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How one would launder all that cheese? Even say having some big retailer involved, some customers would probably still recognize that the cheese is from that ba
by trhway 2y ago
How one would launder all that cheese? Even say having some big retailer involved, some customers would probably still recognize that the cheese is from that batch.
- Ma8ee 2y agoSmall corner shops that buys a few legal pieces of cheese through officials channels, but buy the bulk on the black market for a fraction of the price.
- tomwphillips 2y agoThis is pretty niche cheddar. I doubt it’s being sold at a corner shop alongside warm cans of Carlsberg!
- tomwphillips 2y agoI imagine it will be smuggled out of the country immediately. No cheese buyer at a large retailer in the UK would touch it. It’s not worth the risk. Similarly at the artisan end of the market, it’s a small world (like the article says) - why would you risk your personal and commercial reputation buying stolen goods? You wouldn’t.
- thimabi 2y agoI wonder how they are going to smuggle such a gigantic quantity of cheese out of the country. It’s kind of hard to move 22 tonnes of anything without raising suspicion, and doing so in a hurry poses additional challenges.
- jl6 2y agoI imagine they would have to do it Caerphilly.
- 3guk 2y agoDamnit, you got me with that one !!
- gazook89 2y agoI’m not disagreeing with you, but 22 tonnes is about 48,000 lbs, which is about the limit (or just over) of what a regular semi trailer can haul (at least in the US). So moving it likely isn’t much issue, but the selling it likely is
- erehweb 2y agoBut once you've got it out of the country, where then? Would French cheese buyers take it? Or do you have to go to Russia?
- kjs3 2y agoThere are many places where "this is a highly prized luxury commodity from the West" is more than enough to create a market, and legally lax enough to be minimal risk.
- titusjohnson 2y agoUnlike jewels or greenbacks, you can get value out of cheddar over time by eating a cheese heavy diet. I imagine the tough part here is storing that much cheese for long enough to provide a large impact to your monthly grocery budget.
- mattlondon 2y agoCheese keeps. No rush. Keep hold of it for a while then when it has blown over sell a truckle here or there to an up-market restaurant, perhaps a few at a time for a small distributor etc. Probably untraceable and entirely legit looking if you are just selling cheese. It's not like they are going to be trying to off load your "typical" high-value goods at silly low prices in pubs and car boot sales.
- pixelpoet 2y agoScrew laundering it, you just keep buying crackers and eat delicious cheese for the rest of your days.