Random food thievery

by Nicole Weston, Posted May 2nd 2006 @ 12:10PM

Last week we heard about a man who stole 27,000 pounds of steak. But after uncovering some more food thievery, it seems that some people will steal just about anything that isn't nailed down. And that means that even roots aren't secure enough:

Thieves stole 150 plum trees from an orchard in Hungary. They were uprooted and removed from the site during the off-season. The trees were valued at approximately $9,500.

In Tennessee, a 53-foot trailer containing 2,880 cases of Red Bull was stolen by thieves who really must have taken to hear the message that "red bull gives you wings."

In a possibly related theft, a trailer containing $100,000 of Kraft sauces was stolen in the same city in Tennessee. The trailer was later recovered, but the sauce was gone. We'll have to wait and see whether anyone reports a truck of stolen chicken wings, which might explain the disappearance of the sauce.

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients, Drink Recipes
Tags: america, beef, condiments, drink, energy drink, europe, fruit, hungary, kraft, oddities, plums, red bull, sauce, soda, soft drinks, steak, steal, theft, thief, trees