Team Member Spotlight: Janelle
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 […]
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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: 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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Team Member Spotlight: Mallory
Meet Mallory, a 20-year-old rising star at Summerwood. She got her first job with Taco Bell in 9th grade and now runs her own restaurant in Elizabethtown, PA. Mallory never thought she’d be where she is. In fact, she believes Summerwood really had a hand in her career development, especially the discovery of her own […]
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Team Member Duo: Twins Nikkie & Kimmie
Meet Nikkie and Kimmie, gregarious twins who’ve devoted their careers to Summerwood. They’ve both been with the company for 27 years! Both have successfully climbed the career ladder at Summerwood. Kimmie, now a Restaurant General Manager, who just opened a new Taco Bell in Marlton, NJ, where Nikkie joins her as Shift Manager. Returning to […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Cierra
Meet Cierra, the Shift Manager at Summerwood’s Elizabethtown Taco Bell. Unlike most employees, she hadn’t really eaten at Taco Bell before taking a job with us! Three years later, she has no trouble naming her favorite menu item: the beef quesarito. Cierra joined the Elizabethtown location as a Food Champion when she was just 15; […]
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Team Member Duo: Steve & Teesha
Meet Steve and Teesha, newlyweds who caught one another’s eyes nine years ago in a Taco Bell lobby. It was love at first sight and they still seem to have the spark, as evidenced in their shared humor. Teesha claims Steve winked at her; he totally denies the accusation. Today, this dynamic duo agrees that […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Attice
Meet Attice, the Restaurant General Manager (RGM) for Summerwood’s Mt. Laurel, NJ Taco Bell location. Her story with Summerwood starts with a chance encounter at the bus stop. Attice, 23 at the time, was heading to another job interview on the day that she ran into someone who worked for Taco Bell at the bus […]
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Team Member Spotlight: Gabby
Meet Gabby, a Restaurant General Manager at the Pennsville, New Jersey KFC. She immigrated to the U.S. in 2001 from Mexico and not too long after, joined one of Summerwood’s two-in-one KFC Taco Bell locations as a cashier. She still remembers the date clearly: May 6, 2006. Gabby continued working as a cashier for a […]
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