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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
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Baby formula has been a go to for shoplifters for years, Junkies often steal it to sell off for a fix, in the full knowledge that if they are caught they can claim to have a hungry baby at home. |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
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Both? |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Baby formula has been a go to for shoplifters for years, Junkies often steal it to sell off for a fix, in the full knowledge that if they are caught they can claim to have a hungry baby at home."
This, they've had security tags on in bigger stores for donkeys years |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Baby formula has been a go to for shoplifters for years, Junkies often steal it to sell off for a fix, in the full knowledge that if they are caught they can claim to have a hungry baby at home."
This. Many outings pushing my son in his buggie 20+yrs ago would involve impromptu pitches of want nappies/milk/baby rice/washing powder- saved me a fortune! |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
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Britain is broken i blame illegal immigrants  |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Britain is broken i blame illegal immigrants "
If Britain is indeed broken it's more likely to be because we have great swathes of people who refuse to work. |
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Sad days but been going on for ages though ! well since we had Austerity measures that didn't work and just impoverished the already impoverished and that didn't matter and they were easy to blame and no one gave a feck as they were feckless and it was all their own fault for being work shy and generally happy living in abject poverty !! as of course it could never happen to me attitude prevailed or it would never ever happen to me lot are now finding that you can only rob off the poor or do cuts that only efect the poor but soon run out of poor people/cuts and so it's now moved up a tier to the it couldn't/wouldn't happen to me i'm alright jack lot !!! .......xxx  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I don't really have an issue with items being taken from millionaire companies who wouldn't even notice the cost missing. What I do have an issue with is living in a country where parents can't afford to feed their babies. |
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By *lixerMan
over a year ago
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
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Both.
There is no political entity entity called Britain. The UK cannot survive. I hope the Irish get to smash it first. They deserve it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't really have an issue with items being taken from millionaire companies who wouldn't even notice the cost missing. What I do have an issue with is living in a country where parents can't afford to feed their babies. "
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By *vilgasamWoman
over a year ago
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"I don't really have an issue with items being taken from millionaire companies who wouldn't even notice the cost missing. What I do have an issue with is living in a country where parents can't afford to feed their babies. "
This! So much, if you see some taking things, no you didn’t
If it’s a big company trying to rinse every penny from customers and staff alike, they can clearly afford it
Not only afford it, but given the state of shrinkflation these days, they damn deserve it
Imagine if we all collectively refused to pay, they couldn’t stop everyone and the prices would fall for the first time in history
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Don’t have kids then if you can’t afford it. "
What about if you can afford it so you have kids but then the country goes tits up and you can’t afford it? What do you do, sell them at a boot fair? |
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"Don’t have kids then if you can’t afford it.
What about if you can afford it so you have kids but then the country goes tits up and you can’t afford it? What do you do, sell them at a boot fair? "
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Both?"
Stealing fuckers also maybe or is it always someone else's fault? |
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By *4bimMan
over a year ago
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"Don’t have kids then if you can’t afford it.
What about if you can afford it so you have kids but then the country goes tits up and you can’t afford it? What do you do, sell them at a boot fair? "
i'll take ya puppies. deal? |
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By *vilgasamWoman
over a year ago
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Both?
Stealing fuckers also maybe or is it always someone else's fault? "
I’d blame the companies taking so much from consumers over the individual trying to survive in such a rough and toxic economy as were forced to be part of without control or voice |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Both?
Stealing fuckers also maybe or is it always someone else's fault?
I’d blame the companies taking so much from consumers over the individual trying to survive in such a rough and toxic economy as were forced to be part of without control or voice "
So it is someone elses fault |
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"Don’t have kids then if you can’t afford it. "
When I was pregnant I had a partner, no cost of living crisis and a service charge that wasn't £833 a month on top of a mortgage on my sole salary . So yep, on my own in London that's an impossible situation. Circumstances can change out of your control. Can't believe an adult would need this explaining to them  |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Britain is broken i blame illegal immigrants "
I blame the Tory's. For being so stupid to think the French would continue to stop them and for generally ruining my country, lying about brexit and fucking everyone who isn't a multimillionaire |
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"When my son was born you got milk vouchers for the first year and some other voucher till they where five can't remember what. Guess they've stopped all that now"
Same, I just read that if you're bottle feeding you have to take formula in with you. |
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By *vilgasamWoman
over a year ago
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Both?
