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If you were hoping to have KitKat bars in your Easter basket this year, you may be out of luck after a massive heist saw more than 12 tons of the chocolate bars swiped from a truck.
According to a spokesperson from Nestle, the parent company of the beloved chocolate bar, a truck carrying 413,793 units of KitKat’s “new chocolate range” was robbed while en route to its destination in Poland.
“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 said in a statement via The Athletic. “Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes. 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.”
KitKat Has Methods For Tracking Down Stolen Candy Bars
Now, I am certainly no expert crime-stopper here. But I can’t imagine it is that difficult to track down someone who suddenly possesses more than 400 THOUSAND KitKat bars.
This isn’t your run-of-the-mill door-to-door or front yard candy sales operation. That is a ton (multiple tons, event) of candy weight to now have to move.
Where do you even begin? You can’t sell it to stores. They’ll obviously be suspicious as to why it’s not coming from a regular supplier. I don’t know if there are enough people or time in the world to sell that many bars one by one?
Also, according to Nestle, all products can be traced using the unique batch code assigned to individual bars.
“Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes,” Nestle said in a further 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.”
Sadly, if you’re a fan of chocolate-covered wafers, you may need to look elsewhere this spring.