Asian couple are caught filling up two cars with baby formula as desperate mothers continue to battle Daigou crisis
- Asian couple have been caught on camera filling up their car with baby formula
- They were snapped by a local mother in a shopping centre car park in Top Ryde
- Security were informed and their number plates recorded in a bid to track them
- Australian supermarkets are trying to clamp down on customers buying formula
- Special registers may be introduced to report on demand for manufacturers
An Asian couple have been snapped loading up their car boot with baby formula as the Daigou crisis continues across the country.
The couple were caught filling up a dark blue car with multiple tins of baby formula in a shopping centre car park in Top Ryde, Sydney, and the images were shared to a local mums Facebook group.
'They've been here for three hours while I've been here,' the disgruntled social media user wrote alongside the photos.
An Asian couple have been snapped loading up their car boot with baby formula as the Daigou crisis continues across the country
'Got number plates. Do we report these things?'
An update shortly after revealed central management had been informed and acted quickly.
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'The girl at the desk was awesome, she sent security straight up to the level first then took number plate details from us while they were on their way,' the user wrote.
'She said it's been a massive issue (which we all know) and the centre and supermarkets have been working hard to stop it and any info helps a lot to help stop these people doing what they are doing.'
They were caught filling up a dark blue car with multiple tins of baby formula in a shopping centre car park in Top Ryde, and the images were shared to a local mums Facebook group
Major supermarkets in Australia have tried to clamp down on customers buying baby formula after it emerged that they were being sold at a premium in Asia.
Coles and Woolworths implemented a two-tin limit in a bid to stop aisles from being cleaned out by shoppers keen to make a profit of the lucrative product.
Supermarkets are also looking at introducing special registers which would give baby formula manufacturers a clear indication on customer demand.
The move, to be pitched to supermarket executives next month, would allow supermarkets to stop customers from breaching the two tin limit.
Major supermarkets in Australia have tried to clamp down on customers buying baby formula after it emerged that they were being sold at a premium in Asia
Supermarkets are also looking at introducing special registers which would give baby formula manufacturers a clear indication on customer demand
The register hopes to keep track of the country's estimated 40,000 Daigou - a word for foreign buyers who sell formula overseas - and aid supermarkets' profit margins.
Frantic shoppers are regularly caught on camera finding loopholes in the two-tin limit, stockpiling dozens of tins from their local supermarkets.
Chinese immigrants and students are reportedly raking in $100,000 a year by shipping baby formula back to their country.
