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Nov 2023
41m 43s

The surprise that's saving food with Luc...

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Collaboration is the new competition: that was French entrepreneur Lucie Basch’s philosophy when she approached a group of Danish founders who happened to be working on a similar food waste reduction app.  Before long, Lucie and her new co-founders joined forces to create Too Good To Go, an app that enables restaurants and grocery stores to sell leftover it ... Show More
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