Shipment of KitKat bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland

petethomas 56 points 36 comments March 29, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (17 comments)

RicoElectrico

The question is why would they produce them in Italy. Most of the food on Polish shelves that can be produced in Poland, is.

wolvoleo

Food for comedians for the next few months lol

10729287

The irony of Nestle asking to alert and help them finding the criminals.

infomaniac

Let's hope the investors have a break (through)

zeristor

Don’t KitKats have AoP status and can only authentically be made in York? The craze for Japanese KitKats being an exception. Having bought a triple pack of 7 double finger KitKats in the nineties and eating them all in 20 minutes I can’t even look at a pack anymore.

zeristor

Is this set up for a remake of the Italian job? Were electric minis used in this heist? Was the Turin traffic system hacked? Were only the doors blown off (come on baby light my fire)?

hkt

That was me, sorry, I just love KitKats. (So as to avoid being like the Robin Hood Airport guy, I'd like to say the above was a joke)

ggambetta

Can't help but think of George Clooney orchestrating the heist from his villa in Lago di Como (with a perfect alibi somehow). Maybe Brad Pitt was hungry.

brikym

The sad thing is KitKat isn't even very good.

fittingopposite

Reads like a PR stunt to me

burnt-resistor

I'd wager the entire load collectively contained only 90 kg of cocoa and 10 tons of so-called "certified responsibly sourced" palm kernel oil.

qwertytyyuu

Food heist!

teo_zero

I can't help wondering how the 413,793 bars were stacked. 413,793 is 3×3×23×1999.

sebazzz

They are quite expensive and there is not something similar on the market (even not from house brands of Aldi, Lidl, etc).

Ekaros

Anyone else find the exact number somewhat weird. Like one would expect it to end in 0 or 2 or 5...

BrandoElFollito

I just realized that I've not seen them in a supermarket like for ages (in France). Together with Bounty, Mars,Snickers,.. the stuff of my youth

jethronethro

For resale or personal use, I wonder ...

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