{"id":40673,"date":"2026-03-29T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/40673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:24:09","slug":"over-400000-kitkat-bars-stolen-as-thieves-make-a-break-with-12-tonne-shipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/40673\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 400,000 KitKat bars stolen, as thieves \u2018make a break\u2019 with 12 tonne shipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A huge shipment of KitKat chocolate bars has been stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">KitKat, owned by Swiss food giant Nestl\u00e9, confirmed in a statement on Saturday that \u201ca truck transporting 413,793 units of its new chocolate range has been stolen during transit in Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The shipment, weighing around 12 tonnes (13.2 tons), disappeared last week while heading between production and distribution locations, it said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat,\u201d a spokesman for the brand said, referring to its catchphrase.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBut it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 tonnes of our chocolate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774747449_943_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Liquid chocolate spill blocks Polish highway<\/p>\n<p>Liquid chocolate spill blocks Polish highway<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The brand warned that \u201cthe theft may lead to a shortage of KitKats appearing on shelf\u201d, acknowledging that \u201cconsumers, unfortunately, may struggle to find their favourite chocolates ahead of Easter\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge shipment of KitKat chocolate bars has been stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[2946,197,309,7151,199,3792,5376,41],"class_list":{"0":"post-40673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nestle","8":"tag-easter","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-kitkat","12":"tag-nestle","13":"tag-poland","14":"tag-saturday","15":"tag-swiss"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116309856340745656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}