and director changes. The filings also identify the company’s common stock structure and exchange listing, providing regulatory context for its public-company reporting and shareholder governance.
Chefs' Warehouse Form 144 filing discloses proposed sales of Class A Common shares by an account at UBS Financial Services Inc. The excerpt lists multiple private-transaction sale entries with quantities and dates, including examples of 888 shares on 03/18/2021 and 2,673 shares on 02/23/2022.
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer Tim McCauley reported several stock transactions in company common shares. The largest was an open-market sale of 7,500 shares at $70.00 per share on February 18, 2026, executed under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
On February 24, 2026, he received stock grants totaling 7,698 shares at no cost, tied to performance certifications and new restricted stock awards, while 1,925 shares were withheld at $72.42 per share to cover tax liabilities. On February 25, 2026, an additional 410 shares were withheld at $72.12 per share for taxes. After these transactions, he directly owned 50,025 shares of Chefs' Warehouse common stock.
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Vice Chairman and COO John Pappas reported equity award activity and related tax share withholdings in company stock. On February 24, 2026, he acquired 24,967 and 16,773 shares of common stock as grants and performance-based awards at $0.00 per share under the company’s equity incentive plan.
On the same date, 20,421 shares were disposed of at $72.42 per share, and on February 25, 2026, another 1,292 shares were disposed of at $72.12 per share, both for tax-withholding purposes rather than open-market sales. After these transactions, he directly owned 774,957 shares of common stock and indirectly held 400,000 shares through a single-member LLC tied to a grantor retained annuity trust he established.
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Chief Human Resources Officer Christina Polychroni reported equity award activity in the company’s common stock. On February 24, 2026, she acquired 6,504 shares and 3,444 shares of common stock as grants and performance-based awards at $0.00 per share under the company’s equity incentive plan.
On the same date, 1,446 shares were disposed of at $72.42 per share, and on February 25, 2026, 514 shares were disposed of at $72.12 per share, both as tax-withholding dispositions upon vesting of restricted and performance-based stock. After these transactions, she directly held 36,948 common shares.
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. President and CEO Christopher Pappas reported equity compensation and related tax-withholding transactions in company common stock. On February 24, 2026, he acquired 45,431 shares and 30,520 shares as stock grants at no cost, tied to the company’s equity incentive plan and performance conditions. On the same date, he disposed of 31,880 shares, and on February 25, 2026 he disposed of 1,689 shares, both as tax-withholding dispositions to cover obligations upon vesting, not open-market sales. Following these direct transactions, he held 2,332,851 common shares directly, plus 192,667 shares held indirectly through GRATs.
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. General Counsel Alexandros Aldous reported equity compensation activity and related tax withholdings in company stock. He received grants of 8,314 and 6,935 shares of restricted common stock on February 24, 2026, at no cash cost, as part of the company’s equity incentive plan.
On the same dates, 3,301 and 678 shares of common stock were disposed of through tax-withholding transactions to cover liabilities triggered by vesting, not open-market sales. After these transactions, he directly owned 101,517 shares of Chefs' Warehouse common stock.
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. files its annual report detailing a specialty food and center‑of‑the‑plate distribution business that generated approximately $4.1 billion in net revenues for the year ended December 26, 2025, up from about $1.7 billion in 2021.
The company serves more than 55,000 chef‑driven customer locations across 23 primary markets in the U.S., Canada and the Middle East, supported by 44 distribution centers and about 1,100 sales and customer service professionals. Its portfolio exceeds 90,000 SKUs from over 4,000 suppliers, including many exclusive artisanal products.
Key themes include dependence on restaurant and food‑away‑from‑home demand, thin margins sensitive to inflation/deflation, acquisition‑driven expansion, substantial indebtedness, labor and fuel cost pressures, strict food safety and transportation regulation, and growing focus on ESG, workforce diversity, and technology investments to support scalable growth.
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. reported strong growth for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 while absorbing a non-core impairment charge. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 10.5% to $1.14 billion, driven mainly by organic growth of 9.7% and modest contribution from acquisitions.
Gross profit increased to $276.6 million, though operating income slipped to $43.2 million from higher other operating expenses, including an $8.0 million impairment of a non-core customer relationship intangible asset. Net income for the quarter was $21.7 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, while Adjusted EBITDA improved to $80.3 million.
For fiscal 2025, net sales grew to $4.15 billion and net income reached $72.4 million, or $1.68 per diluted share, with Adjusted EBITDA of $258.3 million. For 2026, the company guides net income to $88–$92 million and Adjusted EBITDA to $276–$286 million, signaling expectations for continued earnings growth.
Wellington Management-affiliated entities reported a significant passive stake in The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Multiple Wellington entities filed an amended Schedule 13G disclosing beneficial ownership of 2,930,463 shares of common stock, representing 7.2% of the class as of 12/31/2025.
The filing shows no sole voting or dispositive power, with all such powers shared among Wellington entities and their advisory clients. The securities are held in the ordinary course of business and are not intended to change or influence control of The Chefs' Warehouse.
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. filed a current report to share that it has issued a press release with its preliminary financial outlook for fiscal year 2026. The company states that, based on current business trends, it is providing financial guidance for that year, with the detailed figures contained in the accompanying press release referenced as Exhibit 99.1. The disclosure is made under Regulation FD, meaning it is intended to make this information available to all investors at the same time. The company also emphasizes that the outlook and other non-historical statements are forward-looking, subject to numerous business, economic, supply chain, regulatory, and financing risks that could cause actual results to differ materially. It points readers to its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent SEC reports for a fuller discussion of these risk factors.