Stealing fuckers also maybe or is it always someone else's fault?
I’d blame the companies taking so much from consumers over the individual trying to survive in such a rough and toxic economy as were forced to be part of without control or voice
So it is someone elses fault "
I mean if you’re committed to misunderstanding that’s on you
Lay fault lines whatever you fancy, it change’s nothing about the situation or state of the country no matter where you point any fingers
The world is still going to push every civilian to breaking point ‘because the economy’ demands constant growth
Which means those citizens will continue to take wether paid for it not. Wether companies like it or not
It’s a situation created by the companies, they fucked around, they’re finding out
We civilians are simply navigating this shit show |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Both?
Stealing fuckers also maybe or is it always someone else's fault?
I’d blame the companies taking so much from consumers over the individual trying to survive in such a rough and toxic economy as were forced to be part of without control or voice
So it is someone elses fault "
Yes obviously price gouging companies, toxic government and general idiots who can't seem to see something is very wrong in Britain and it's not generally the people. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Don’t have kids then if you can’t afford it.
What about if you can afford it so you have kids but then the country goes tits up and you can’t afford it? What do you do, sell them at a boot fair?
i'll take ya puppies. deal?"
I’d rather you took the kids  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't really have an issue with items being taken from millionaire companies who wouldn't even notice the cost missing. What I do have an issue with is living in a country where parents can't afford to feed their babies. "
She said it  |
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"When my son was born you got milk vouchers for the first year and some other voucher till they where five can't remember what. Guess they've stopped all that now"
this is still a thing. Except its all done on a card now. It's the healthy start scheme,
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By (user no longer on site)
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Parents responsible should always manage to havw enough money for their childs milk and basic necessities.
If in some harsh circumstances the system doesnt provide then its only fair for the parents to take from these billion pound industries.
They won't feel it.
But come on guys it might be harsh a child is your responsibility if we have made the conscious decision of having a baby then we should be able to provide his food atleast.
Sorry if i have offended anyone |
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"Parents responsible should always manage to havw enough money for their childs milk and basic necessities.
If in some harsh circumstances the system doesnt provide then its only fair for the parents to take from these billion pound industries.
They won't feel it.
But come on guys it might be harsh a child is your responsibility if we have made the conscious decision of having a baby then we should be able to provide his food atleast.
Sorry if i have offended anyone"
Do you understand the concept of circumstances changing? Such as redundancy? Or ill health stopping a parent working? Nurseries are closing down at an alarming rate, etc. One near us closed overnight. One day, parents had childcare, the next, they did not. Not the parent's fault. Etc. Get with the real world! |
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Wonder what other crimes are socially acceptable now.? Can we pick and choose the laws we obey? Someone thieving from a company affects me as my prices increase to cover the theft.
Circumstances change.. Its what a rainy day fund is for. Circumstances changing isnt an excuse for criminality. |
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"Parents responsible should always manage to havw enough money for their childs milk and basic necessities.
If in some harsh circumstances the system doesnt provide then its only fair for the parents to take from these billion pound industries.
They won't feel it.
But come on guys it might be harsh a child is your responsibility if we have made the conscious decision of having a baby then we should be able to provide his food atleast.
Sorry if i have offended anyone
Do you understand the concept of circumstances changing? Such as redundancy? Or ill health stopping a parent working? Nurseries are closing down at an alarming rate, etc. One near us closed overnight. One day, parents had childcare, the next, they did not. Not the parent's fault. Etc. Get with the real world!"
