It wasn't actually that exact amount. It was "about 12 tons", and somebody did the 12000 kg / 29g calculation and used the answer with way too many significant digits. Probably the reporter trying to make the 12 ton number relatable.

(You might object that KitKats usually weigh 40g. So these were probably the new KitKat Icon F1 chocolates, which weigh exactly 29g.)

My brain went here too. I'm guessing that one box missed the truck (either it was damaged during loading or had a manufacturing defect), so a full shipment is 3 x 3 x 23 x 2000. So my SWAG:

1 box = 3 x 3 x 23 bars

1 pallet = 10 x 10 boxes

1 truck = 20 pallets

How did they come up with an odd number when individual packs are an even number of bars? (And, I imagine, cartons are a multiple of dozens of packs.)

Agreed, give em a break, give em a break

The total weight probably ends in a 0 or a 5.

Spot on! I've never thought about the Associated Press as a launderer of PR stunts, but here we are: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7154143/2026/03/28/f1-kitka...

“We’ve always encouraged people to have a break with KITKAT — but it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 tonnes of our chocolate,” a KitKat spokesperson said in a statement. “Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes. With more sophisticated schemes being deployed on a regular basis, we have chosen to go public with our own experience in the hope that it raises awareness of an increasingly common criminal trend.”

Well, there are good criminals, who are democraticaly elected and share the profit, and bad criminals, who keep the profit for themselves.

Cadbury have TimeOut but it's not quite the same. (It's lighter, less chocolate and less dense)

Clearly intended to be the direct competitor though, since "Have a break, have a KitKat" is the KitKat slogan, and timeout is also a break.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/316651552

Not in the US they aren't, since they're made by Hershey and not Nestle and so are a completely different product.

The product is a minimum of 25% cocoa solids and the oils are listed after that on the ingredients list, which means by weight they are more cocoa than oil.

Any alternate source of fuel in a petrol crisis, really. If someone figures out how to run car on Kit Kats I’m sure there’ll be a market.

You forgot the ... white death: sugar.

Why not? It doesn't make much sense for Nestlé to have plants in every EU country.

The wikipedia page doesn't list Italy as one of the countries where they are produced.

i agree