The Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA), an initiative jointly established by the Food Marketing Institute, the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the National Restaurant Association in 2011, has been working with BSR (Businesses for Social Responsibility) to collect more accurate measurements on the volume of food waste being produced by the sectors its members represent — manufacturing, retail and food service. FWRA and BSR collected data directly from participating companies. The result has been a series of studies that aims to benchmark and track the progress of FWRA sectors against their goal of reducing food waste.