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Specialty food distributor for high-end restaurants and hotels across North America

Food and Beverage Services Ridgefield, CT 1,001–5,000 employees Public Company

The Chefs' Warehouse distributes over 88,000 premium food products to restaurants, hotels, and gourmet retailers across North America. The hiring mix skews heavily toward operations and logistics roles (35 and 26 respectively), with junior-level positions dominating at 60 of 121 open roles—indicating rapid scaling of warehouse and fulfillment capacity. Active projects center on inventory control (perpetual inventory systems, cycle count efficiency) and account recovery, suggesting the company is engineering operational discipline as a lever for revenue growth in a competitive specialty-food market.

Tech Stack 25 technologies

Core StackAzure AD Active Directory Power BI C++ C# SQL Server Tableau Python Adobe Premiere Pro forklift Citrix Mitel Qlik Redgate DevExpress Fusion JD Edwards Samsara DaVinci Resolve Adobe Lightroom Cognos

What The Chefs' Warehouse Is Building

Challenges

  • Penetrating new markets
  • Expanding relationships with existing accounts
  • Growing revenue
  • Inventory control reporting
  • Recovering lost accounts
  • Optimizing route capacity
  • Maximizing sales potential
  • Cycle count inefficiencies
  • Improving warehouse efficiency
  • Reducing shrink

Active Projects

  • Development and implementation of perpetual inventory
  • Equipment installations
  • Recovery of lost accounts
  • Multi-unit group business expansion
  • Platinum level account retention/growth
  • Implementing canopy system reporting enhancements
  • Slot checks alignment
  • Company-wide risk assessment
  • Food safety training schedule
  • Expand sales in existing accounts

Hiring Activity

Accelerating120 roles · 75 in 30d

Department

Ops
35
Sales
31
Logistics
26
Manufacturing
14
Operations
4
Finance
3
HR
3
Support
3

Seniority

Junior
60
Mid
31
Manager
12
Intern
5
Lead
5
Senior
5
Director
3

Notable leadership hires: Production Lead, Warehouse Lead

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About The Chefs' Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse is a public specialty food distributor headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut, serving elite restaurants, hotels, and gourmet retail across North America since 1985. The company maintains a catalog of over 88,000 premium ingredients and specialty products, supported by a 1,001–5,000 person workforce distributed across operations, sales, logistics, and manufacturing functions. Current operational focus centers on inventory systems modernization, warehouse efficiency, and account-level growth—both recovering lost relationships and expanding share within existing customer bases. The organization is Great Place to Work-Certified.

HeadquartersRidgefield, CT
Company Size1,001–5,000 employees
Hiring MarketsUnited States, Canada

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does The Chefs' Warehouse use?

Enterprise systems include JD Edwards (ERP), Azure AD/Active Directory (identity), Power BI and Tableau (analytics), SQL Server (database), and Samsara (logistics/fleet). Also uses Citrix, Mitel, Qlik, Cognos, and C#/Python for custom development.

How many employees does The Chefs' Warehouse have?

1,001–5,000 employees across operations, sales, logistics, manufacturing, and support functions, headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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