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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, stated 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 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 had been reported lacking, in line with Nestlé. (Kevin Carter/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
“We have at all times inspired individuals to have a break with KitKat, but it surely appears thieves have taken the message too actually and made a break with greater than 12 tonnes of our chocolate,” a KitKat spokesperson stated in an announcement.
“While we respect the criminals’ distinctive style, the actual fact stays that cargo theft is an escalating difficulty for companies of all sizes,” the spokesperson continued. “With extra refined schemes being deployed regularly, now we have chosen to go public with our personal expertise within the hope that it raises consciousness of an more and more frequent prison pattern.”
Whereas KitKat stated 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 stated. (Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The corporate stated the lacking chocolate bars are traceable by means of a singular batch code and that anybody scanning the batch numbers of the stolen bars can be given directions on methods to contact the corporate.
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Nestlé stated a cargo of stolen KitKat bars won’t have an effect on provide or trigger shortages forward of Easter. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Common Pictures Group through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Nestlé stated the incident won’t have an effect on provide or result in a scarcity forward of Easter.
Reuters contributed to this report.
