A confrontation in a US department store illustrates the impact of the vital product’s scarcity
A viral video on TikTok, said to be filmed at a Massachusetts Target, allegedly highlights the issue of baby formula hoarding and scalping amid the nationwide shortage. The woman recording the video confronts another shopper for buying too much of the scarce product, leaving none for other customers.
TikTok user Chopnedits posted the video on May 10, with the caption: “My younger sister, first time mother… and this is the crap young mothers deal with.”
As of Friday, it racked up nearly 723,000 views and more than 7,500 comments,
The woman recording the video opens by panning from the full shopping cart of the alleged hoarder to the empty shelves nearby.
“You come and you buy all the formula at once,” the woman asks. “There are kids who need formula today who won’t be able to get it because you just bought it to stock up. That’s not…
