Nicholas Welch, 30, was so obsessed with Marmite, a food spread made of yeast extract, that he repeatedly wiped out Marmite on four separate occasions from his local W. Grose Shell Garage in Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire (UK). It got so bad that the store manager Jim Keary, 54, who has run the site for 11 years, was forced to stop selling jars of Marmite for several weeks in November.

He was finally caught after people recognized him from the CCTV pictures. He has been given a 12-month supervision order and is banned from 150 shops around the town.

 

Store manager Mr Keary said he was still bemused by Welch's motives for stealing the numerous jars.

"We have got so much of the stuff now we need to get rid of it, because Marmite actually sent us another 20 jars to replace the ones that were stolen," he said.

"I expect it will probably make a return to the shelves now.

"I am glad we have been able to help the police catch a prolific offender. He was clearly doing it to raise some cash."

He added: ''It's a very funny way of making money, but I suppose he knew someone he could sell it on to for a quick profit.''

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

A jar of Marmite costs $4.45 (£2.79), so his 18 jars were worth over $80 (£50). It does make you doubt the financial benefit to the theft and it sounds more like he (and his friends/family)  were addicted to it. What do you guys think?