2024 President’s Award Winners!
President’s Award Winners are operations superstars – leaving a lasting impact on every restaurant they encounter. We’re extending a huge thank you to this year’s award winners. Your contributions help us honor our commitment to restaurant operating excellence! 2024 President’s Award Winners! President’s Award Destinee H., Region 2 Janice D. Region 1 Brian G., Region […]
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Celebrating Summerwood’s Best of the Best!
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: our teams at Summerwood are simply the best! We’re recognizing these hard working Best of the Best winners for consistently bringing their A-game to the job. By way of thanks, our KFC Restaurant General Manager (RGM), along with Taco Bell RGMs get a special vacation: Our […]
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Our Chestnut Hill Taco Bell is Open and Excited to Serve You!
Sometimes, stores need a remodel. It was hard for us to close our Taco Bell in Chestnut Hill, DE, even temporarily, because we knew our fans would miss it, and we would miss our fans. We said our store would only be closed for six months – but unfortunately six turned into eight months, due […]
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Summerwood’s Summer of Connection Experience
Summerwood is proud to have had three of our Taco Bell team members represent us at Taco Bell’s “Summer of Connection” Conference for Live Más scholars — an all-expenses paid trip to San Diego, CA for networking and personal growth. The 2024 “Summer of Connection” Conference (SOC24) was hosted in July. Participants enjoyed four days […]
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Work + School: Make Time for Both!
Congratulations Class of 2024! We’re so proud of the many graduates we have working in our restaurants! To those of you pursuing secondary education or who’ve recently secured that desired degree, you’re an inspiration! Summerwood supports working students with flexibility, tuition reimbursement and access to scholarships, tuition-free education and more! At Summerwood, we believe in […]
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Night Shift Tenure Recognition
Recognition is important at Summerwood, which is why a few members of our team recently participated in a night shift recognition tour, of sorts. Area Coaches Haley W. and Brett S., and Region Coach Bryon T. recently conducted a “night shop” in Pennsylvania, where they visited five Taco Bell locations and placed orders as patrons […]
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Summerwood’s Best of the Best Winners Revealed!
Reward trips are just one way we show our people that we notice their hard work and dedication. We’re thrilled to share Summerwood’s Best of the Best winners for 2023! Congratulations to the following Summerwood restaurants and incredible RGMs: Top Nine RGMs Our top nine Restaurant General Managers (RGM) will receive a destination trip […]
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2023 President’s Award Winners
Summerwood’s President’s Award, could also be known as the “hero award” according to Summerwood President, Matthew D. Recipients of this prestigious honor have dramatically transformed operations for their restaurant locations. Congratulations to the 2023 winners! President’s Award Vincent C, Restaurant General Manager Courtney M, Restaurant General Manager
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COO Vision Award Winners
“This is the highest honor I can give out in my role as COO.” – Bret B, COO Summerwood’s Chief Operating Officer Vision Award is centered around how the winners serve other people. The recipients of this award develop and help others grow with a focus on serving leadership. We offer a huge congratulations to […]
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Summerwood Celebrates Memorial Awards Winners
Every year, Summerwood comes together to celebrate the incredible work done by our teams across the company. Restaurant leaders from every market recently gathered for Summerwood’s State of the Union. Congratulations to our Memorial Awards winners below! Jerri Toner Award “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. BUT – People […]
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