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Experts estimated the value of products thrown by the Russians at 1.6 trillion rubles

  • 8 Oct 09:07

In Russia, 17 million tons of food worth more than 1.6 trillion rubles are thrown annually. Food sharing can partially correct this situation: as early as 2024, thanks to Internet services, 1 million tons of products can be saved. Experts from the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) and the TIAR-Center consulting company have calculated how many products citizens and retail chains throw away annually. According to their estimates, based on data from the Higher School of Economics and Rosstat, about 17 million tons of products are dumped annually. Today, at the stage of sale and consumption, at least 16% of all manufactured products are. Read more...

X5 Turns to Baltic Startups for Innovative Pitches

  • 25 Jul 10:54

Russia’s leading food retailer,X5 Group, has invited Baltic startups to pitch their offers for improving the company’s retail chains, Latvian public broadcaster LSMreports. The company will give the best young companies access to the infrastructure resources and expertise of Russia’s largest retailer as well as the chance to implement a pilot project with a budget of up to 700,000 euros, saysGoTech Innovation, a company organizing the pitch on behalf of X5. The first stage of the competition is to take the form of a real-time pitch session with 15 startups. Startups are asked to use Computer Vision, The Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, AR/VR,. Read more...