KitKat theft: 12 tons of chocolate bars stolen during Europe transport
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Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars have been stolen whereas being transported across Europe earlier this week.
KitKat, which is owned by food giant Nestléstated Saturday that 413,793 bars went lacking after leaving a manufacturing facility in central Italy, the place they have been to be distributed all through Europe earlier than arriving in Poland.
The automobile and its contents haven’t been discovered, Nestlé stated. It didn’t say the place the truck was misplaced.
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A cargo of KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, and greater than 400,000 bars have been reported lacking, in accordance with Nestlé. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“We’ve always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat, but it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 tonnes of our chocolate,” a KitKat spokesperson stated in a press release.
“Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes,” the spokesperson continued. “With more sophisticated schemes being deployed on a regular basis, we have chosen to go public with our own experience in the hope that it raises awareness of an increasingly common criminal trend.”
While KitKat stated there was no threat tied to the stolen product, it added that the lacking chocolate bars might seem on unofficial sales channels throughout Europe.
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Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars have been stolen whereas being transported throughout Europe, Nestlé stated. (Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images / Getty Images)
The firm stated the lacking chocolate bars are traceable by way of a novel batch code and that anybody scanning the batch numbers of the stolen bars could be given directions on find out how to contact the corporate.
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Nestlé stated a cargo of stolen KitKat bars is not going to have an effect on provide or trigger shortages forward of Easter. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group by way of Getty Images / Getty Images)
Nestlé stated the incident is not going to have an effect on provide or result in a scarcity forward of Easter.
Reuters contributed to this report.
