Popular supermarket Tesco is urging their customers to ask for a 'white envelope', should they require extra support.
The new scheme is aiming to help those who are struggling through the cost of living crisis, reports Manchester Evening News. The 'white envelope' scheme is now available to every shopper in all stores across the UK.
Signs have been spotted by Tesco customers in public toilets across various stores. This notice reads: "To combat period poverty, Tesco want to ensure everyone has access to sanitary products.
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"If you are in need, please go to the customer service desk and ask for a white envelope. No questions will be asked."
One shopper took to social media to ask the supermarket if the scheme was a legitimate thing. The customer wrote on Twitter: "Is this true about asking for a "White envelope" For Sanitary products?"
Tesco replied to the tweet, saying: "Hi Naill, thanks for getting in touch. To answer your question, yes this is correct, all a customer needs to do is to ask at our customer services and there will be no questions asked, it's in a effort to tackle period poverty as they are given free of charge. TY - Ian."
Another shopper spotted the signs and posted to a popular Facebook group that is known for its bargain-hunting skills. The woman wrote: "Not necessarily a bargain, because period products should be free anyway But I saw this on the back of the toilet door in Tesco."
One Facebook user wrote: "Morrisons do it too you ask for a package for Sandy."
Another said: "I agree they should be free."
More praised the supermarket, as one said: "Well done Tesco." Another added: "That’s bloody brilliant."
More shoppers wrote: "I'm going to tweet other supermarkets asking why they haven't introduced this initiative."
And others said: "I'd happily go and ask if I was desperate."
Meanwhile, one person concluded: "At the end of the day all period stuff should be free full stop. We don't ask to have periods so why should we have to pay for them."
According to a 2022 Action Aid survey, around one in eight women (12 per cent) in the UK struggle with period poverty. However, almost a year later, this number is expected to be a lot higher due to the cost of living crisis.
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