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post #1 of 39
4/27/07 at 3:46am
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So I was in my local Target today, and I needed toothpaste, and saw the formula aisle. There was a sign that said "Please limit your formula purchase to so many cans or so many bottles." I forgot the exact amount. I asked the sales clerk why, and she said she didn't know. I mean, if a certain kind was on sale, I could see why, but this was a generic sign. Anyone know what's up with this?
post #2 of 39
4/27/07 at 4:24am
Wow maybe Target is on the breastfeeding bandwagon...?
post #3 of 39
4/27/07 at 4:33am
I thought there was some sort of drug making/smuggling thing in which formula could be used.


-Wait, apparently that is urban legend. Off to google some more.

From the DEA

MYTH: INFANT FORMULA is used as a cutting agent (diluent) for drugs such as methamphetamine.

FACT: Infant formula often is stolen from retail stores and resold on Internet auction sites, at flea markets, and at convenience stores. Some criminal groups steal large quantities of infant formula and smuggle the formula to other locations--particularly Mexico and Central America--where the formula is sold on the black market. Infant formula is not a common diluent for methamphetamine.
post #4 of 39
4/27/07 at 4:40am
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Originally Posted by Rico'sAlice View Post
I thought there was some sort of drug making/smuggling thing in which formula could be used.


-Wait, apparently that is urban legend. Off to google some more.

From the DEA

MYTH: INFANT FORMULA is used as a cutting agent (diluent) for drugs such as methamphetamine.

FACT: Infant formula often is stolen from retail stores and resold on Internet auction sites, at flea markets, and at convenience stores. Some criminal groups steal large quantities of infant formula and smuggle the formula to other locations--particularly Mexico and Central America--where the formula is sold on the black market. Infant formula is not a common diluent for methamphetamine.
But stealing is not the same as limiting your purchase. I mean, if you're planning on stealing, the sign isn't going to make any difference, right?
post #5 of 39
4/27/07 at 4:46am
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Originally Posted by Benji'sMom View Post
But stealing is not the same as limiting your purchase. I mean, if you're planning on stealing, the sign isn't going to make any difference, right?

Sorry. I wasn't trying to say that. I just don't like to go back and edit to make posts blank. So I was just putting up the info to correct my erroneous post about cutting meth w/ formula.

I have not found any answers/suggestions as to the reasons for the purchasing restrictions yet.
post #6 of 39
4/27/07 at 4:48am
I guess I was just hoping...
post #7 of 39
4/27/07 at 5:18am
Can you use WIC at Target? I know some other grocery stores here have limits on formula. It specifically states on the sign that they limit purchases, to allow for other people to purchase the products. I know with WIC, you have to purchase so much at one time (if it says 4 cans on the check, you should do 4 cans - if you do 3 cans, you don't get that 1 can later on as the check has been "cashed").

So maybe that's why? I don't know.
post #8 of 39
4/27/07 at 8:47am
This is exactly why. WIC is big business, but with WIC there are only certain brands of formula you can buy. You can only buy Goodstart, so I'm not sure why they would make a blanket statement like that for all formulas. If the store doesn't have enough, people will go somewhere where they do have enough so that they don't lose that can for the month. I think when I stupidly stopped breastfeeding in the just coming home panic Caleb took about a can a week, SO at a can a week (mind you that goodstart is $24 per can) you can't afford to not get your four cans for the months, or you won't have enough. Again, I'm ashamed that I quit breastfeeding and would change it in a heartbeat. I'm staying home next school year, so next time we have a baby it won't be a problem being rushed to have the baby and get back to work, BUT WIC does control the formula market and that's probably why that sign was there.
post #9 of 39
4/27/07 at 9:13am
I've seen signs limiting formula purchases for several years in other stores.
post #10 of 39
4/27/07 at 10:47am
I worked at walmart in the infants department and a lot of times people would come in and literally buy all the formula left on the shelf (of one kind anyways) and we'd be sold out. THen you have other customers coming in wanting that formula and it wasn't there, we got yelled at quite a few times for that by the customer. So i'm thinking that's why they limit, so they can at least make the customers happy by having the formula in stock.
post #11 of 39
4/27/07 at 10:52am
I'm pretty sure its so that people don't decide to stock up and purchase such a large quantity that the store runs out. Then they have to deal with people who come in needing formula and are mad none is left. I think its something they like to always have on the shelf available and never be waiting to get a shipment in.
post #12 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:11am
Wow... So glad I breastfeed so I don't need to worry about limits or any of that... Not to mention obscene prices$$$$$
post #13 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:16am
So why can't they apply such a limitation to other things? My wife and I went to buy a printer the other day but the store was all sold out of the model we wanted. There should have been a purchase limit! Then our DD got hungry so DW had to feed her, so she whipped out her boobs, flopped them around for awhile, and DD had some lunch, then we toddled down the aisle with DW's shirt off, boobs hanging everywhere...


post #14 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by Nodtveidt View Post
So why can't they apply such a limitation to other things? My wife and I went to buy a printer the other day but the store was all sold out of the model we wanted. There should have been a purchase limit! Then our DD got hungry so DW had to feed her, so she whipped out her boobs, flopped them around for awhile, and DD had some lunch, then we toddled down the aisle with DW's shirt off, boobs hanging everywhere...
Honey, you forgot to mention the tassels!
post #15 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by Equuskia View Post
Honey, you forgot to mention the tassels!
Ooh yeah, sorry I forgot! Oh, I also forgot to mention that I screamed out "look at us, we're breastfeeding!" to everyone. I was hoping for someone with a camera.
post #16 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:40am
I remember when my mom was FF'ing my baby brother she opted to use the ready made stuff (to make it easier on me since I did feed him occasionally), they almost always had a limit on the number of cans she could buy, she typically bought at Wal-Mart to. *shrug*

Also at our local Wal-Mart and grocery store has certian brands (the white kinds that they use to cut drugs) behind one of the cashier counters to prevent people from stealing it.
post #17 of 39
4/27/07 at 11:44am
Its not a myth that people cut drugs with formula.
The DEA would like you to think they have the problem cleared up, but they dont.
post #18 of 39
4/27/07 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by Nodtveidt View Post
Ooh yeah, sorry I forgot! Oh, I also forgot to mention that I screamed out "look at us, we're breastfeeding!" to everyone. I was hoping for someone with a camera.
post #19 of 39
4/27/07 at 1:26pm
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Originally Posted by hookahgirl View Post
Its not a myth that people cut drugs with formula.
The DEA would like you to think they have the problem cleared up, but they dont.
Yes... true.. I've learned from the DEA, during my enrollement in the Police
Academy, that they do this...
post #20 of 39
4/27/07 at 2:07pm
Perhaps its due to the possible recall that may happen soon? Maybe they have limited supply of "safe" formula?
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