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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. insider trading

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. files with the SEC as a Wholesale-Groceries, General Line company headquartered in Ridgefield, CT. Every time one of its executives or directors buys or sells the stock, the filing appears here the moment it reaches the SEC — with grants and option exercises set apart from the trades that cost the insider their own money.

From SEC filings

Recent CHEF insider transactions

4 insiders traded CHEF on the open market between Feb 18, 2026 and Aug 14, 2026 — 17 sales worth $34.4M, of which one was pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan.

Bought
—
Sold
$34.4M

1 of 17 on a 10b5-1 plan

Net
−$34.4M
Insiders
4

Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) from The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s own SEC Form 4 filings. Grants and option exercises are excluded — they are compensation, not decisions. Share counts are derived from the reported value and price. Verify any figure against the original filing before acting on it; this is monitoring, not advice.

Filing history last read from EDGAR on Sep 23, 2026. The live dashboard shows new filings the moment they clear.

Every CHEF Form 4 on SEC.gov

SEC Form 4 data, Q3 2024 to Q2 2026

CHEF insider trading by quarter

Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 7 insiders traded CHEF on the open market: 0 purchases and 22 sales worth $41.3M, 6 of the sales pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan. In the last four quarters alone: 0 purchases and 10 sales ($21.7M), by 5 insiders.

QuarterBoughtSold
Q2 2026—−$10.1M2 sales
Q1 2026—−$9.1M5 sales · 1 on a plan
Q4 2025—−$1.4M1 sale
Q3 2025—−$1.1M2 sales · all on a plan
Q2 2025——
Q1 2025—−$8.7M7 sales
Q4 2024—−$10.2M3 sales · 1 on a plan
Q3 2024—−$737.4K2 sales · all on a plan
Largest sale
−$9.8M of CHEF by Pappas Christopher (President and CEO · Director) on Dec 11, 2024.

Open-market transactions through Jun 30, 2026most recent first

  • Polychroni Christina

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    −$356.4K

    May 19, 2026

    4,500 sh · $79.21

  • Leddy James

    Chief Financial Officer

    −$1.4M

    Nov 04, 2025

    22,000 sh · $62.11

  • McCauley Tim10b5-1

    Chief Accounting Officer

    −$812.6K

    Jul 14, 2025

    12,500 sh · $65.01

  • McCauley Tim10b5-1

    Chief Accounting Officer

    −$326.1K

    Jul 14, 2025

    5,000 sh · $65.21

  • Pappas John

    Vice Chairman and COO · Director

    −$4.4M

    Mar 10, 2025

    81,283 sh · $54.07

  • Pappas John

    Vice Chairman and COO · Director

    −$1M

    Mar 10, 2025

    18,717 sh · $54.70

  • Leddy James

    Chief Financial Officer

    −$248K

    Mar 06, 2025

    4,000 sh · $62.00

  • Aldous Alexandros

    General Counsel

    −$1.2M

    Feb 28, 2025

    20,620 sh · $60.44

  • Cugine Joseph M.

    Director

    −$951K

    Feb 28, 2025

    15,243 sh · $62.39

  • Aldous Alexandros

    General Counsel

    −$575K

    Feb 28, 2025

    9,380 sh · $61.30

  • Cugine Joseph M.

    Director

    −$293.9K

    Feb 28, 2025

    4,757 sh · $61.79

  • Leddy James

    Chief Financial Officer

    −$195.4K

    Dec 12, 2024

    4,000 sh · $48.85

  • Pappas Christopher

    President and CEO · Director

    −$9.8M

    Dec 11, 2024

    200,000 sh · $48.85

  • Aldous Alexandros10b5-1

    General Counsel

    −$225K

    Nov 22, 2024

    5,000 sh · $45.00

  • Aldous Alexandros10b5-1

    General Counsel

    −$425K

    Jul 08, 2024

    10,000 sh · $42.50

From SEC's quarterly Form 3, 4 and 5 data sets: code P purchases and code S sales of common stock, by the date the trade happened. Where a fund and the people who control it each report the same block, it is counted once. Trades made in the last days of Q2 2026 but filed after it closed arrive with SEC's next quarterly release.

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. company record

SEC industry classification
Wholesale-Groceries, General Line
Headquarters
Ridgefield, CT
Incorporated in
DE
Listed on
Nasdaq
SEC Central Index Key
0001517175
Previously filed as
Chefs' Warehouse Holdings, LLC

Sourced from this company's own SEC submissions record. The industry label is SEC's Standard Industrial Classification, which is more specific than the Consumer Staples sector shown above.

After insiders bought CHEF

What the stock actually did in the 90 days following each open-market purchase

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How to read CHEF insider activity

Open-market purchase (code P)
An insider spending their own money at market price. This is the only buy code that reliably carries signal — it is a decision, not compensation.
Grants and option exercises (codes A, M)
Scheduled compensation. Most "insider buying" headlines are really this, which is why InsiderPulse weights it at a fraction of a real purchase.
Cluster buy
Two or more different insiders buying on the open market in the same window. One executive buying can mean anything; three is much harder to explain away.

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Questions

Are CHEF insiders buying or selling?
Between Feb 18, 2026 and Aug 14, 2026, 4 The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. insiders made no open-market purchases and 17 sales worth $34.4M, a net sale of $34.4M. 1 of the sales was pre-scheduled under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
How much CHEF stock have insiders bought and sold in the last two years?
Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 7 The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. insiders made no open-market purchases and 22 sales worth $41.3M. 6 of the sales were pre-scheduled under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. In the four quarters to Jun 30, 2026: no purchases and 10 sales ($21.7M). The largest sale was Pappas Christopher selling $9.8M on Dec 11, 2024.
What was the largest recent CHEF insider trade?
Pappas Christopher (President and CEO · Director) sold $9.8M of CHEF stock on May 05, 2026 at about $78.00 a share.
When did an insider last buy CHEF shares?
No open-market purchase by a The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. insider appears in the filings from Feb 18, 2026 to Aug 14, 2026 — every recorded open-market transaction in that period was a sale.
Where does CHEF insider trading data come from?
From the Form 4 filings The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s officers, directors and 10% owners must send the SEC within two business days of a trade. Each row on this page links to its original filing on SEC EDGAR. Share grants and option exercises are kept apart from open-market purchases and sales, because only the latter cost the insider their own money.

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