Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001517175-25-000002
Chunk: 100

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 100
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 trade receivables from customers and are recorded net of an allowance for credit losses. The allowance for credit losses is determined based upon a number of specific criteria, such as whether a customer has filed for or been placed into bankruptcy, has had accounts referred to outside parties for collections or has had accounts significantly past due. The allowance also covers short paid invoices the Company deems to be uncollectible as well as a portion of trade accounts receivable balances projected to become uncollectible based upon historic patterns and macro-economic factors in existence as of the balance sheet date that may impact the food-away-from-home industry and/or its customers. Inventories Inventories consist primarily of finished goods, food and related food products held for resale and are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Our different entities record inventory using a mixture of first-in, first-out and average cost, which we believe approximates first-in, first-out. The Company adjusts inventory balances for excess and obsolete inventories to approximate their net realizable value. 

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Vendor Rebates and Other Promotional Incentives The Company receives consideration and product purchase credits from certain vendors that the Company accounts for as a reduction of cost of sales. There are several types of cash consideration received from vendors. The purchase incentive is primarily in the form of a specified amount per pound or per case, or an amount for year-over-year growth. Recorded purchase incentives totaled approximately $60,378, $48,026 and $30,805 for fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Concentrations of Credit Risks Financial instruments that subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents and trade receivables. The Company’s policy is to deposit its cash and cash equivalents with major financial institutions. To reduce credit risk, the Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial conditions. The Company generally does not require collateral. However, the Company, in certain instances, has obtained personal guarantees from certain customers. There is no significant balance with any individual customer. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at cost and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the lease term. Property and equipment are reviewed for impairment in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-10-35-15, “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” which only requires testing whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate