Case Study: McKee Foods, Inc. achieves $1.5M+ savings and agile HR operations with Workday

McKee Foods - Customer Case Study

McKee Foods, maker of Little Debbie snacks with about 6,000 U.S. employees and $1.2B in revenue, needed HR operations that matched its product quality. Its legacy HR system left leaders without timely data or analytics on turnover, compensation, open headcount and driver staffing, limiting HR’s ability to act strategically.

McKee implemented Workday Human Capital Management and Workday Payroll as a unified suite, enabling rapid process changes, real-time reporting and employee self-service. Results include an estimated $1.5M+ savings since 2009 (35–40% versus the old system), zero upgrade costs, 33% faster payroll calculations, freed HR to focus on strategy, faster hiring after a competitor closure, and expanded mobile and big-data analytics capabilities.

McKee Foods, Inc.

Mark Newsome

Director of Corporate Human Resources