Stolen cheese….

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northleedsbhoy
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Stolen cheese….

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No words can be said about this…. :( :( :cry:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... cated-scam
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That's awful. I hope they survive this.
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It's almost like stealing a well known artwork isn't it! Limited places it can be sold on and enjoyed.
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That's really awful :( :(
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Earthmaiden wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 6:51 pm It's almost like stealing a well known artwork isn't it! Limited places it can be sold on and enjoyed.
Yes, what the heck do you do with 950 cheeses that aren’t worth much if not traceable.?
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They'll probably turn up on various market stalls, perhaps?
Although 950 are a lot to shift that way ...

ETA to add this piece in The Grauniad ... https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/o ... am-thieves
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I have a colleague who used to get cheap Black Bombers at Christmas and offer them for sale...

Might they export it for the Asian market?
When in Japan they seemed keen on European cheese boards (albeit made up of exotics such as Babybel and Port Salut).
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I’m hoping NYD’s bank did the credit check because then they will have liability.

It seems a strangely elaborate heist if all they can do is sell it cheap in markets in the run up to Christmas, Jamie has a point Brits can look out for it wherever they go.
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KeenCook wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:42 pm They'll probably turn up on various market stalls, perhaps?
Although 950 are a lot to shift that way ...
But who buys random cheese from random stalls? Have our food standards sunk so low?

It's a very odd story.
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It all sounds like a Two Ronnies sketch. The Phantom Cheese Stealer from Hackney Wick or somesuch.

There’ll be lots of Farmers Markets on a Sunday. I might start with those if I was Piggy Malone.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygw9ye90po

Destined for Russia or the Middle East is the latest theory... (or presumably some foreign market that will ask fewer questions for whatever reason? Clearly not anywhere in the EU!)

I am totally on Neal's Yard's side of course, but it still seems odd that they would dispatch the cheese before payment. But apparently that's the Cheese Way.
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I think sending goods with an invoice to be paid on receipt of acceptable goods is fairly normal, but you'd expect credit checks done either by NYD's own export department or (perhaps more likely) their bank, and nobody has mentioned this, which seems odd to me.
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This whole story just doesn't add up to me.

Either it's been very distorted or somebody within the suppliers has no business sense.
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The latest Evening Standard article says that the thieves impersonated a known and reliable wholesaler, so that explains why they were trusted
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ ... 90462.html

It also occurs to me that as with drugs busts, the massive figure quoted is the final retail value, but NYD will have been owed only the wholesale cost, quite a bit less though a lot
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Cheesegate again, I missed the beginning of 'When it Hits The Fan' but earlier a mention of it was promised, R4 again


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024f65

Edit to add, being discussed now, minute 23.
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And now The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ard-dairy/


We haven't skipped to April without me noticing have we?
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If we’re hunting cheese thieves shouldn’t we be looking a bit closer to home …

… Miss Mouse … your name would seem to be a dead give away … can you vouch for your movements on the date in question … ???
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Suffs wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:33 pm If we’re hunting cheese thieves shouldn’t we be looking a bit closer to home …

… Miss Mouse … your name would seem to be a dead give away … can you vouch for your movements on the date in question … ???
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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I've gone into deep cover now :D
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