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Tesco makes major change in stores from today to help save Brits money

From today, Tesco’s period pants products, which are absorbent underwear designed to be worn as an alternative to tampons and sanitary towels, will be 20% cheaper

Tesco has cut the price of its range of F&F period underwear by covering the cost of VAT on them in a move to make them more affordable for customers.

From today, the supermarket chain’s period pants, which are absorbent underwear designed to be worn as an alternative to tampons and sanitary towels, will be 20% cheaper and bringing them in line with other period products which have been exempt from VAT since 2021. The permanent reduction in price is across all eight lines of own brand F&F period pants sold by Tesco, with a three-pack of pants reduced to £14.40 from £18.00 and a single pack of pants now £6.00 – down from £7.50.

Last week the supermarket chain joined the “Say Pants to the Tax” campaign calling on the Government to reclassify period pants as a period product so they can be exempt from VAT like other period items. Currently, the product is classed as a “garment” which means they have 20% VAT added to them.

This isn’t the first time Tesco has stepped in to cover the cost of VAT on its period products. In 2017, Tesco stepped in and covered the VAT costs on around 100 own label and branded period products such as tampons and sanitary pads. The Government later removed VAT on these products a few years later in 2021.

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