CHEFS WHSE INC CHEF
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 163086101
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryWholesale-Groceries, General Line
- HeadquartersRidgefield, CT
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($17.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 40.8m as of 2026-07-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $95.09. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($3.6m notional), 4 hold puts ($1.3m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 165 |
| Q4 2022 | 186 |
| Q1 2023 | 178 |
| Q2 2023 | 165 |
| Q3 2023 | 165 |
| Q4 2023 | 156 |
| Q1 2024 | 171 |
| Q2 2024 | 180 |
| Q3 2024 | 197 |
| Q4 2024 | 188 |
| Q1 2025 | 225 |
| Q2 2025 | 230 |
| Q3 2025 | 252 |
| Q4 2025 | 245 |
| Q1 2026 | 250 |
| Q2 2026 | 288 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 92 | 85 |
| Q4 2024 | 87 | 83 |
| Q1 2025 | 117 | 92 |
| Q2 2025 | 127 | 109 |
| Q3 2025 | 141 | 104 |
| Q4 2025 | 129 | 116 |
| Q1 2026 | 132 | 106 |
| Q2 2026 | 169 | 118 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $7.4m | $2.0m | 0.27 |
| Q4 2025 | $816.5k | $349.0k | 0.43 |
| Q1 2026 | $202.1k | $2.7m | 13.53 |
| Q2 2026 | $3.6m | $1.3m | 0.38 |
Biggest buyers
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +402.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +373.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +359.6k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | New | +347.1k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | New | +334.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +290.5k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Added | +274.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +252.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +216.2k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Added | +213.7k |
Biggest sellers
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -978.7k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. | Reduced | -389.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -388.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -356.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -325.2k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Reduced | -251.0k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Reduced | -233.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -219.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -205.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Sold out | -172.0k |
Biggest calls
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $1.7m18.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $980.2k10.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $586.2k6.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $249.9k2.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $9.6k100 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $624.6k6.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $374.8k3.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $211.4k2.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $134.5k1.4k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 13G · institution -2.4 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.9% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26), AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC (4.0%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $10.2m | $225.0k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $8.7m | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.1m | $1.1m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.4m | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 4 | $9.1m | $525.0k |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 2 | $10.1m | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 3 | $15.2m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Pappas Christopher President and CEO, director | Sold | $11.0m100.0k shares |
| 2026-08-14 | Aldous Alexandros General Counsel | Sold | $3.9m35.0k shares |
| 2026-08-14 | Polychroni Christina Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | $308.2k2.8k shares |
| 2026-05-19 | Polychroni Christina Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | $356.4k4.5k shares |
| 2026-05-05 | Pappas Christopher President and CEO, director | Sold | $9.8m125.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.0m $580.4m | Added +252.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.4m $229.8m | Reduced -978.7k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $155.8m | Added +3.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $148.6m | Reduced -325.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $144.8m | Added +96.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.4m $130.1m | Reduced -356.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $64.0m | Reduced -155.7k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $96.2m | Added +52.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 992.7k $95.4m | Added +15.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 963.7k $92.6m | Added +57.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 948.1k $91.1m | Added +96.6k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 943.2k $90.6m | Reduced -233.5k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.13% of their portfolio | 898.6k $86.4m | Reduced -389.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 815.6k $78.4m | Reduced -219.6k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 0.39% of their portfolio | 765.4k $73.6m | Added +213.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 664.5k $63.9m | Added +359.6k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 652.0k $62.7m | Reduced -25.6k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 577.0k $55.5m | Reduced -35.5k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.09% of their portfolio | 531.5k $51.1m | Added +373.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.07% of their portfolio | 508.9k $48.9m | Added +30 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 493.5k $47.4m | Added +36.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 443.3k $42.6m | Added +8.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 440.2k $42.3m | Added +290.5k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 422.0k $40.6m | Added +402.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 416.8k $40.1m | Reduced -205.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 402.2k $38.7m | Reduced -388.9k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 391.5k $37.6m | Reduced -29.8k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 363.0k $34.9m | Added +195.6k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 347.1k $33.4m | New |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.05% of their portfolio | 334.7k $32.2m | New |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 328.0k $31.5m | Reduced -13.0k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 304.9k $29.3m | Reduced -251.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 292.5k $28.1m | Added +121.6k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.02% of their portfolio | 291.5k $28.0m | Added +274.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 282.2k $27.1m | Reduced -50.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 272.2k $26.2m | Added +216.2k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 260.9k $25.1m | Added +8.2k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.7k $23.8m | Added +13.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 244.7k $23.5m | Added +113.4k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 235.9k $22.5m | Reduced -99.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 234.5k $22.5m | Reduced -151.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 230.1k $22.1m | Added +5.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 226.3k $21.7m | Added +26.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 225.5k $21.7m | Reduced -1.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 222.9k $21.4m | Reduced -79.3k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 216.9k $20.8m | Added +95.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 212.9k $20.5m | Reduced -12.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.1k $18.9m | Reduced -16.5k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.9k $18.9m | Added +32.5k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 194.6k $18.7m | New |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.02% of their portfolio | 186.9k $18.0m | Reduced -41.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 173.6k $16.7m | Reduced -91.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 169.7k $16.3m | Reduced -61.5k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 169.7k $16.3m | Added +132.6k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 150.8k $14.4m | Added +42.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 146.7k $14.1m | Added +103.1k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 137.8k $13.3m | Reduced -131.4k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 128.0k $12.3m | Reduced -145.3k |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 124.7k $12.0m | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.03% of their portfolio | 124.6k $12.0m | Reduced -4.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.2k $11.9m | Added +101.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 123.7k $11.9m | Reduced -5.2k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 117.8k $11.3m | Added +9.1k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 111.2k $10.7m | Reduced -23.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 106.9k $10.3m | Reduced -13.9k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP 0.57% of their portfolio | 104.5k $10.0m | Added +13.6k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.8k $9.5m | Reduced -25.2k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 96.4k $9.3m | Added +57.5k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 93.2k $9.0m | Reduced -21.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.0k $8.4m | Reduced -9.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.6k $8.1m | Added +1.5k |
| Summit Creek Advisors LLC 2.65% of their portfolio | 81.0k $7.8m | Reduced -72.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.5k $7.4m | Reduced -44.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.8k $7.4m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 76.4k $7.3m | Reduced -38 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.7k $7.1m | Added +1.3k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 70.9k $6.8m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.6k $6.8m | Added +38.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.7k $6.5m | Added +7.5k |
| Welch & Forbes LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 65.3k $6.3m | Added +1.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.7k $6.1m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.5k $5.7m | Added +8.5k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 57.5k $5.5m | New |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 55.8k $5.4m | Added +49.7k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 55.3k $5.3m | Reduced -9.7k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.1k $5.0m | Reduced -14.9k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.6k $4.8m | Reduced -1.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.3k $4.5m | New |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG 0.04% of their portfolio | 44.6k $4.3m | Reduced -17.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.3k $4.2m | Reduced -1.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.6k $4.1m | Reduced -355 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 38.7k $3.7m | Added +34.6k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.1k $3.7m | New |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 37.8k $3.6m | Reduced -8.3k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.1k $3.6m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 36.0k $3.5m | Added +5.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.5k $3.3m | Added +10.1k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 34.1k $3.3m | Unchanged |
| Odyssean, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 32.8k $3.1m | Added +9.1k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 29.2k $2.8m | New |