Year in Review: Summerwood’s Top Ten Blog Favorites
We’re closing out 2025 with a blog highlights rewind! The year saw many career milestone celebrations, team member spotlights and community outreach that truly fills our cup here at Summerwood. Please enjoy the most-viewed articles in order of popularity:
1. Celebrating Summerwood’s Best of the Best!
Our teams at Summerwood are simply the best! We recognized these hard working Best of the Best winners for consistently bringing their A-game to the job. Check out who made the list and, more importantly, find out the reward!
2. Summerwood Opens its Newest, Brightest Taco Bell Yet!
We were thrilled to announce the opening of Summerwood’s first ultra modern Taco Bell Kitchen X, located in South Bethlehem, PA. “Kitchen X” refers to the brand’s innovative new restaurant design and layout.
3. Summerwood Surprises Angels Outreach with $50k Community Grant
For the third year in a row, we secured a generous community grant from the Taco Bell Foundation for Angels Community Outreach, a New Jersey-based nonprofit committed to helping individuals and families in the community facing financial hardship.
4. A Passion for People: Jesse’s Journey
When Restaurant General Manager (RGM) Jesse B. first joined Taco Bell nearly seven years ago, she never imagined how integral she would become to her team and community. We caught up with her at her Weston, WV restaurant.
5. Construction & Maintenance Department Founder Denise Branca Retires
We celebrated the distinguished 30-year career of our very own Vice President of Construction, Denise Branca. She’s been so many things to so many of us over the years — and never anything short of remarkable!
6. Celebrating 2024 Golden Bell Winners at Summerwood!
We happily celebrated our Restaurant General Managers named among the brand’s top 100 managers across the U.S. with the announcement of Taco Bell’s Golden Bell winners! Recipients were rewarded with an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii.
7. Congratulations to our COO Vision Award Winners!
Our Chief Operating Officer Vision Award is given to people who take pride in the development and growth of the teams they serve. We were proud to honor three worthy winners.
8. 2024 President’s Award Winners!
President’s Award Winners are operations superstars. We thanked these award winners for their commitment to restaurant operating excellence!
9. Celebrating Father’s Day with Summerwood’s Iconic Father-Son Duo!
In honor of Father’s Day 2025, we had a Q&A session with a special father-son team we know and love here at Summerwood.
10. Introducing the John A. Nasuti Scholarship!
We were pleased to announce the designation of the John A. Nasuti Scholarship! Formerly known as Second Chance Scholarship, this program was inspired by Taco Bell’s Live Más Scholarship, which assists students in the pursuit of their passions.