The Chefs' Warehouse Buys Michael's Finer Meats for $54.3M

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CHEF, a premier distributor of specialty food products in the United States, today announced that it has acquired all of the equity securities of Michael's Finer Meats, LLC, an approximately $80 million annual revenue specialty protein distributor located in Columbus, OH. Founded by Michael Bloch in 1962, Michael's distributes an extensive portfolio of custom cut beef, seafood and other center-of-the-plate products to many of the leading restaurants, country clubs, hotels and casinos in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and western Pennsylvania.