Team Member Spotlight: Kenisha
Meet Kenisha, a Lead Assistant Restaurant Manager (LARM) at the KFC/Taco Bell in Salisbury, MD. She has been happily employed with Summerwood for three and a half years, joining the company from another popular QSR franchise. “I needed… something different,” she says. “I enjoy… just meeting different people.” She says currently, she hops around a […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Rahfael
Meet Rahfael, a Breakfast Coach at the Sicklerville, New Jersey, Taco Bell. The start of Rahfael’s Summerwood journey sounds like the beginning of any good story (it was “a rainy day…”). Rahfael was looking for a job and decided he needed a new start. He joined Summerwood as a Team Member in October 2018 and, […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Azelina
Meet Azelina, a Restaurant General Manager (RGM) for Summerwood, who says a great employee is passionate and caring, and knows how to work hard and play hard simultaneously. At 25, she certainly exemplifies all of these things. Azelina’s journey with Taco Bell began when she accepted her first job at 16. Today, she leads the […]
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Summerwood Reopens Red Lion Taco Bell After Complete Rebuild
On May 25, 2022, Summerwood announced the reopening of its Red Lion, Pennsylvania location. Undergoing a full scrape and rebuild, the revamped Taco Bell is beautiful and open for business.Thanks to superstar RGM Kenya and her devoted team, the first day of serving customers was a total success.We’d would like to acknowledge the many other […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Vincent
Meet Vincent, one of Summerwood’s newest hires at the Sicklerville, NJ, Taco Bell. Vincent has been a crew member for three months, having joined the team after floating around to various jobs, trying to figure out what he wanted to do next. Vincent says he applied with Summerwood at the chance for opportunity, flexibility. In […]
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Congrats to the 2022 Live Más Scholarship recipients!
The Taco Bell Foundation is awarding $2,250,000 in Live Más Scholarships to 218 Taco Bell Team Members across the country, thanks to generous donations from Taco Bell Owners. We are thrilled to share that 22 of those Team Members are from Summerwood! Please join us in recognizing: Christian R. $5,000 Interest: Media & BroadcastingLocation: Fairfax […]
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Summerwood opens new KFC in Sicklerville
Join us in welcoming a brand new New Jersey-based KFC to the Summerwood family! Our new restaurant opened on Feb. 22, 2022 in Sicklerville, a small town just 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. The Team was well prepared for the volume from an operations and staffing perspective. We provided strong support during the opening with […]
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2022 State of the Union Recap
Every year, Summerwood comes together to celebrate the incredible work done by our teams across the company. And while we love to recognize hard work in person, this year, we were able to honor 2021’s special achievements through the Summerwood State of the Union zoom event. Restaurants leaders from every market gathered at set locations […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Melissa
Meet Melissa, the current Restaurant General Manager (RGM) at Summerwood’s Enola location and former RGM at our first ever Taco Bell Go Mobile in Lititz, PA., the brand’s new, digitally advanced restaurant concept. Melissa was looking for something different when she joined Summerwood in 2011 after working in the grocery store sector. She was excited to work in a […]
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Congrats to our Signature Restaurants
Signature Restaurants are the restaurants that deliver best-in-class service, people, and culture. Plus, they have the fundamentals in place to serve high quality food from open to close. When you qualify to become a Signature Restaurant, that means you have mastered how to run a successful Taco Bell, and you’re setting the bar high for […]
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