We help food reach people, not the trash.
EatB4 is a data exchange platform that helps useful food reach those in need in larger quantities and at lower cost. Rimi and Toidupank will be among the first to use the application.
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167 000
A total of about 167,000 tons of food waste is generated in Estonia each year, half of which is still fit for human consumption (SEI survey in 2021).
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20 000
20,000 tons of food are lost in food stores every year, of which only 12% or 1,800 tons reach the Food Bank.
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20 000
More than 20,000 people in Estonia need food aid every week.
Solution
How it works
We have connected food donors and food aid recipients to the data platform. Information about donated food is automatically transferred to the Food Bank from grocery store databases. This allows for more efficient logistics planning and eliminates data collection from paper delivery notes.
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Collects expired food information from retail chain information systems
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Models the most efficient food distribution and logistics circuit
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Reduces the working time of volunteers processing data in the Food Bank
Media
We have said
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KUKU radio show
Our team member Hannes went to KUKU radio to talk about EatB4.
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Following the mid-term evaluation, seven initiatives will continue in the NULA incubator
In Estonia's only development program for social initiatives, seven start-ups continue their journey and EatB4 among them.
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NULA start-up support will be given to EatB4
EatB4 succeeded in NULA social initiatives incubator and reached the final, receiving a start-up grant of 25,000 euros.
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EatB4 shared it`s experience, how to save more food
EatB4 talked about more efficient way to save food in podcast "What is wrong in the picture?"
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EatB4 attending Tehnopol Startup incubator
EatB4 joined the Tehnopoli Startup Incubator's growth program, which helps early-stage startups to increase their competencies and reach their set goals faster
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EatB4 is at KUKU Ärataja podcast show
EatB4 discussed with Agnes Kangur from NULA on the KUKU Ärataja show, how the NULA social initiative incubator helps solutions that change society to grow bigger
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EatB4's initiative Help´a´bit took second place in the Rimi Hackathon!
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EatB4 is developing a Food Distribution Platform that will enhance the food bank network through a digital solution.
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Partners
Without partners, nothing would work
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Retail chains
Rimi works on a daily basis for sustainability and food saving.
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Food donation distributor
Most of the food distributed by Eesti Toidupank is food saved from grocery store chains.
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Kodanikuühiskonna Sihtkapital SA
The KÜSK scholarship provided the necessary initial funding to create a pilot project of platform and test the solution.
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Tehnopol Startup Inkubaator
The Startup Incubator growth program supports early stage startups.
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Ministry of Social Affairs
The support from the Ministry of Social Affairs for the Food Sharing Platform development project is 150,000 euros.
Contact
Who make it work
The idea of EatB4 started in the group work of TalTech’s master’s course and our previous experience and skills have been quadrupled in teamwork.
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Märt Helmja
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Kristina Noor
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Ermo Eero
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Hannes Krause
Let's collaborate
We seek connections with food donors and food aid recipients, as well as IT companies and marketing agencies and anyone else who wants to contribute to the development of the platform so that we can save even more food.