This statement must be qualified. Stores experience shoplifting of formula due to cost. The locked cabinets protect expensive stock. WIC programs specifically

This statement must be qualified. Stores experience shoplifting of formula due to cost. The locked cabinets protect expensive stock. WIC programs specifically include X amount of baby formula as part of the program. Especially in low-income areas (and increasingly higher level income areas) formula has become a form of currency and an easy way to launder drug money. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/money-issue-baby-formula-crime-ring.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/mone... The amazing part is the inefficiency of the WIC program made the formula black market possible.