Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland.
The company, based in Vevey, Switzerland, said in a statement Friday that “the vehicle and its load are still nowhere to be found.”
The shipment of the crunchy bars, made of waffles covered with chocolate, disappeared last week while en route between production and distribution locations. The chocolate bars were to be distributed throughout Europe.
The missing candy bars could enter unofficial sales channels across European markets, the company said, but if this does happen, all products can be traced using the unique batch code assigned to individual bars.
A spokesperson for KitKat said that as a result, consumers, retailers and wholesalers would be able to identify if a product is part of the stolen shipment by scanning the on-pack batch numbers. If a match is found, the scanner will be given clear instructions on how to alert the company, which will then share the evidence appropriately.
“Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes,” KitKat said in a statement.
“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,” the statement added.
(AP)
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This is not about being hungry Gedol Hador. To make a joke is unacceptable. We are here to teach Torah, not make a joke about a Torah situation. Stealing is a crime in Torah Law for instance; regarding a website consideration of this issue, I referred to Sefaria.org for this explanation, “Mishneh Torah, Repentance 2:9
But transgressions between man and his fellow, such as hurting his fellow, or cursing his fellow, or stealing from him, etc, those are never forgiven until he gives his fellow what he owes him…” If we are to consider this seriously, we must regard this stealing incident as it also is considered in the Aseres HaDibros/The Ten Declarative Statements/aka The Ten Commandments Number Eight (Ches). It is a crime in Torah Law to Steal and there is definitely a penalty for any crime the Torah has stated that is forbidden to be done. What is the penalty? H”M decides, not me. And I do mean it won’t be a pleasant situation for the one/s guilty of this crime of stealing. If the criminal/s is caught, which I assume he/they will be then there will be a punishment given by a human Beis Din, or if not acceptable or possible, then by the Beis Din in Shamayim/Heaven which is the final court of Torah Law. Case closed.