Thieves steal lorry carrying over 400,000 bars of KitKat chocolate bars | EUROtoday

Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars went lacking in Europe final week after thieves made off with the truck transporting them, Swiss meals big Nestle mentioned Saturday.

KitKat, which is made by Nestle, mentioned the truck carrying 413,793 bars of its new vary set off from central Italy to distribute the chocolate all through Europe, however by no means reached its scheduled closing vacation spot in Poland.

The car and the merchandise stay unaccounted for. Nestle didn’t reveal the place precisely the truck was misplaced.

In a separate assertion, KitKat mentioned the lacking bars are traceable through a novel batch code. Anyone scanning the batch numbers of the stolen chocolate would obtain directions on learn how to contact KitKat.

“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 spokesperson for KitKat said.

“Whilst we admire the criminals’ distinctive style, the actual fact stays that cargo theft is an escalating subject for companies of all sizes. 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 widespread prison development.”

Last 12 months, Nestle unveiled plans to chop round 16,000 jobs all over the world, because it turned to automation to assist cut back prices.

The boss of the patron items big mentioned it wanted to “change faster” and safe its future “as a leader in our industry”.

The reductions would come with round 12,000 “white-collar professionals” throughout enterprise capabilities and geographies.

This was anticipated to avoid wasting the corporate round one billion Swiss francs (£940 million) every year by the tip of 2027.

It was additionally concentrating on an additional 4,000 job cuts throughout its manufacturing and provide chain.

Nestle, which additionally makes family meals manufacturers comparable to Nescafe and Cheerios, has about 277,000 staff in nations the world over.

Philipp Navratil, Nestle’s chief government on the time, mentioned: “The world is changing, and Nestle needs to change faster.

“This will include making hard but necessary decisions to reduce headcount over the next two years. We will do this with respect and transparency.

“The actions we are taking will secure Nestle’s future as a leader in our industry.

“Collectively, they will enable us to improve our overall performance and deliver shareholder value.”