Case Study: Sendik's Food Market achieves major labor-cost savings and streamlined payroll with Dayforce

Sendik's Food Market - Customer Case Study

Sendik's Food Market is a multi‑generation, family‑owned grocer in the Milwaukee area with 12–14 stores and about 1,600 employees. As their workforce grew, Sendik’s struggled with multiple disparate HCM systems that provided poor service and limited visibility into payroll, scheduling and labor costs, making it hard to control overtime and staffing efficiency.

Sendik’s implemented Ceridian’s cloud Dayforce HCM—a single real‑time platform for payroll & tax, benefits, workforce management and HR—which consolidated records and simplified processes. The rollout delivered immediate savings and control: payroll processing costs fell by ~$30,000/year, wages as a percent of revenue dropped 0.4% (≈$800,000), overtime declined by ~$200,000 year‑over‑year, and the company gained one unified system for managing labor.

Sendik's Food Market

Renee McQuinn

Payroll Manager