'There's nothing they can do': Woolworths shopper films Asian baby formula hoarders grabbing 'more than EIGHTY' tins off shelves – and says supermarket staff were powerless to stop them
- Woolworths customer claims captured a frenzy of baby formula hoarders
- A woman claims the shoppers at a Sydney store had grabbed more than 80 tins
- Demand of Australian baby formula has been high with 'daigou shoppers'
- Coles and Woolworths both have a two-tin baby formula limit for customers
A Woolworths customer claims to have captured a frenzy of baby formula hoarders in action.
Footage taken from a supermarket in Sydney's Hurstville on Friday morning shows customers grabbing multiple tins of baby formula.
While the footage does not show exactly how many tins each customer has taken, the woman who filmed the incident claims the shoppers had grabbed more than 80 cans of formula.
A Woolworths customer claims to have captured a frenzy of baby formula hoarders in action
'They were just taking two cans off the shelf, taking them outside and handing them to other people before coming back in and getting more,' she told Yahoo News.
'I was standing there talking to a staff member and saying how disgusting it was.
'She said there was nothing they could do.'
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Despite both Woolworths and Coles having two-tin limits per customer, foreign shoppers have been repeatedly filmed flouting the rules to buy bulk amounts of formula.
Demand for Australian formula has skyrocketed after an estimated 54,000 Chinese babies were hospitalised in 2008 due to contaminated Chinese formula.
Coles and Woolworths both have a two-tin baby formula limit for customers (stock image)
Some international shoppers are happy to pay prices marked up by 1000 per cent, so sought after is the high-quality milk powder.
A Woolworths spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia store teams work hard to ensure stock is available for their customers.
'Baby formula stock was readily available to customers at our store Friday morning and remains so now.
'We encourage any parents who find their chosen baby formula is unavailable on the shelves to speak with their store manager, so we can help get them stock as quickly as possible.'
Footage taken from a supermarket in Sydney's Hurtsville on Friday morning shows customers grabbing multiple tines of baby formula
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