Tesco branch praised for helping tackle period poverty with ‘white envelope’ scheme
“A branch of Tesco has been praised for supplying free sanitary products in an effort to tackle period poverty.
A post on Twitter revealed that the supermarket’s Catterick Garrison branch in North Yorkshire is encouraging shoppers in need to come to their customer service desk and request a ‘white envelope’.
A social media user shared an image of an in-store poster that explained that there will be ‘no questions asked’, and women and girls will be handed back an envelope containing a couple of sanitary products.
It added that they wanted to “take away the stigma” – particularly among teenagers – for those who couldn’t “afford” to purchase supplies.”