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Ratio Institute Food Retail Materiality Assessments

What Materiality Assessments Are and Why Food Retail Companies Need to Take Them Seriously

Do you want to make your company’s operations more efficient, profitable, and sustainable? If you answered yes to this question—and…

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Ratio Institute How Vending Machines Erode Food Retailer Profits

How Vending Machines Erode Food Retailer Profits

Did you know that outdoor DVD vending machines use refrigeration to avoid heat damage to the DVDs? These machines—like vending…

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10 ton gorilla of food retail sustainability

The 10 Ton Gorilla of Energy Efficiency

Most people don’t know this, but the typical neighborhood supermarket uses as much energy as over 140 average-sized homes. Food…

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Why Limping Along Is Not a Viable Sustainability Strategy for Food Retailers

Your Grocery Store is Not Your Car When I found out my car needed a new air conditioner motor, I…

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Navigating the Food Waste Regulation & Action Landscape

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Why the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Should Matter to Food Retailers

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Five Benefits of the Sustainable Food Retail Certification Program

Food retailers across the planet are taking on high-profile sustainability projects, from adding glass doors to refrigerated display cases to stocking sustainably harvested seafood. They…

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A Practical Guide to Refrigerant Regulations for Food Retailers

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Three Strategies to Build More Sustainable Food Retail Supply Chains

Why should food retailers work to build environmentally friendly, equitable, and socially just supply chains? Supermarkets are the lifeblood of…

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Pandemic Reveals Food Retail Worker Inequities and Industry Challenges—But Shows a Path Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the food retail industry to innovate faster in 2020 than ever before, but also meant “windfall profits” for many food retailers…

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