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Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/26/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 7/29/20, at 7:15am ET   ·   For:  6/26/20   ·   Accession #:  1517175-20-11   ·   File #:  1-35249

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/29/20  Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.            10-Q        6/26/20   71:7.1M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    692K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     77K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    110K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     88K 
                Comprehensive (Loss) Income                                      
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     89K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    107K 
18: R7          Operations and Basis of Presentation                HTML     35K 
19: R8          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     97K 
20: R9          Net (Loss) Income per Share                         HTML     77K 
21: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     67K 
22: R11         Acquisitions                                        HTML     58K 
23: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     22K 
24: R13         Equipment, Leasehold Improvements and Software      HTML     72K 
25: R14         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     69K 
26: R15         Debt Obligations                                    HTML     53K 
27: R16         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     39K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
29: R18         Related Parties                                     HTML     24K 
30: R19         Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information   HTML     46K 
31: R20         Operations and Basis of Presentation (Policies)     HTML     54K 
32: R21         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     83K 
33: R22         Net (Loss) Income per Share (Tables)                HTML     81K 
34: R23         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     66K 
35: R24         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     57K 
36: R25         Equipment, Leasehold Improvements and Software      HTML     71K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R26         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     66K 
38: R27         Debt Obligations (Tables)                           HTML     51K 
39: R28         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     34K 
40: R29         Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information   HTML     45K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R30         Operations and Basis of Presentation - Narrative    HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R31         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     34K 
43: R32         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Disaggregation    HTML     61K 
                of Revenue (Details)                                             
44: R33         Net (Loss) Income per Share - Computation of Basic  HTML     39K 
                and Diluted Earnings per Share (Details)                         
45: R34         Net (Loss) Income per Share - Schedule of           HTML     38K 
                Reconciliation of Earnings per Share (Details)                   
46: R35         Net (Loss) Income per Share - Schedule of           HTML     28K 
                Potentially Dilutive Securities Excluded from                    
                Calculation of Diluted Net Income per Share                      
                (Details)                                                        
47: R36         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     22K 
48: R37         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Changes in     HTML     44K 
                Level 3 Contingent Consideration Liability                       
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of the Carrying   HTML     33K 
                Value and Fair Value of Convertible Subordinated                 
                Notes (Details)                                                  
50: R39         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     47K 
51: R40         Acquisitions - Pro Forma Consolidated Income        HTML     26K 
                Statement Information (Details)                                  
52: R41         Acquisitions - Summary of Cash Price for            HTML     56K 
                Acquisition (Details)                                            
53: R42         Inventories - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     24K 
54: R43         Equipment, Leasehold Improvements and Software      HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R44         Equipment, Leasehold Improvements and Software -    HTML     34K 
                Components of Depreciation and Amortization                      
                Expense (Details)                                                
56: R45         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R46         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     35K 
                assets (Details)                                                 
59: R48         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future       HTML     35K 
                amortization (Details)                                           
60: R49         Debt Obligations - Schedule of Debt Obligations     HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R50         Debt Obligations - Narrative (Details)              HTML     59K 
62: R51         Debt Obligations - Schedule of Term Loans           HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R52         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     75K 
64: R53         Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Restricted       HTML     44K 
                Stock Awards (Details)                                           
65: R54         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     24K 
66: R55         Related Parties - Narrative (Details)               HTML     24K 
67: R56         Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information   HTML     46K 
                - Summary of Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures                  
                (Details)                                                        
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    125K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- chef-20200626_htm                   XML   1.87M 
68: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     78K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- chef-20200626_cal               XML    189K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- chef-20200626_def                XML    495K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- chef-20200626_lab                     XML   1.31M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- chef-20200626_pre              XML    765K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- chef-20200626                         XSD    127K 
70: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              315±   464K 
71: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001517175-20-000011-xbrl      Zip    239K

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