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Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars have been stolen whereas being transported throughout Europe earlier this week.
KitKat, which is owned by meals big Nestlé, mentioned Saturday that 413,793 bars went lacking after leaving a manufacturing unit 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 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 have been reported lacking, based on Nestlé. (Kevin Carter/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
“We have all the time inspired folks to have a break with KitKat, however 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 recognize the criminals’ distinctive style, the actual fact stays that cargo theft is an escalating problem for companies of all sizes,” the spokesperson continued. “With extra subtle schemes being deployed frequently, we have now chosen to go public with our personal expertise within the hope that it raises consciousness of an more and more widespread felony development.”
Whereas KitKat mentioned there was no threat 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 have been stolen whereas being transported throughout Europe, Nestlé mentioned. (Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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 methods to contact the corporate.
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Nestlé mentioned a cargo of stolen KitKat bars is not going to have an effect on provide or trigger shortages forward of Easter. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Common Photographs Group by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Nestlé mentioned the incident is not going to have an effect on provide or result in a scarcity forward of Easter.
Reuters contributed to this report.
