Short description of the ‘Good Practice’: The good practice focuses on Mutual benefits between primary producers and consumers. LA OSA supermarket works as a cooperative in which participants can buy at the supermarket as long as a) they offer 3 hours of volunteer work in the supermarket every 4 weeks and b) make a single contribution of € 100. With this system, they not only facilitate the local and select consumption of their cooperative members, but allows them to participate in the suppliers selection throug the Purchase Comission. This Commission is in charge of the suppliers delection, purchasing policy monitoring, communication of cooperative members and professional team in relation to the products offered and everything that can help the purchasing area of the cooperative.
The good practice is therefore found in the fact that the supermarket’s volunteers/consumers, through the commission, are able to promote local suppliers in witch they trust. The suppliers inclusion must be approved by the assembly, in which each member of the cooperative has one vote. This is a clear way of bringing local producers closer together with neighbours, reducing the chain of intermediaries. This proximity allows producers to obtain greater profitability from their production. Allowing consumers to obtain healthy, sustainable and local products at affordable prices. It also establish solid and lasting trust relationships between producers and consumers.

The secondary theme that the Good Practice adheres is related to education and awareness rising. In LA OSA their cooperative members are also allowed to participate in the Communication Commission. This Commission is in charge of the creation of internal and external communication content, design, creation and maintenance of the website, organize neighborhood meetings and awareness rising events and collaborate with other cooperatives and associations.
The good practice, therefore, is found in the fact that the cooperative members themselves are the ones who, through the communication commission, promote engagement activities that encourage neighbors to participate in the cooperative and modify their consumption habits. By being not only neighbors, but also supermarket workers (3 hours a month), the events and awareness-raising activities are adjusted to the needs and barriers observed in the neighborhood. And most importantly, they lead by example, educate each other, and establish solid and lasting trust relationships.