Bioescolha

Bioescolha is an organic supermarket in Celas, a central neighbourhood of Coimbra, on Rua Bernardo de Albuquerque. The project began in 2010 and, a year later, opened what it describes as the first organic supermarket in the city. Its aim from the start was to make organic food accessible to everyone, summed up in the motto Bio para todos, organic for all.

The shop presents itself as a certified organic supermarket. The shelves cover the whole weekly shop: rice, cereals, flours, pulses, nuts, seeds, bread, pasta, oils, teas, coffee, plant-based drinks, juices and macrobiotic foods, as well as supplements, cosmetics and hygiene products, baby care, cleaning products and household utensils. Agrobio, the Portuguese association for organic farming, lists Bioescolha among the places to buy certified organic products in the Coimbra district.

Bioescolha has also taken organic food outside the shop. It set up an organic restaurant at the Bons Sons summer festival in Cem Soldos, using biodegradable consumables from the first day to help keep plastic out of festivals. In 2015 it opened a second space in Leiria, and since 2019 it has run a distribution service that supplies more than 40 professional customers, among them bulk shops, organic supermarkets and restaurants.

The Coimbra shop is open from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sundays. Orders can also be placed through the online shop and delivered to the customer's home.