On December 12, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War will receive discount cards "Zabota" (Care) as New Year's gifts from the Vitebsk Regional Union of Consumer Societies ("Vitebsk Oblpotrebsoyuz"), the head of the trade department of the regional union, Elena Tukhfatullina, told a BELTA correspondent. Holders of these discount cards will be granted a 3% discount on the total purchase amount in 32 trade facilities of the regional union, located in Vitebsk and district centers. In addition, 7 "Veteran" stores of the regional union and 16 departments in trade facilities will sell products at lower prices for veterans and war participants in the region. For low-income rural residents - disabled persons, pensioners, large families, cooperators, food packages have begun to be formed for the New Year, which include cereals, pasta, and vegetable oil. All goods included in the package are sold at a 5-10% discount. Another campaign, "With Care for You," will affect all customers who decide to purchase groceries in cooperative stores in the run-up to the holidays. A 5-10% discount will be provided on certain types of goods, including those of own production. As previously reported, since July of this year, the "Loyalty System" has been operating in the Vitebsk region to support socially vulnerable segments of the population - a system of discounts on goods and services for pensioners, disabled persons of groups I and II, and large families. Both state-owned and private enterprises in trade, public catering, and services have joined it. In Vitebsk alone, over 70 facilities have supported it. -0-

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