If you can't feed them dont breed them |
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I can honestly say though! I've never taken without paying! And ive been in some dire circumstances over the years! Living with my youngest 3s liked pop (can't use actual word) father who would sup every penny nothing left for food! Had to borrow to feed them/pay rent! Would I have taken without paying if I had not been able to borrow? I don't think so! Resort to begging yes! Very sad situation for anyone to be in x |
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"I don't really have an issue with items being taken from millionaire companies who wouldn't even notice the cost missing. What I do have an issue with is living in a country where parents can't afford to feed their babies. "
So selective thieving works for you? |
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"Don’t have kids then if you can’t afford it. "
This is a troll? Surely, no-one is this dense accidentally, right?
There are no "jobs for life" anymore, this cost of living buckshot is accelerating faster than wages can or will keep up.
This person may have been lucky to have ridden the storm, and well done if you did, but that makes you the exception, rather than the rule.
As someone else said, you can't just move them on via a car boot sale if you find yourself not able to provide as well as you could... |
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"Parents responsible should always manage to havw enough money for their childs milk and basic necessities.
If in some harsh circumstances the system doesnt provide then its only fair for the parents to take from these billion pound industries.
They won't feel it.
But come on guys it might be harsh a child is your responsibility if we have made the conscious decision of having a baby then we should be able to provide his food atleast.
Sorry if i have offended anyone
Do you understand the concept of circumstances changing? Such as redundancy? Or ill health stopping a parent working? Nurseries are closing down at an alarming rate, etc. One near us closed overnight. One day, parents had childcare, the next, they did not. Not the parent's fault. Etc. Get with the real world!
If you can't feed them dont breed them "
Jesus Christ. Okay, Chief |
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By *adCherriesCouple
over a year ago
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
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Is baby food really for the less well off in society? Always thought it was overpriced crap. Think people need to go back to the days of cooking basic meals and puree /mash it. What happened to feeding your child the same meal you have? It's more economical and nutritional. |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Is baby food really for the less well off in society? Always thought it was overpriced crap. Think people need to go back to the days of cooking basic meals and puree /mash it. What happened to feeding your child the same meal you have? It's more economical and nutritional. "
The OP seems to be conflating infant formula milk and baby food. I agree jars of baby food are unnecessary generally, but if that's what you can get from a food bank?
Re: infant formula. I am a massive advocate of breastfeeding. I "failed" at breastfeeding my son, when I was a 16yo teenage parent so used formula. I didn't want to, but I didn't have the support or knowledge at the time.
I started breastfeeding my daughter who is now 6. I acquired a disability during the pregnancy. At 4 days old, I was told to take a particular medication, to alleviate the excruciating pain I was in. I was told that if I took it and breastfed, my daughter would die. So I stopped and started using formula. I cried incessantly because I felt like a complete failure.
Once home from hospital and having reacquired the ability to think straight, I used my biological science education to research the drug. I contacted expert pharmacists and helplines normally only used by medical professionals. I argued with health visitors and after a huge amount of detailed research and paying for a private lactation consultant, I started the (very hard) job of relactating. This basically entailed being attached to a hospital grade pump every 2-3hrs for about 30min each time, whilst trying to make a hungry baby latch on before and after. This included overnight. I was, remember, disabled. I couldn't walk on my own, pick her up myself or do anything independently. I relied on Mr KC, who had 2wk paternity leave and was working FT as a college lecturer.
Four weeks of being a dairy cow resulted in getting my milk back. We ditched formula and didn't use it ever again. I went back to work, hospital grade pump in tow, when my daughter was 4 months old and pumped 3-4 times a day. She was fed expressed milk plus breastfeeding when we were together. She carried on with some amount of BF until she was 3 and I got nursing aversion.
The moral of the story? It's fucking hard work and lots of people find breastfeeding too difficult. There's not enough support. The NHS was quite satisfied for me just to stop and use formula, there was no consideration of whether it would be financially viable. There was very limited NHS support to relactate and in fact, most health professionals we encountered were astonished that I was breastfeeding.
