Why would someone steal baby formula?

ST. LOUIS (MO) – Police around the country are seeing an uptick in baby formula thefts. It’s not because people are trying to feed their children, a lot of thieves are stealing it to feed their drug habit. read more

The scale of baby formula shoplifting is so vast that it has become an interstate problem, drawn in the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and forced chain stores to install elaborate anti-theft devices. Federal legislation has even been introduced that would make stealing baby formula subject to federal racketeering laws. read more

One guy I knew about 15 years ago would steal cans of formula from one store then take it to another store to return it. He was getting 100$ store price back off every can. That was about $10 per can back then. read more