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Planet Organic sales up 9% to £30.7m in the year to 26th August 2017

The upmarket London grocer opened its seventh store during the year. Like-for-like sales grew by 4% and the company saw a 30% rise in ecommerce sales. The strong results boosted EBITDA, which increased by 20%.

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