Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CHEF

What this company does

The Company distributes specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. Its product portfolio includes over 90,000 stock-keeping units from more than 4,000 different suppliers, comprised primarily of imported and domestic specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate and pastry products. It employs a sales force of approximately 1,100 sales and customer service professionals. With 44 distribution centers, it provides service six days a week in many of its service areas, using its fleet of delivery trucks to fill customer orders. Excluding its direct-to-consumer businesses, it serves more than 55,000 core customer locations across twenty-three primary geographic markets in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. The Company was formed in 1985.

Written from the business description in THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 24 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.