Florida parents spend 6 hours searching for baby formula, find 4 cans

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Amid the baby formula shortage in America, a Florida couple with five-month-old twins said they spent nearly six hours looking for baby formula and were only able to purchase four cans.

store was empty-shelved when they went to buy their usual baby formula this week. The couple then embarked on a full day's journey to find formula, resulting in hours of driving to different Targets, Walmarts, and grocery stores nearby."It's pure panic,"Kelly Schmidt told the news outlet, while Erik added that they were finding"absolutely nothing."

A Florida couple searched for baby formula for six hours amid a nationwide shortage of the product. Here, empty shelves are seen at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022.Eventually, the Schmidts found that the grocery store chain Aldi carried a baby formula similar to their usual brand. Erik Schmidt then traveled to three different Aldi stores before he found one with the right product in stock, and even then, the store only had six cans left.

"I left two on the shelf because I didn't want to be 'that guy'," he said. However, the couple said that the four cans they did acquire will likely only last them two weeks, according to

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