So, I massively advocate breastfeeding BUT I'm well aware how hard it can be and until there is better support, lots of people will need to rely on formula. Whether we think that's good, bad or indifferent really doesn't matter. It's a fact and we can't have babies going hungry. |
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Is baby food really for the less well off in society? Always thought it was overpriced crap. Think people need to go back to the days of cooking basic meals and puree /mash it. What happened to feeding your child the same meal you have? It's more economical and nutritional. "
My son never once had a tin or jar of baby food. It was all fresh ingredients pureed. However, he did have to have formula as he was a prem baby born at 32 weeks and hadn't gained the sucking motion so had to be tube fed. By the time he came of the tube my milk had dried up so had to go on the bottle.
I carried guilt around for 20 years because I'd been unable to breast feed him |
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"Playing Devils advocate here, but in 95% of cases, there is literally no need to buy formula in the first place How so?"
breast milk for 8 months (I think... could be 12 I cant remember), then full fat milk.
Again, Devils advocate. All mine had formula at some point. |
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By *adCherriesCouple
over a year ago
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"Reports that this baby food is getting so expensive that some parents are stealing it just to feed their babies..
Is Britain broken or is Brexit to blame?
Is baby food really for the less well off in society? Always thought it was overpriced crap. Think people need to go back to the days of cooking basic meals and puree /mash it. What happened to feeding your child the same meal you have? It's more economical and nutritional. My son never once had a tin or jar of baby food. It was all fresh ingredients pureed. However, he did have to have formula as he was a prem baby born at 32 weeks and hadn't gained the sucking motion so had to be tube fed. By the time he came of the tube my milk had dried up so had to go on the bottle.
I carried guilt around for 20 years because I'd been unable to breast feed him"
Not referring to formula milk just baby food. I totally understand the need for formula milk (I couldn't BF for the same reasons). People who can't BF should never feel guilty.
Do they still do healthy start vouchers until 5 years old for low income families? |
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"Playing Devils advocate here, but in 95% of cases, there is literally no need to buy formula in the first place How so?
breast milk for 8 months (I think... could be 12 I cant remember), then full fat milk.
Again, Devils advocate. All mine had formula at some point. "
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, then 6 months breast/introducing solids, is the minimum recommended. Obviously breastfeeding beyond one year is normal and fine but 1yr is recommended min.
What is absolutely not needed and is a total scandal, is follow-on milk. Regular stage 1 infant formula can be used for the first year, then full fat dairy milk or appropriately fortified non dairy alternatives. Absolutely zero need for follow-on, it's expensive and aggressively marketed to inflate profits at formula companies. |
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"Playing Devils advocate here, but in 95% of cases, there is literally no need to buy formula in the first place How so?
breast milk for 8 months (I think... could be 12 I cant remember), then full fat milk.
Again, Devils advocate. All mine had formula at some point.
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, then 6 months breast/introducing solids, is the minimum recommended. Obviously breastfeeding beyond one year is normal and fine but 1yr is recommended min.
What is absolutely not needed and is a total scandal, is follow-on milk. Regular stage 1 infant formula can be used for the first year, then full fat dairy milk or appropriately fortified non dairy alternatives. Absolutely zero need for follow-on, it's expensive and aggressively marketed to inflate profits at formula companies. "
What age does mcdonalds start? |
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"Playing Devils advocate here, but in 95% of cases, there is literally no need to buy formula in the first place How so?
breast milk for 8 months (I think... could be 12 I cant remember), then full fat milk.
Again, Devils advocate. All mine had formula at some point.
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, then 6 months breast/introducing solids, is the minimum recommended. Obviously breastfeeding beyond one year is normal and fine but 1yr is recommended min.
What is absolutely not needed and is a total scandal, is follow-on milk. Regular stage 1 infant formula can be used for the first year, then full fat dairy milk or appropriately fortified non dairy alternatives. Absolutely zero need for follow-on, it's expensive and aggressively marketed to inflate profits at formula companies.
What age does mcdonalds start? "
Too early for many. My daughter hasn't eaten a McDonald's yet. She's 6. I think that'll end soon when she gets invited to someone's party, but once every Preston Guild is probably okay. |
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