How We Live and Work
McKee Foods is an equalopportunity employer. Our
employees are essential to
our continued success. An
atmosphere of understanding,
cooperation and mutual trust is
fostered at all levels. The work
environment also encourages
personal development and
advancement in order to attract,
stimulate and reward outstanding
employees.
McKee Foods is committed
to quality in all aspects of our
business: customer satisfaction,
employee satisfaction and
teamwork, products and service,
effective measures and a quest
for finding “a better way.”
Guiding Values
People
Recognize the value and contribution of each
individual and demonstrate concern for the health,
safety and well-being of employees and their
families.
Integrity
Conduct business ethically, honestly and fairly and
treat everyone with respect.
Responsibility
Accept responsibility for our actions and act
responsibly in our jobs and in our dealings with
each other, our customers and our communities.
Quality
Satisfy our customers with quality products and
services, while providing the highest value.
Productivity
Maximize the use of our resources to maintain
profitability and to support continued growth.
Innovation
Use creativity, teamwork and continuous
improvement to “find a better way.”
Family Statement
The McKee family acknowledges the providence
of God in our continued success. We plan to
remain privately owned, to continue our growth
and to give job security to those who work with us.
Mission Statement
We take pride in working together to provide great
tasting snack foods of outstanding value to delight
customers throughout all of North America.
Vision Statement
To be the preeminent privately owned snack-food
company in North America where employees:
• Know they are valued,
• Are trusted to make decisions,
• Enjoy their work,
• Strive for personal growth, and
• Work together as a team.
Who We Are
McKee Foods is best known for its line
of Little Debbie® snack cakes. Little
Debbie® is America’s leading snack cake
brand in unit sales because we provide
consumers with quality products of
excellent value. McKee Foods’ annual
sales are about $1.4 billion.
The company
was founded in
1934 when a
young couple,
O.D. and Ruth
McKee, bought Jack’s
Cookie Company, a small bakery in
Chattanooga, Tenn., and started baking
small cakes. The business was known
as McKee Baking Company from the
1950s until 1991, when the
name was changed to McKee
Foods Corporation.
McKee Foods was the first
bakery to sell individually
wrapped cakes in a multipack
carton. In 1960 the company
introduced the Little Debbie
brand and began selling the
individually wrapped cakes
in multipack cartons. The
product line was named after a granddaughter of the founders. A carton of
12 cakes had a suggested retail price of
49 cents at that time. Twelve cakes would
have cost 60 cents if sold separately.
What We Make
Our largest baked goods brand is the
Little Debbie brand, with a wide range of
favorites from Apple Pies to Zebra Cakes.
We offer seasonal items in rotation, such as
the Christmas Tree Cakes. Our products
are sold in all 50 states and Canada.
Sunbelt® Bakery offers granola bars,
cereals and other grain-based snacks,
including favorites such as the Chewy
Chocolate Chip Granola Bar. Sunbelt
Bakery products contain no preservatives.
They are unique
because fresh batches
are brought to local
communities across the
nation each week.
Drake’s® cakes, founded
in 1896, joined our family of brands in
2013 and is made up of favorites such as
Devil Dogs, Ring Dings, Coffee Cakes,
Yodels and other varieties sold primarily
in the northeastern United States.
Fieldstone® Bakery is a brand of cookies,
breakfast pastries and other snacks
targeted to meet the needs of the
foodservice industry.
Heartland® brands is the original granola
cereal and is offered in six varieties. Also
available are other grain-based products
and hot cereals.
They are available
in supermarkets all
across the country.
How We
Contribute
McKee Foods
employs more
than 5,700 people
corporate-wide.
During the past year McKee Foods
operations contributed the following to
the local economies where it operates
through employee payroll and purchases
from area suppliers:
• Collegedale, Tenn.: $243,496,564.
• Gentry, Ark.: $62,500,659.
• Kingman, Ariz.: $5,833,915.
• Stuarts Draft, Va.: $54,529,989.
How We Care About Our
Environment
McKee Foods Corporation is an
environmentally-conscious partner
in our communities. Each year, we
recycle the following:
• Cardboard.
• Paper ingredient bags.
• Mixed office paper.
• Plastic.
• Aluminum cans.
• Used petroleum oil.
• Pallets.
• Used tires.
• Vehicle and rechargeable batteries.
• Scrap metal.
• Light tubes.
Since 2011 our Gentry, Ark. plant has
achieved zero landfill waste. See our
website for more information about our
environmental efforts.
Where We Are Located and
How You Can Reach Us
The company headquarters and
production facilities are located
in Collegedale, Tenn. In addition,
Printed on recycled paper. Revised January 2015
production facilities are located in
Gentry, Ark., and Stuarts Draft, Va.
We also have a distribution facility in
Kingman, Ariz.
Our Facilities
2015
Contact information
Corporate Headquarters,
Collegedale, Tenn.
McKee Foods Corporation and Affiliates
P.O. Box 750, Collegedale, TN 37315
Street address: 10260 McKee Road,
Collegedale, TN 37315
(423) 238-7111
Mike McKee, president and CEO
Contact: Mike Gloekler, corporate
communications & PR manager
[email protected]
McKee Foods Corporation
Corporate headquarters and
manufacturing, Collegedale, Tenn.
Fact Sheet
Gentry, Ark.
McKee Foods Corporation and Affiliates,
555 McKee Drive, Gentry, AR 72734
(479) 736-2601
Tim Broughton, vice president,
Gentry operations
Contact: [email protected]
Manufacturing, Gentry, Ark.
Kingman, Ariz.
McKee Foods Kingman, Inc.
2675 West Oatman Road
Kingman, AZ 86413
(928) 718-4000
Shawn Wadsworth,
distribution center manager
Contact: [email protected]
Stuarts Draft, Va.
Distribution Center, Kingman, Ariz.
McKee Foods Corporation and Affiliates
P.O. Box 486, Stuarts Draft, VA 24477
Street address: 272 Patton Farm Road,
Stuarts Draft, VA 24477
(540) 943-7101
Randy Smith, vice president,
Stuarts Draft operations
Contact: [email protected]
Web address: www.mckeefoods.com
Corporate Consumer Affairs: (800) 522-4499
Corporate: (800) 251-6346
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Manufacturing, Stuarts Draft, Va.