Amid a nationwide shortage of baby formula, President Joe Biden says 'there's nothing more urgent we're working on.'
When Erik and Kelly Schmidt, both 35, went into a Central Florida Target store this week to buy their usual baby formula, Up & Up Gentle, for their five-month-old twins, they found an empty shelf.
The pair then embarked on a half-day journey in search of formula, any formula, and their quest didn’t end there. “We spent over four hours going to every Target, different Walmarts WMT , different grocery stores, just finding absolutely nothing,” Erik Schmidt said. “Because I’m freaking out,” she said. “And if I happen to talk to somebody right now, I’m gonna cry, I’m gonna yell at her for no reason. Like something bad is gonna happen. I just need to focus on what we’re doing and not deal with anything else. ”
The Schmidt twins’ go-to Up & Up Gentle is a Target TGT store brand of baby formula, and it’s not part of Abbott’s safety recall. Yet the ripple effects of the Abbott recall hit the Schmidts and their twins, Lily and Jameson, nonetheless. Just a week or two ago, the shortage wasn’t obvious when Erik went to the store and got the usual supply.
The search then continued into the night as the two turned online. They discovered that the discount supermarket chain Aldi carries a formula that’s supposed to be gentle on babies’ stomachs, and that there were four or five Aldi stores within a few hours driving distance from them. While she waits for supplies to return to normal, Kelly Schmidt said she plans to keep checking the Target website and will be ready to order her family’s regular brand as soon it appears to be restocked. She’s also monitoring the supply of Enfamil Gentlease, a brand the twins have used before but that’s twice the price of the Target one.
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