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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 07:57 PM Aug 2012

We Gave Canada One Job: ‘Don’t Lose All the Maple Syrup.’ And They Couldn’t Do It.

Canadian authorities have just revealed that someone recently stole "a massive haul of maple syrup worth up to $30 million" from a warehouse in Québec.

Police and auditors have not yet released details of exactly how much product is missing; the current word is "a large quantity."

If the thieves had somehow made off with the entire contents of the warehouse, Canada would have lost more than a tenth of its 2012 syrup harvest (3.4 million liters).

The Federation of Québec Maple Syrup Producers (three magical elves) noticed that the syrup was missing during a routine inspection of the warehouse, which is maintained as part of the world's "global strategic maple syrup reserve."

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http://gawker.com/5939581/we-gave-canada-one-job-dont-lose-all-the-maple-syrup-and-they-couldnt-do-it

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We Gave Canada One Job: ‘Don’t Lose All the Maple Syrup.’ And They Couldn’t Do It. (Original Post) n2doc Aug 2012 OP
No pancakes for you. liberal N proud Aug 2012 #1
"global strategic maple syrup reserve." I love Canada. n/t lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #2
+1,000 Scuba Aug 2012 #12
Suh-weet! nt LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #3
so now we wait for somebody to place an order for tons of pancake batter? niyad Aug 2012 #4
Follow-up news report Summer Hathaway Aug 2012 #5
Next up, a thirty ton butter heist. Monk06 Aug 2012 #10
... Summer Hathaway Sep 2012 #19
I am devastated at this loss. Next, they'll lose all the honey. freshwest Aug 2012 #6
In the past I've made my own maple syrup madokie Aug 2012 #7
We made syrup in our "sugar camp" on the farm when I was a kid. I've drunk gallons of sap. Scuba Aug 2012 #13
Sorry to be Johnny Literal here, but... cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #8
I was thinking something similar. laundry_queen Sep 2012 #20
It was those damn guys from Super Troopers. n/t renie408 Aug 2012 #9
Most Canadian heist ever? Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #11
One has to ask: What's the black market for maple syrup? /nt jimlup Aug 2012 #14
That stuff is ridiculously expensive, even in the areas where it is made. applegrove Aug 2012 #15
Somebody tapped into a sweet deal. NV Whino Aug 2012 #16
Look over the VT border--they have the wherewithal and the motivation!! nt MADem Aug 2012 #17
New England had too warm a season this year so there is a shortage in US production of Maple Syrup Monk06 Aug 2012 #18

Summer Hathaway

(2,770 posts)
5. Follow-up news report
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 08:22 PM
Aug 2012
"The RCMP has issued a BOLO for thieves who made off with approximately 60,000 pounds of pancake mix from a Montreal warehouse earlier this month, believing there might be a connection between the two incidents. In a related story, extra security measures have been taken to protect breakfast sausage-producing plants across the province."

madokie

(51,076 posts)
7. In the past I've made my own maple syrup
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 08:31 PM
Aug 2012

Our home place has quite a few maple trees and I used to tap them and make my own syrup. Not able to traverse the hillsides any longer so I don't do it any more. Nothing quite like your own made maple syrup.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
13. We made syrup in our "sugar camp" on the farm when I was a kid. I've drunk gallons of sap.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:02 PM
Aug 2012

Might be why I'm a little sappy.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
8. Sorry to be Johnny Literal here, but...
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 08:35 PM
Aug 2012
Police and auditors have not yet released details of exactly how much product is missing; the current word is "a large quantity."

If the thieves had somehow made off with the entire contents of the warehouse, Canada would have lost more than a tenth of its 2012 syrup harvest (3.4 million liters).


I dare say that if the thieves "had somehow" hurled the planet Jupiter into the Sun we would have lost a really big planet.

I am going to guess that the thieves have not "somehow made off with the entire contents of the warehouse" because if that were the case then there would be less mystery about how much was missing, since the answer would be "all of it."

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
20. I was thinking something similar.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:32 AM
Sep 2012

"If the thieves had somehow made off with the entire contents of the warehouse..."

But they didn't.

applegrove

(118,021 posts)
15. That stuff is ridiculously expensive, even in the areas where it is made.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:21 PM
Aug 2012

Thankfully I have an aunt who makes it and sends it up at christmas.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
18. New England had too warm a season this year so there is a shortage in US production of Maple Syrup
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:04 PM
Aug 2012

US production is down 32% in 2012 over last year.

Value of US production was up 43% in 2012 over last year.

Value of US production in 2012 was $10,6019,000, ($10.5 Billion approx)

Value of Canadian production in 2012 was $364,549,000 ($364.6 $Billion approx)

US production in 2012 was 1,908,000 gal

Canadian production in 2012 was a whopping 10,981,000 gal, 9,245,000 from Quebec alone.

US prices range from $35 gal to $73 gal in the New England area, $35 gal in Vermont and $73 gal in Connecticut.

The Montreal heist represents 10% of 2012 Canadian production.

My theory is that the Montreal maple syrup heist went over the border, maybe months ago. You can bet the Montreal and US mobs are behind it because it's such a sweet deal (sorry).

As we see there is big money to be had and the only thing illegal about it is that it was stolen. Relabel the product and create some fake invoices and you are clean as a whistle.

Sorry to break the levity of the thread but I was curious about the money involved. See here for more than you ever wanted to know about maple syrup.



http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/New_England_includes/Publications/0605mpl.pdf

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