Strategy Journal | Refill Store and Refillery Business Insights

A journal for refill store owners navigating sustainable growth, profitability, and values driven business -- featuring tools from the Lean Refillery

 
Should You Buy New Equipment? A Payoff Calculator for Makers equipment for lean production profitability Jan 02, 2026

Before You Buy New Equipment, Ask the Questions That Actually Matter

New equipment is one of the easiest ways for a small maker business to spend money—and one of the hardest places to tell whether that money will actually come back.

It’s easy to justify a purchase by telling yourself it will incr...

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The Lean Refillery Profit Simulator - Understand Your Refill Store's Profitability profitability Nov 16, 2025

Running a refillery is meaningful, values-driven work—but it’s also complex.

Most refill store owners don’t start their businesses from an accounting or traditional business background. We start from purpose, intuition, creativity, and grit. And while that passion is powerful, it often means that c...

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