Welcome to MILA!

Good food. Good prices.
Sustainable community.

MILA briefly explained

We are a cooperative with over 1,000 members and run a supermarket in Vienna’s 12th district. On over 350 square meters we offer over 2,500 products for everyday needs.

MILA does business differently from big corporations.

Our philosophy: high-quality, largely organic, regional and unpackaged foods as well as affordable conventional and international products at good prices for all. Fair to the environment, animals and nature.

The secret of our good prices? All members work three hours per month – this reduces our overheads and makes quality affordable for all.

More about MILA
High-quality vegetables in the MILA join-in supermarket in Vienna, beetroot, sweet potatoes, celeriac, beetroot


Our shopping hours

Mon-Tue,  Thu-Fri: 8 AM – 8 PM
Sat: 8 AM – 6 PM
Wed & Sun: closed

Location: Vivenotgasse 29, 1120 Vienna

You want to have a first-hand experience of shopping at MILA?
Just drop in during opening hours and go to the reception area where you’ll be welcomed as a guest shopper.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Why join?

As a MILA member, you are entitled shop at the supermarket: fresh, regional and affordable foods that have been carefully selected. MILA is organized cooperatively.

MILA is more than a supermarket, though.  We are a community that appreciates good food, affordable prices and sustainable cooperation. As a cooperative, we are co-creating a sustainable, fair and participatory supermarket.

Join us!

With a one-off contribution of only EUR 20 (social rate) you can become a member and thus a co-owner of MILA.

 

Become a member now

Why have you joined MILA?

‘I’ve joined because I want to contribute to a food retail system that is fair – for producers as well as consumers.’

 

Friederike Ding

‘I am working for MILA to actively contribute to changing the Viennese food system and because I believe that good, healthy and affordable food should be available for all.’

 

David Jelinek

‘MILA – my idea of a place in Vienna where good & affordable food is available to ALL, where democratic decision-making and solidarity matter and where there’s a shared effort for a sustainable food system.’

 

Margherita Hameter

‘I am committed to establishing MILA, because I love good food and variety and I found a lack in both in conventional supermarkets. For me, MILA stands for enjoyment, variety and a shared sustainable way of doing business.’

 

Beatrice Stude

‘I joined MILA because I feel that we shouldn’t have to choose between quality or price when it comes to an issue as essential as food.’

 

Alexander Arndt

What makes MILA special

  • Conventional & international products

  • Regional & seasonal foods

  • Refrigerated products & household items available

  • Guest shopping for non-members possible

  • Fresh baked goods from bakeries

  • Accessible for people with disabilities, incl. restroom

  • Low-barrier shopping & smart low-barrier vegetables & fruit scales

  • Quiet hour for reduced noise while shopping

  • Solidarity fund – financial support if needed

  • Communal kitchen for shared use

  • Flexible work contributions suitable to your circumstances

Over 1,000 members &
supporters

A look inside the MILA mini market with over 800 products. In the centre, many baskets of fresh fruit and vegetables

Full product range with
over 2,500
consciously selected items

Directly sourced from producers

Large selection of organic products

MILA member shopping in the MILA join-in supermarket. Full shopping basket.

Long & convenient shopping hours

A young girl fills a bag with lentils

Reduced & reuseable packaging & big selection of unpackaged products

Member labor helps lower prices

Buddy system & shopping assistance

Our Values – Your Benefits

MILA member shopping in the MILA join-in supermarket. Full shopping basket.

Inclusion is a core principle, not a nice-to-have

A young girl fills a bag with lentils

Have a say in our product range

Community: shared space for meetings & events

Transparent pricing: fixed mark-up of 30%

Impressions of MILA members. This could be you!

MILA members are people of all ages, from different backgrounds and professions, with different skills and experiences. What unites us: the wish for a better food system – fair, ecological and affordable for all. At MILA, it’s not important where you come from, but that you want to co-create and contribute.

MILA member shopping in the MILA join-in supermarket. Full shopping basket.

Our current product highlights

Organic dairy products by Milchkandl

Directly from the Waldviertel region into the MILA supermarket shelf: whole milk and delicious fruit yogurts in reusable glass jars. Milchkandl only processes raw milk from the municipality of Weinzierl. No homogenization or ultra-high-temperature (UHT) processing; the valuable ingredients are preserved as naturally as possible.


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City Farm: Vielfalt Mader

We love their organic vegetable variety. Throughout the year, they offerclose to 100 different vegetable varieties. The farm across from the Donau-Auen National Park converted to organic farming in 1996. Since then, a considerable variety of organic vegetables is cultivated on an area of two hectares.


City farm Vielfalt Mader

NoCap - C.E.I.R. Cooperativa A R.L.

MILA offers peeled tomatoes in a can, passata in glass bottles, a variety of tomato sauces in jars. Each tomato glass is a symbol of labor ethics and ecological sustainability. NoCap is an Italian initiative that works to counter the Mafia-like exploitation of mostly African harvesters. The organic tomatoes and products of this cooperative make an important contribution towards ending labor exploitation and stand for solidary and humane farm labor.


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Get in touch. We are always happy to answer your questions.

Phone: +43 670 202 63 68
E-mail: mitmachen@mila.wien
Location: Vivenotgasse 29, 1120 Vienna

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