Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001517175-25-000003
Chunk: 3

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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 atwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/chef25. |     | Proposal 3- Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation                                                           |     | FOR                  |     |   53 |
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#### Recent Highlights and Achievements
Corporate Strategy: The Company’s management and the Board have identified and developed the following key strategies for the Company:

• Maintaining and expanding the customer base in key culinary markets, including the metro New York, New England, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon and Seattle markets, as well as the United Arab Emirates;

• Expanding the base of premier customer relationships;

• Increasing penetration with our existing customer base;

• Continuing to expand facility capacity in key markets, such as Florida, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, Philadelphia/New Jersey and the Middle East;

• Continuing to invest in category growth including Specialty, Produce, Center-of-the-Plate, and Pastry categories in many of our key markets;

• Engaging in operational initiatives focused on unit cost reduction;

#### Social and Environmental Responsibility
We are committed to upholding ethical, socially responsible and environmentally conscious business practices, consistent with our corporate values, to promote long-term and sustainable change. Our Environmental, Social and Governance Committee (the “ESG Committee”) oversees our environmental, social and governance activities and practices. Among other things, the ESG Committee reviews and evaluates: our responsibilities as an equal opportunity employer; our workplace safety, employee health and wellness, inclusion, employee training and skill improvement and other human capital management initiatives; and our programs and activities relating to environmental sustainability, product quality and quality assurance, social and community relations (including labor relations) and other related economic and regulatory compliance requirements.

Our corporate policies, overseen by the ESG Committee, are intended to further strengthen and promote our commitment to social and environmental responsibility with our directors, employees, leaders and business partners. Our policy on salient human rights risks identifies key human rights issues related to our business activities and business relationships, including promoting a safe and healthy workplace, providing a fair and inclusive work environment and combating forced and underage

labor. Our Human Rights Policy details our commitment to upholding fundamental human rights, and our Code of Conduct for Suppliers reflects our commitment to extending