Who Moved My Cheese?

Per Bloomberg, the vaults of an Italian bank contain 17,000 tons of parmesan cheese, held as collateral for loans to cheesemakers. "So precious is the cheese that each 80-pound wheel, worth about 300 euros, is branded with a serial number so it can be traced if it is stolen."

But "[t]hieves tunneled into one warehouse in February and made off with 570 pieces . . . . 'Thank heavens we caught the robbers before they grated it,'" said the vault manager.

Or ate the serial numbers. More at the link.