From the Restaurant Floor to 30 Years in Management

Wingers Chief People Officer, Suzy Bronzati

"We always go back and say, what's the right thing to do?"

Suzy Bronzati started on the restaurant floor. She's been leading HR at Winger Bros. Management for most of the 30 years since, and that's still the question driving her team. Not always the easiest call. Sometimes not even the best one for the company. But the right one.

Wingers is the Utah-born chain founded in Salt Lake City in 1993, known for its wings and Original Amazing Sauce. The company has built around a single idea: cultivating vibrant community alehouses.

That's not a passive philosophy. Wingers encourages its locations to join the local chamber of commerce, show up at community events, and get genuinely embedded in the towns they serve. When franchisees lean into that, it shows. One location nearly doubled sales after getting connected to the community and is now opening a second store. In Pocatello and St. George, stores celebrate graduates by posting their milestones on the walls. Former employees come back to work weekends because the culture makes it worth showing up.

When Wingers moved to Workstream five years ago, the goal was simple: get managers out of the office and onto the floor. With hiring running from their phones, GMs could focus on what actually builds community. Across 21 locations, applications went up.

Suzy, thank you for 30 years of building a company that earns its place in the communities it calls home.

-Written by Workstream