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Restaurant Business wins 8 Jesse H. Neal Awards

The annual honors, presented by the Software and Information Industry Association, recognize excellence in business media. RB took home group and individual awards.
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Restaurant Business took home eight Jesse H. Neal Awards on Friday. | Staff photo

The Restaurant Business editorial team on Friday won eight Jesse H. Neal Awards, including Best Range of Work by a Media Brand. 

The annual awards, presented by the Software and Information Industry Association, recognize excellence in business media. 

Neal Award winners were announced following a luncheon at the Yale Club in New York City. 

In addition to Best Range of Work by a Media Brand, Restaurant Business took home awards for:

“The awards show the amazing work this team does day in and day out,” said Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze. “I’m particularly thrilled with the awards for The Climate Crisis and Labor Pains, because those were full-team efforts. That shows exactly what we can do when all of us work together.”

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