“Disgrace”: Shopper outraged over Woolworths’ baby formula rort
An Adelaide man has claimed to have watched on as shoppers rorted Woolworths’ customer limits on baby formula tins, collecting “over 100 cans” from one store.
The man said he saw three people going back and forth from Gilles Plains Woolworths to purchase two tins of baby formula in each transaction and repeating the process until they filled out their trolleys with “over 100 cans”.
“I raised it with multiple staff (managers included) all laughed at it and said there is nothing we can do!” he wrote on a Facebook post Friday alongside pictures of the trolleys. “Disgrace!”
Another shopper took to Woolworths’ Facebook page to raise a similar issue occurring at a Rowville store.
“Just been to Woolies [Stud Park] and watched the revolving door of at least 12 people emptying the A2 baby formula from the shelves,” the shopper wrote.
“Limit of two cans per person is a joke. They fill their cars up until there is none left. You should consider two cans per person per day.”
In October 2018, Woolworths and Coles reverted their baby formula limit back to two tins per transaction following pressure from families.
The retailers had increased the limit to eight due to improvements in supply in the months prior.
A Woolworths spokeperson told Yahoo, “We encourage any parents who find their chosen baby formula is unavailable on the shelves to speak with store management, so we can help get them stock as quickly as possible.”