Cost inflation in meat could be problematic for near-term margins at The Chefs' Warehouse, which sells center-of-the-plate products, such as beef, poultry, and seafood. For the week of July 12, shares of The Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ: CHEF), Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), and United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) were down 10.7%, 13.6%, and 9.2%, respectively, as of 2:15 p.m. EDT on Thursday. While United Natural is hovering just above breakeven on a trailing-12-month basis, Shake Shack and The Chefs' Warehouse are still trying to recover their profitability coming out of the pandemic.