Funny you should mention it today, Janice, because I just saw this post
from a mom on my "May Babies" list.  (Actually, we have an extremely large
proportion of nursing moms on that group, I'd estimate 75%).
NancyH RN LC MOM to Julia 10/94 and Toby 6/10/97


>>>>For those of you with a Meijer's by them they now have their own baby
club..I signed up for it and got a nice coupon book with coupons for
diaper, wipies and other stuff. Also they have their own brand of
formula. I was skeptical (SP) at first.  I hate Carnation and so does
(baby's name)- (he won't touch the stuff). So I compared it against the
Similac
can (powder) and it was close.  I still think SImilac and Enfamil are
the best but I'm going to use the Meijer stuff too...Actually I'm going
to stock up on it...Why cause it was on sale for like $5.00 or so, down
from 9 or 10...Best news of all (baby's name) didn't notice the
difference.<<<<<<


At 09:37 AM 9/18/97 -0400, Janice Berry wrote:
>While thumbing through a sale flyer from Meijer (a "superstore" with both
>groceries and traditional discount store fare, for those of you who don't
have
>these stores in your area), I noticed that Meijer now has its own brand of
>artificial baby milk. (It was flagged as "NEW!") I assume that they're
selling
>it at lower prices than the standard fare, as is typical with Meijer brands.
>
>I have a few questions:
>1) Are other stores producing ABM these days? I'd never heard of this, and
when
>I was unfortunate enough to waste my money on ABM, nothing of the sort was
>available.
>2) I also wonder about the safety of the product for babies. Don't
>misunderstand me -- I don't view *any* ABM as safe, but I assume that
Meijer is
>not dedicating significant resources to making sure this product is
appropriate
>for infants.
>3) Is it possible that Meijer is getting the product from an "established"
>producer of ABM and merely packaging it? I know this is done with other
"store
>brands."
>
>Does anyone have ideas? I actually lost sleep over this last night. :/
>
>Janice, mom of Zack (11/30/92) and Gina (9/4/96, and still rejecting solids),
>and freelance Editorial Consultant
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