Target limits purchase of formula - Page 2

[firstkid4me]

Originally Posted by Caden's Mom

Perhaps its due to the possible recall that may happen soon? Maybe they have limited supply of "safe" formula?

Or they want to limit the chance of increased risk that a person bought a bad formula from them? If they only have 2 cans they hope that the baby won't suffer too badly from x/y/z.

[Momma Aimee]

my target manager told me it is cuz it expires and they do not want it used past its date for the saftey of babies.

our also has a sign remeinding parents to check the expire date

(the drug answer sound good too though)

AImee

[WeasleyMum]

Originally Posted by Nodtveidt

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...

While that's a very funny story, I don't think you can quite compare a new printer to infant formula. Even super-lactivists have to admit that for formula-feeding families, having a store run out of formula at an inopportune time can be something of an emergency... depending on where the next-closest store is, time of day/night, etc. Unfortunately, a FF-feeding mom can't decide to change her mind at the spur of the moment and go back to BF if there's no formula about. They are tied to the pantry, the store, the municipal water supply... a major drawback to FF, to be sure.

[roadfamily6now]

$24 a can??

that must be the big one cause here I think they are only $9 or something

[hunnybumm]

Originally Posted by Aimee21972

my target manager told me it is cuz it expires and they do not want it used past its date for the saftey of babies.

our also has a sign remeinding parents to check the expire date

(the drug answer sound good too though)

AImee

I can see why the store would try to limit this, but honestly, if a mom wanted 30 cans couldn't she just buy them, walk to her car, put them up and go buy some more? If there was a good sale or something there is no way to really limit how many one person gets if that person is determined. I guess they can try with a sign, but do the cashiers enforce it?

As far as people getting mad about them being sold out, I can see that too. For the past week I have gone to Wal-Mart looking for a specific fruit snack, the only ones I actually like to eat. They were out all week, and they only had one box the week before. So when they finally got them in I bout 4 boxes incase it happened again, I would have a supply on hand since they last like forever. Same deal with the Propel drink packets. For a month I couldn't find them in stock, and I would see empty boxes where they had been. So when I finally found them in I bought like 15 boxes so I had a stash saved up. Even now I buy 4 - 5 boxes so that I keep a steady supply.

I wasn't really mad or anything, but I don't NEED fruit snacks or Propel water packets, so I could see getting upset since once you pick a formula you have to stick to it. And if my baby was hungry, and it needed formula then I would probably be really mad if I had to keep checking back every day to see if they had any in-stock.

[Momma Aimee]

I can see why the store would try to limit this, but honestly, if a mom wanted 30 cans couldn't she just buy them, walk to her car, put them up and go buy some more? If there was a good sale or something there is no way to really limit how many one person gets if that person is determined. I guess they can try with a sign, but do the cashiers enforce it?

I agree -- I just happen to be nurseig int he sling, in the baby dept when a manager was there, i had wondered abut the sign before so i asked. i think he thought i must be nuts, nurseing a child, very visably over one, asking

Aimee

[KatWrangler]

Originally Posted by roadfamily6now

$24 a can??

that must be the big one cause here I think they are only $9 or something

There are special formulas that are that expensive. My son was on one, can't recall which. It was expensive!

[Kailey's mom]

My daugher's on alimentum, and it's 24.99/can. I would be very upset if they put a limit on how many I could buy. I can't just go back and breastfeed. I tried relactating for months. That is the only formula that she can tolorate.

[TigerTail]

Originally Posted by hookahgirl

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.

Sigh. And here I thought Alice had this already covered.

Lactose. Lactose ('baby laxative') was used in the 70s and 80s to cut powdered cocaine. Not formula, not meth. The point is using something cheap to cut something expensive. Something difficult to distinguish, crystalline rather than yellowy corn syrup plus whey.

I would be less surprised to see meth used to cut formula, than formula used to cut meth.

Gosh, I wish this one would go away.

[julie128]

They had a similar sign at Babies R Us here. That sign said that they sell out too quickly when people stock up like that. Their prices are much less than supermarkets.

[junipermuse]

it's also good for business. if you can only buy a couple cans at a time then you have to come to the store more often. The more they can get you to come to the store the more you are likely to spend mney on other things at their store.

[JamesMama]

Originally Posted by TigerTail

I would be less surprised to see meth used to cut formula, than formula used to cut meth.

Gosh, I wish this one would go away.

My BIL is a cop and he told me he could only buy a few cans of the formula his son is on because it is used to cut drugs. It was on the news here a couple months ago in our area too. Not sure if it was meth or not, they use this white formula powder to cut the drugs since the texture is simular.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8088953

[momuveight2B]

Originally Posted by Rico'sAlice

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.

That is terrifying to think this is then bought and fed to infants.

[TinyBabyBean]

Originally Posted by Nodtveidt

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...

I am LMAO!!! This is truly great!

[Momma Aimee]

My BIL is a cop and he told me he could only buy a few cans of the formula his son is on because it is used to cut drugs. It was on the news here a couple months ago in our area too. Not sure if it was meth or not, they use this white formula powder to cut the drugs since the texture is simular.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8088953

sad but true

DH is FELO and knows enforcement guys for FDA and USDA --

Aimee

[LinzluvsGJ]

Originally Posted by CalebsMome

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.

Actually, type you can purchase varies by state. If your child is allergic to the type that the state has the contract with, you can also get a doctor's letter to request another type from WIC as well it is my understanding. (In Ohio, it was Similac when we were on WIC a few years ago).

[Full Heart]

Originally Posted by hunnybumm

I can see why the store would try to limit this, but honestly, if a mom wanted 30 cans couldn't she just buy them, walk to her car, put them up and go buy some more? If there was a good sale or something there is no way to really limit how many one person gets if that person is determined. I guess they can try with a sign, but do the cashiers enforce it?

Dh did this. He had a friend who ff their son. They had a limit so dh and him would go in together. Friend would give dh some cash and they would both go buy the formula in seperate check out lanes. Just like those sales buy 10 for $10 type things, they limit you to like 20 items. No saying you can't go back the next day and get more or from another store. BTW, dh did this like 15 years ago, and there was a limit then.

[mainesax]

Just an interesting observation I made at Target a couple weeks ago...

Their aisle signs say "natural feeding" for the breast pumps, etc... Yay! Although I'm sure they're just avoiding using the word 'breast'.

The formula section doesn't say "artificial feeding", though!

[hunnybumm]

Originally Posted by mainesax

Just an interesting observation I made at Target a couple weeks ago...

Their aisle signs say "natural feeding" for the breast pumps, etc... Yay! Although I'm sure they're just avoiding using the word 'breast'.

The formula section doesn't say "artificial feeding", though!

I remember that being discussed a few months ago. I like the 'natural feeding' sing, because it IS natural.

Honestly, if I was a FF mom I would probably keep 10 cans in-stock (at my house) at all times. I get paranoid when we get low on toilet paper and shampoo. I would hate to run out, at 3am and be scrambleing for a place that was open that sells the brand I need. Heck, I would probably keep more in-stock than 10 depending on when they expire.

What is to keep someone from going to the store every day and buying the formula? It's not like you can't find different cashiers and even if you have the same cashier do you really think they will remember you? If if they did how can they prove it? I doubt this is really enforced. And just because you can only buy so many cans at once, is there a date limit? Like so many cans a week? a month?