A young English schoolgirl has claimed victory over the large grocery/home chain Sainsbury’s after she noticed all the girls’ school outfits included pants with no pockets.
Arguing “girls need to carry things too!” a letter and petition signed and delivered by her and her classmates last year resulted in a new line of pants with deeper pockets.
It started in 2024 when she went shopping at the retail giant with her mom and discovered there were no trouser options for girls that had pockets deep enough to put anything in. Some had pocket linings sewn on and no actual pockets at all.
This irked the Ipswich local, and after grabbing a pair of boys’ pants for the school year, she wrote a letter expressing her frustration.
“Dear Sainsbury’s,”
“Me and my mummy went shopping for trousers for school and we noticed there weren’t any pockets in the girls’ trousers. Girls need to carry things too! When will this change?”
She received a reply from corporate management, apologizing for the lack of pockets and agreeing with her that the pants options should include them. The reply added that the feedback would be considered, and that was the end of things.
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Georgia followed up her letter with a petition signed by 56 students at her school, including boys, but this was not replied to.
The next year, returning to Sainsbury’s, she discovered grey trousers with pockets deep to the wrist, and little grey bows sewn onto the front two belt loops. Georgia was delighted.
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When asked by the BBC, Sainsbury’s didn’t confirm whether the letter or the petition was the key factor in the change, but Georgia decided to take it as a victory.
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