\nLidl has announced it has provided over 800,000 free period products in a bid to combat period poverty.<\/p>\n
The discount retailer<\/a>\u2019s Irish operation was the first supermarket to tackle the issue last April by allowing customers to get 65,000 free products through tokens on the Lidl Plus app.<\/p>\n Lidl has also donated 15,000 sanitary products to Simon Communities of Ireland to make products more accessible to homeless people, and to their partners at the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Waitrose and Lidl top Which? sustainability rankings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “65,000 free period products redeemed in seven months is the highest level of redemption for any in-store initiative that Lidl Ireland has ever experienced,\u201d Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland chief executive officer JP Scally said.<\/p>\n “We\u2019re not afraid to back issues, to break stigmas and to challenge the norm to help build a better workplace, a better environment and ultimately a better society for us all. We are committed to keeping the discussion front and centre.”<\/p>\n Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial conditions, lack of hygienic spaces and stigma around menstruation.<\/p>\n