Meet Janelle, a Restaurant Training Manager at Summerwood’s Maple Shade, NJ KFC/Taco Bell location, who has worked with the company for 19 years. When she was 15 years old, Janelle’s mom passed away and she was in need of a job. Enter Summerwood.  “Summerwood is the place to be,” she says. “We definitely take care […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]