Nestlé's KitKat shipment vanishes in Italy en route to Poland
AP News • • business
Key Points:
- Nestlé reported the theft of approximately 12 tons, or 413,793 bars, of KitKat chocolate from a shipment traveling from Italy to Poland.
- The stolen cargo, which was destined for distribution across Europe, remains missing along with the vehicle transporting it.
- Nestlé warned that the stolen KitKats could enter unofficial sales channels but emphasized that each bar can be traced using unique batch codes.
- Consumers and retailers can identify stolen products by scanning batch numbers, which will provide instructions to report the theft to the company.
- Nestlé highlighted cargo theft as a growing problem for businesses and disclosed the incident to raise awareness about this criminal trend.
