mind the store

Idioms  

1. Attend to local or family matters, as in Ask Dad for permission; he's minding the store while Mom's away. This expression transfers looking after an actual business to more general activities. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

“Major retailers must ensure the products they sell, from children’s toys to kitchen spatulas, are not introducing banned cancer-causing chemicals into our homes,” said Mike Schade, Toxic-Free Future’s director of Mind the Store.

From Salon

“As businesses introduce more and more recycled materials into everyday products, retailers must require suppliers to test them to ensure toxic chemicals aren’t hiding in these recycled plastics. Retailers must mind the store and prohibit these toxic chemicals in products, especially in recycled plastics.”

From Salon

Foreign adversaries looking to take advantage of the anticipated personnel changes will find America’s tech leaders carefully planning to mind the store to prevent any vulnerabilities.

From Washington Times

In August 2020, environmental advocacy groups Toxic-Free Future and Mind the Store released the findings of independent lab tests of fast food packaging.

From Fox News

"In many of our communities, we are already overburdened by multiple exposures to toxics, be it the production of toxic chemicals, or the refining of fossil fuels that are made into chemicals that are put in products and then come back into the waste stream into our communities as well," said José Bravo, a contributor to the report who is also the national coordinator for the Campaign for Healthier Solutions, which co-published the report along with the Mind the Store campaign.

From Salon

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