Thieves Steal 12 Tons of F1 KitKats From Truck in Europe

A group of thieves in Europe managed to steal more than 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars, confirms Swiss food producer Nestlé in a statement.

The theft occurred after a truck left a production site in central Italy during the week of Mar. 23. At some point in time on the truck’s 800-plus mile route to a distribution site (and then Poland), thieves nabbed the truck that contained 413,973 KitKat bars shaped like an F1 car (a new promotion for the brand).

“The vehicle and its contents remain unaccounted for, and investigations are ongoing in close collaboration with local authorities and supply chain partners,” said Nestlé in a statement.

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KitKat itself also released a statement about the heist, saying, “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.”

Nestlé has confirmed that the heist won’t impact any KitKat supplies at retail locations. So if you really want to get F1-shaped KitKats — created to celebrate the brand becoming the “Official Chocolate Bar of Formula 1” last year — then you’ll be fine.

And if you come across the stolen candy bars, you’ll know based no a unique batch code that’s assigned to individual bars. Expected to be circulated in unofficial sales channels throughout Europe, the bars will have instructions about how to contact KitKat once scanned.

The company does urge consumers to not take any direction action to locate and/or recover any fo the stolen candy bars. Instead, chocolate-focused detectives should share any information that they have with local law enforcement agencies.

Thieves Steal 12 Tons of F1 KitKats From Truck in Europe

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