Planet Organic - Balham

Sustainable products and foods store, I love it.

I was a researcher at Sheffield Uni to research people’s environmental behaviour also after that I worked for environmental protection NGO in London. I love to see and buy sustainable products.

This store has wide range of ethically / environmentally sourced products and foods.

This was my first time using Too good to go app and also planet organic balham. I totally admit that I was calling at the 9th hour to see if I could colldct the order but when I called to say I was on my way, I was made to feel like I was stupid and there was no way they were letting me in. again. When I called to ask them in the morning if the "bag" was still there or if I have missed the whole thing, I was made to feel like I was ridiculous. The tone and smirk of the person on the other end wasn't a great experience. It £3 odd so I am not after a refund as it was my error but I didn't like the way I was treated. I know for certain I won't use this store and kindness goes along way in responses.
Victoria

Over-priced fad foods.
Remarkably for a shop that has organic in it's name, this store mainly stocks foods relating to fad diets, such as keto, and those goods are mostly inorganic.
Don't be fooled by the purportedly ethical options to refill your own boxes and bags from the 'package-free' section, the foods here (cereals, dried fruit, chocolate buttons) are more expensive per kg than buying them in a packet off the shelf in-store.
The package-free fresh fruit and veg are over-priced and often from European growers rather than British.
Most items that can be found in the other nearby supermarkets are more expensive in Planet Organic.
Generally a wholly disappointing store, but they do organic and fairtrade coffee which is still surprisingly hard to find in other coffee outlets.

Good selection of keto products. Just extremely pricey! But very good quality foods & selections.

Got the weights content and nutritional value completely wrong on their cauliflower base pizzas. When queried with member staff, they agreed and couldn't understand how. Asked should it be put back on shelf was told "Yes please"! Should that not have been urgently investigated? I should say 100% it should. What about diabetics, People with high cholesterol etc.
Please tell me you are going to take these off the shelf and get your facts right. I wonder if any other products are also misleading?!

One of my favourite shop it balham. Has supplements with real food based ingredients. Wide range of health products.

This was a really good experience for first time visit. Coffee best this week staff very helpful as I have a severe allergy and checked everything for me. Big thank you to the women who not only knows product information but great knowledge of crystals.

What's there to say? It's Planet Organic, the best chain shop ever. Their freshly made smoothies are particularly good. 😋 As is everything else, from bagels to broccoli.