Large quantities of butter stolen from Guelph grocery stores
Posted October 22, 2024 11:58 am.
Guelph police say they’re investigating after large quantities of butter were reported stolen from two grocery stores last week, the latest in a series of butter thefts over the past several months.
Police allege that on Oct. 12, two males separately entered a business in the north end, placed multiple items in a cart—including three cases of butter worth more than $900 —and left out of a receiving door.
They allege that four days later, two males separately entered a different business and met up inside, stealing four cases of butter and leaving through an emergency exit. They were seen leaving in a white four-door sedan.
Police say there have been at least seven large-scale butter thefts in the city in the last 10 months.
“Butter continues to be a hot commodity for thieves in Guelph,” police wrote in a news release.
