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Re: THE GREAT BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2022, 06:59:03 PM »
Report: Baby Formula Shortage Worsening, Low-Income Families Hit Hardest
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/02/report-baby-formula-storage-worsening-low-income-families-hit-hardest/

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Data on the market supply of baby formula reveals the shortage is getting worse, especially in the south and southwest United States, with low-income families suffering most.

The data is based on sales at stores, such as grocery, club stores and pharmacies, which represents 80 percent of formula sales.

The Wall Street Journal reported on the data, which it said was generated by the data research firm IRi:

Nationally, 23 percent of powdered baby formula was out of stock in the week ended May 22, compared with 21 percent during the previous week, according to the latest figures from market-research firm IRI. In the first week of January and before the recall of formula produced by Abbott Laboratories, 11 percent of powdered baby formula was out of stock because of pandemic-related supply-chain shortages and inflation. Before the pandemic, the normal out-of-stock range for powdered formula was 5 percent to 7 percent, according to IRI.

Some 1.6 million infants were eligible for WIC assistance as of 2019, the most recent year for which data were available. The program is designed to provide formula at no cost to families and positions the federal government as the largest purchaser of infant formula. About half of infant formula nationwide is purchased by participants using WIC benefits, according to the White House. More than 50 percent of infants born in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana received WIC benefits in 2019, according to a WSJ analysis of census and U.S. Agriculture Department data.

The baby formula shortage is getting worse and worse.
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Re: THE GREAT BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2022, 08:56:04 PM »
It's been 40+ years since I've been anywhere near a baby and store-bought formula. But I'm just not understanding this formula problem.

Apart from babies with certain gastrointestinal issues that require a certain formula recipe, there have GOT to be other options for parents who want to feed their kids. After all, what the hell did people do BEFORE baby formula was invented?  :p

I ain't gettin' it. Somebody please enlighten me.
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Re: THE GREAT BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE
« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2022, 06:32:26 PM »
Baby formula still hard to find nearly a year after shortage began
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/baby-formula-still-hard-find-nearly-year-after-shortage-began

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Nearly a year after a nationwide shortage, parents are still not able to find baby formula on store shelves.

"There has really been a critical shortage since May – and not as critical shortage since February… there has never actually been a full shelf," said mother of two Hannah Kroll during an appearance on FOX Business’ "Varney & Co."

Her comments come as Reckitt – the maker of popular formula brand Enfamil – told Reuters that the shortage would likely continue until spring.

The shortage began earlier this year when Abbott Nutrition plant in Sturgis, Michigan, was shut down due to reports of infants being hospitalized after consuming products from the facility.

Baby formula shortage remains a problem a year later.

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The national in-stock rate for baby formula has climbed back to 82.24%, but the supply is still below the 89% supply families were accustomed to before the formula crisis began in February.

Around 33% of American families were still struggling to find baby formula in September, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. Meanwhile, nearly one in five affected households has less than one week of formula accessible, the same survey reveals.
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