We didn't get the response we expected
It was recently announced that supermarket giant Tesco had introduced a new scheme allowing shoppers to access free sanitary products in a bid to combat period poverty.
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."
I stood waiting for around 15 minutes as the staff member in question called for the store manager over the tannoy three times, to no avail. Eventually, I told the staff member not to worry and I would try again another day to which she apologised and told me she thought they were in a meeting. However, it has since come to light that the scheme was only trialed in a handful of stores, which explains the staff members confusion by my request. Leeds Live has since been told by Tesco the 'white envelope' scheme currently only applies to Scotland. The supermarket apologised for the mix up and explained that the scheme was a "small-scale trial" ran in a "handful of stores".
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