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WAITROSE became yesterday the second supermarket chain to cut its prices on women’s sanitary products to compensate for the “tampon tax” imposed by the government.
Britain’s biggest supermarket chain Tesco was first to introduce the price cut to avoid passing on the 5 per cent tax.
An online petition calling for the abolition of the levy has attracted more than 320,000 signatures.
The European Union classifies women’s sanitary products as “luxury items” along with kangaroo meat, crocodile meat and alcoholic jellies.
Other supermarkets have refused to say whether they will cut their prices to absorb the cost of the tax.
Sainsbury’s declined to comment “for competitive reasons,” while Boots and Asda did not respond to requests for a statement.
