Walgreens is doing its best to deal with a major shortage.
Baby formula has been experiencing a shortage for some time now, but it's ramped up recently. According to Datasembly, 2 to 8 percent of baby formula productsover the first seven months of 2021, per CBS News. That number rose to 11 percent in Nov. 2021 before sharply rising to 29 percent for the week of March 13.
"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 told CBS.earlier this year from Abbott Nutrition, which produces several popular brands of baby formula. On Feb. 17, the company announced that it had issued a voluntary recall for certain batches of Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare formulas that were manufactured at one of its plant in Sturgis, Michigan.
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over consumer complaints and at least four reports of infant illnesses linked to products from this facility.Walgreens isn't the only retailer having issues with baby formula inventory."We've noticed it being difficult to find maybe a couple months ago—two, three months ago—and then just recently we can't find it. We've tried all the local Targets.
"Now, it's not like flipping a switch," Dittmeier said."We will probably continue to see shortages in the next couple of weeks. But our hope is that as production ramps up, that later this spring it should be easier for families across the country."
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