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Specialty food products distributor The Chefs' Warehouse files for $100 million IPO

April 12, 2011

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc., a specialty food products distributor with a portfolio of over 11,500 stock-keeping units, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. The Ridgefield, CT-based company, which was founded in 1985 and booked $330 million in sales last year, plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol CHEF. Jefferies & Co. is the lead underwriter on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.