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Added to YB: 2026-08-10

Pitch date: 2026-08-07

CHEF [neutral]

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

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Company Info

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada.

Market Cap

$4.5B

Pitch Price

N/A

Price Target

N/A

Dividend

N/A

EV/EBITDA

16.27

P/E

51.95

EV/Sales

1.20

Sector

Consumer Staples Distribution and Retail

Category

growth

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Company a Day #18: Chef's Warehouse

CHEF (deep dive): Founder-led specialty foodservice distributor (90k+ SKUs, 55k+ customers, 44 DCs) serving high-end independent restaurants. Specialty-broadline hybrid model wins chefs via curation/proteins/seafood, deepens via staples. Growth via acquiring category expertise. Risks: discretionary demand, food inflation, credit risk, safety recalls, integration.

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