Psst: Wanna Buy Some Mouldy Cheese?

[mawnansmiff]

Thieves have made off with some 22 tons of cheese worth more than £300k from a warehouse in London.

Now I'm no thief nor am I a fence so I struggle to think what these thieves might do with their ill gotten gains. Perhaps a raid on the Branston Pickle factory will be their next hit?

I adore good mature artisan made cheese but I'm thinking there's only so much cheese one can eat so I suspect these cheese chumps might have one heck of a job in shifting this.

More than 22 tonnes of cheddar stolen from Neal's Yard Dairy

Fraudsters targeted the high-value cheddar by pretending to be legitimate wholesalers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jay.

 

[agnosticpipe]

Maybe they can somehow convert it into Stilton, then they could probably sell some to me!

 

[shanez]

Maybe they're preparing to throw the world's most epic fondue rave?

 

[abecox]

Could be lucrative, when I go on a fancy cheese binge I can easily drop a hundred bucks on just what I can hold on my two hands. I have massive hands but that's besides the point. Could be worth a lot of cheddar, though I'd brie surprised if they get away with it, this stinks of an inside job.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Prepare to find stores stocked with way off-brand Aged Cheddar!!

 

[OzPiper]

The owners of the cheese would be feeling rather cheesed off now.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Are the Green Bay Packers playing an away game in London?

 

[BingBong]

Gotta be the Russians. The sanctions ten years ago stopped all cheese exports to Russia; they since claim that they can make their own cheddar... but can they?

 

[abecox]

Gotta be the Russians. The sanctions ten years ago stopped all cheese exports to Russia; they since claim that they can make their own cheddar... but can they?

BRICS

Brie
Rouqefort
(don't have one for I)
Cheddar
Stilton

It almost goes all the way to the top

 

[huntertrw]

I believe that the thieves misread Matthew 5:9. That scripture does not say, "Blessed are the cheese-takers...," but, rather, "Blessed are the peacemakers..."

 

[Sigmund]

Thats a lot of freakin perishables to move if its not figured out in advance. They will probably get caught.

I agree...probably an inside job and they may have access to where product is distributed and who is crooked amongts those buyers.

If they can get it into the EU its probably a lot easier to distribute.

 

[OzPiper]

The theft was from Neal’s Yard, one of the premier cheesewrights in London.
They would have been choice.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Gotta be the Russians.

Many a true word is said in jest as they say. Now they report it could be the Russians behind this.....does cheddar go well with vodka?

Neal's Yard's stolen cheese could be sold abroad, supplier says

A supplier of cheese stolen in a £300,000 scam said the business was based on trust.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jay.

 

[BingBong]

Many a true word is said in jest as they say. Now they report it could be the Russians behind this.....does cheddar go well with vodka?

Neal's Yard's stolen cheese could be sold abroad, supplier says

A supplier of cheese stolen in a £300,000 scam said the business was based on trust.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jay.

They could be looking in the wrong place. Possibly, a man and a dog are behind this heist; makes a change from Wensleydale.

 

[Sigmund]

"Get off Me Cheese!"

 

[Hillcrest]

I found the related stories on the bottom interesting; maybe people are hungry and tired of inflation.

Show in a pickle over stolen Cheddar​

Cheese and meat taken in £1K raid​

Steak, coffee and cheese tagged as shoplifting rises​

 

[mawnansmiff]

maybe people are hungry and tired of inflation.

"...which force shoppers to scan their receipts before being allowed to leave. The supermarket believes this will deter thieves".

Lopping off their right hand would deter thieves

Jay.

 

[Pip'n'Piper]

.....does cheddar go well with vodka?

Everything goes well with vodka.

 

[jpmcwjr]

"...which force shoppers to scan their receipts before being allowed to leave. The supermarket believes this will deter thieves".

Lopping off their right hand would deter thieves

Jay.

No doubt! However in the States, retailers will sometimes see a person lift goods into his (the impersonal "his") overcoat and observe him casually walking out the door. Purposely not trying to deter or apprehend. The "shrinkage" is a cost of doing business, apparently, and it's more trouble and costly to deter than not.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Purposely not trying to deter or apprehend.

My wife runs a chain of stores now, and their policy is do not detain or confront. There was a lady at one of her stores that tried to stop a shoplifter, and got thrown to the floor which caused her some spinal damage, and that cost the company way more than the measly $10 item that was lifted.
They will randomly have LP staff on site that will handle the rough stuff. Some days is clear sailing for the lifters, other days, they get run down by John who throws them to the ground. Feeling lucky?

Also, the cameras get the perps that just walk out, and the cops take it from there. It doesn't make for great videos in the socials, but many shoplifters do get caught. Usually on the resale side.