That’s a lot of cheddar. British cheesemongers were bamboozled into giving away over 48,000 pounds of artisanal cheddar. Neal’s Yard Dairy of London says it was tricked into sending 950 wheels of

Fraudsters posing as French supermarket buyers have stolen more than 22 tonnes of premium cheddar cheese after operating a “deceptively convincing” scam on a London dairy.

Robbers posing as wholesalers stole 22 tonnes of luxury cheddar from London’s Neal’s Yard Dairy, costing £300,000, before the scam was discovered.

A sophisticated scam targeting artisan cheesemakers has resulted in the theft of 22 tonnes of cheddar that was valued over £300,000. Neal's Yard Dairy, a London-based distributor and retailer of British cheese,