EROSKI and the Basque Culinary Center have updated the collaboration agreement they maintain aimed at innovation, sustainability and the promotion of the food sector, expanding its scope to GOe – Gastronomy Open Ecosystem, the international hub for innovation, training, entrepreneurship and gastronomic research promoted by the Basque Culinary Center.

Both entities maintain a collaboration that lasts since 2011, united by a shared vision: to promote innovative projects that contribute to transforming the way of understanding food and gastronomy. The update of the agreement strengthens this strategic alliance and incorporates the GOe ecosystem – Gastronomy Open Ecosystem as a new joint development space. This expansion reinforces the shared commitment of both entities to the development of the food and gastronomic ecosystem, in a context marked by the transformation of the sector and by the challenges associated with sustainability, health and competitiveness.

The signing of the agreement, held at GOe – Gastronomy Open Ecosystem, was attended by the director of Institutional Relations and Corporate Communication of EROSKI, Asun Bastida, and the general director of Basque Culinary Center, Joxe Mari Aizega.

Bastida highlighted that “at EROSKI we maintain a continuous commitment to train consumers on the importance of healthy living and eating habits, as well as with the development of the local agri-food sector. Go hand in hand with a leader in gastronomic innovation such as the Basque Culinary Center and the ecosystem GOe allows us to continue promoting initiatives that contribute to a healthier, more sustainable food model and connected to the real needs of society.”

 

For her part, Aizega, has pointed out that “having EROSKI at GOe allows us to continue advancing our ambition to contribute to the transformation of the food system. Both entities share the vision of promoting a tasty, healthy and sustainable diet, aligned with the real needs of consumers and the sector, and GOe is the ideal space to make it possible.”

 

Trajectory of collaboration

Throughout these years, the collaboration between EROSKI and the Basque Culinary Center has materialized in projects linked to innovation, training and dissemination around food and gastronomy.

Both entities have worked together on R&D&I initiatives aimed at the development of products with added value, such as the EROSKI Seleqtia range. The alliance has also promoted awareness programs on healthy living habits aimed at young people as ‘Chef of the class’, as well as consumers in general, educational and informative projects, workshops and gastronomic experiences, as well as the “EROSKI-BCC Onenak” recognitions, which have 6 editions and recognize entrepreneurship and emerging talent in areas such as sustainability, local product, innovation or health.

The renewal and expansion of the agreement consolidates this long-term strategic relationship and opens new opportunities to deepen projects that connect knowledge, company and society.

 

About EROSKI

EROSKI is one of the leading distribution groups in the north of the Spanish market — from Galicia to the Balearic Islands — with a market share of 12.7% in that area; being a leader in the Basque Country, Navarre, and Galicia and co-leader in the Balearic Islands. Its commercial network, at the end of 2024, rises to 1,502 establishments, including supermarkets, hypermarkets, cash & carry and online supermarkets; in addition to gas stations, sports stores and other non-food businesses. It also has more than 6.4 million Client Partners and more than 27,600 people are part of its workforce, of which about 9,000 are proprietary partners.

 

 

About GOe-Gastronomy Open Ecosystem

GOe – Gastronomy Open Ecosystem contributes from gastronomy to create a delicious future through talent, knowledge and innovation, collaborating closely with institutions and companies, promoting a delicious, healthy and sustainable diet. GOe–Gastronomy Open Ecosystem, is a project led by the Basque Culinary Center in a shared strategy and supported by the Department of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government, Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the City Council of Donostia-San Sebastián.

More information about GOe-Gastronomy Open Ecosystem can be found at the following link: https://goe.bculinary.com/