{"id":2050,"date":"2025-04-09T16:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:05:58","slug":"tesco-becomes-first-uk-supermarket-to-make-major-aisle-change-in-93-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/tesco-becomes-first-uk-supermarket-to-make-major-aisle-change-in-93-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesco becomes first UK supermarket to make major aisle change in 93 stores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesco is making a big change to its aisles (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s a big change<\/a> coming to Tesco<\/a> stores \u2014 and its a first for UK supermarkets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The grocery<\/a> giant is set to roll out perimenopause<\/a> and menopause<\/a>-friendly aisles in 93 of its big stores (including superstores and Extras).<\/p>\n

These will exclusively feature products to help treat and manage women’s symptoms<\/a> when they’re these periods of hormonal change.<\/p>\n

Aiming to ’empower women with more choices’, these sections will support women in locating and identifying the products that can help them, all marked in the colour purple.<\/p>\n

Products will include items across categories like nutrition, haircare<\/a>, skincare<\/a>, sexual wellness<\/a> and digestive health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The change to stores comes after a successful trial was carried out by Tesco from February to March 2024, where it added the menopause<\/a> sections to 189 of its stores.<\/p>\n

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The dedicated menopause section will look like this and will be labelled with an M-tick (Picture: jcl300485)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Products used in the trial included Vitabiotics vitamins, Nivea, Olay, Simple skincare products, Tena and Always products.<\/p>\n

This new aisles will be implemented from April this year, making Tesco<\/a> the first retailer to permanently introduce a dedicated menopause-only area in-store.<\/p>\n

Both Morrisons<\/a> and Sainsbury’s<\/a> have previously completed similar trials, but are yet to introduce the measure on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n

As part of this new initiative, the supermarket has teamed up with GenM, a British collective of brands, retailers and manufacturers aiming to empower menopause brands.<\/p>\n

The collaboration will work together to enforce what has been dubbed the ‘M-tick’ – the first universal shopping symbol to clearly label menopause-friendly products.<\/p>\n

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The designated section will include everything from supplements to skincare (Picture: jcl300485)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GenM\u2019s 2024 UK Visibility Report found that 94% of women want to shop for menopause-friendly labelled products, yet 66% find it difficult to find the products they need.<\/p>\n

The change couldn’t come at a better time, after research by Kantar found that shoppers bought more menopause products than ever before last year.<\/p>\n

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The menopause is technically the name given when your periods stop due to lower hormone levels. It usually affects women between the ages of 45 and 55, but symptoms can happen far earlier as oestrogen begins to decline, in what\u2019s known as \u2018the perimenopause\u2019.<\/p>\n

And, while the NHS lists common symptoms including hot flushes, difficulty sleeping and even low sex drive, many women have been taken by surprise by the way perimenopause has affected them.<\/p>\n

Research indicates there could be as many as 62 symptoms.<\/a><\/p>\n

Menopause specialist Dr Naomi Potter previously told Metro other ailments such as tinnitus, urinary infections, change in body odour, weak bones and restless legs can all be associated with this life-changing stage.<\/p>\n

Other signs can be increased allergies, heart palpitations and changes in oral health.<\/p>\n

Here are the 62 menopause symptoms you should look out for.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sound familiar? Remember, you\u2019re not alone and we can help!<\/p>\n

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Tesco\u2019s Category Director for Health and Wellness, Tom Lye, said the supermarket is ‘delighted’ to support customers and colleagues going through menopause.<\/p>\n

‘We hope that having these permanent menopause-friendly bays in 93 of our large stores will provide reassurance and education,’ he said.<\/p>\n

Heather Jackson, GenM’s co-founder and CEO, added: ‘This showcases our joint commitment to supporting women across the breadth of the 48 menopause signs<\/a>, and means we are empowering women with choice for her to manage her menopause<\/a>, her way’.<\/p>\n

She also said that the 15.5 million women in the UK currently experiencing menopause are yet to be ‘understood or served as they deserve’, but this is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

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