Posted on 05/06/2022 2:22:06 PM PDT by dynachrome
A nationwide shortage in baby formula is worsening, according to a new analysis, as parents have expressed alarm over the worrying trend.
At retail locations across the United States, about 40 percent of the top-selling infant formula products were not in stock for the week ending April 24, said Datasembly. The company said that it tracked baby formula stock at more than 11,000 stores nationwide.
“This is a shocking number that you don’t see for other categories,” Ben Reich, CEO of Datasembly, told CBS News. “We’ve been tracking it over time and it’s going up dramatically. We see this category is being affected by economic conditions more dramatically than others,” Reich added.
Previously, drugstore chains like Walgreens and CVS have announced they would limit how many baby formula products each shopper can purchase at a given time.
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Geee...whatever did women do before the advent of formula?
No one around who is nursing who has enough milk for the extra starving baby?
Dead.
Well I’d sure like to see the stats on that. It’s a wonder that human beings have made it huh?
The 50% infant death rates were for several different reasons and malnutrition was a large factor.
The human race persevered because of high reproductive rates.
Trucking issues
we have a shortage caused by a supply chain issue.
Just like items in the building trades.
Haven’t you noticed that our leftist overlords have turned the best supplied country in the world and are limiting everything.
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