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Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars had been stolen whereas being transported throughout Europe earlier this week.
KitKat, which is owned by meals large Nestlé, mentioned Saturday that 413,793 bars went lacking after leaving a manufacturing facility in central Italy, the place they had been to be distributed all through Europe earlier than arriving in Poland.
The car and its contents haven’t been discovered, Nestlé mentioned. 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 had been reported lacking, in response to Nestlé. (Kevin Carter/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
“We have all the time inspired individuals to have a break with KitKat, nevertheless it appears thieves have taken the message too actually and made a break with greater than 12 tonnes of our chocolate,” a KitKat spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
“While we respect the criminals’ distinctive style, the actual fact stays that cargo theft is an escalating situation for companies of all sizes,” the spokesperson continued. “With extra refined schemes being deployed regularly, we’ve got chosen to go public with our personal expertise within the hope that it raises consciousness of an more and more widespread legal pattern.”
Whereas KitKat mentioned there was no danger tied to the stolen product, it added that the lacking chocolate bars may seem on unofficial gross sales channels throughout Europe.
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Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars had been stolen whereas being transported throughout Europe, Nestlé mentioned. (Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The corporate mentioned the lacking chocolate bars are traceable via a novel batch code and that anybody scanning the batch numbers of the stolen bars could be given directions on the right way to contact the corporate.
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Nestlé mentioned a cargo of stolen KitKat bars won’t have an effect on provide or trigger shortages forward of Easter. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Common Photos Group through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Nestlé mentioned the incident won’t have an effect on provide or result in a scarcity forward of Easter.
Reuters contributed to this report.
