Major nationwide retailers are limiting the amount of baby formula customers can buy as a stark shortage of the product leaves shelves empty for parents searching for food for their infants.
Baby formula was roughly 30% out of stock across the country in April, according to market tracker Datasembly. By the end of the month, a half-dozen states had out-of-stock rates above 50% and the national average had risen to 40%, the data analysis company told Bloomberg News.
“They are sending pallets, pallets of baby formula to the border,” said Republican Rep. Kat Cammack in one of two online postings yesterday. “Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula,” she added, holding a photo of empty shelves where the formula would be. Source: Washington Examiner
The first photo is from this morning at the Ursula Processing Center at the U.S. border. Shelves and pallets packed with baby formula.
The second is from a shelf right here at home. Formula is scarce.
This is what America last looks like. pic.twitter.com/OO0V99njoy
— Kat Cammack (@Kat_Cammack) May 11, 2022
In response, CVS capped online orders to three containers of formula powder. Target has limited customers to four containers.
The CVS limit also applies in-store, though Target’s does not, CNN reported.
Walgreens has held customers to three containers of formula, the network said.
“The unprecedented scope of this infant formula recall has serious consequences for babies and new parents,” Brian Dittmeier, the senior director of public policy at the National WIC Association, told the New York Times on Saturday. His nonprofit provides nutritional assistance to roughly six million women and children across the country.
“Every day, we hear from parents who are hurt, angry, anxious and scared,” Dittmeier said. “The lives of their infants are on the line.”
With retailers limiting purchases and many shelves out of stock, parents have turned to unexpected places in hopes of locating formula.
A 31,000-member Facebook labeled “baby formula for sale” sees continuous posts from parents buying and giving away cartons of formula powder.
“My sister is in desperate need of some and she can’t seem to find any,” one woman wrote. “I’m just trying to help her out.”
“Have formula to give away to a mommy in need,” another said. “Text if interested – located in Bergen County.”
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With every passing day, it becomes abundantly clear why the Democrats had to steal the 2020 Presidential election. Who—in their right mind—would put this sorry SOB, Joe Biden, into the White House to create the havoc and chaos that he has created—and continues to create.
He turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to the Southern Border crisis and, now, with his Party’s obsession over the abortion issue—sends baby formula—much needed by American mothers—to illegal immigrants. If he can’t get the green light to abort our own children, I suppose he plans to starve them as Plan B.
One idiotic dumba** decision after another—the people he is supposed to be caring about are being given the middle finger in an air of nonchalance. I ask of God—why is this man even allowed to breathe and see another day?
AND more and more it becomes abudently clear, THE LEFT CARES NOT FOR AMERICANS< just illegal invaders!
Americans would be better off in Venezuela, where if they cannot get toilet paper can at least still feed their babies. Unfortunately, many of the about 30% of American women who vote Democrat cannot resort to joining the La leche league of breast feeders as the blood alcohol and drug levels in their mother’s milk would permanently harm the children, so they have to buy formula. That being the case, Joe again has offended and driven away a great source of his voting base. I ‘d pity the fool but he has made Washington a town without pity.
sending baby formula to the border and ukraine to hell with american moms.
now they are defunding the veterans admin and sending the fundsto pay for the influx of illegals and ukraine.
More and more it seems BEING A Citizen of this nation, is a PENALTY.. NOT a benefit.
This is infuriating! As a 40 year NICU nurse, this is absolutely heinous. I have seen so much favoritism displayed toward illegal immigrants in my career as an RN, but this takes the cake. How can the ***** in charge (dim-cap Biden), justify this???? I am quite familiar with Meade-Johnson and Abbott laboratories as the major formula suppliers to the US’s hospital’s NICUs, and they are as crooked and corrupt as the pharmaceutical companies with which they are affiliated. They should be ASHAMED of themselves for discriminating against our citizens!
They don’t CARE about having to justify it.. Just like when they sent MILLIONS OF OUR Tax dollars down there, to ‘feed/clothe them etc” while IGNORING HOMELESS AMERICANS..
Democrats only care about criminals and illegals.
BECAUSE they are criminals!!!