More than $100,000 worth of escargots stolen from French snail farmer with Michelin clientele

CNN More than worth of escargots were stolen from a French snail farmer earlier this week French media shared leaving the supplier scrambling to replenish its stock in time for the holiday season This is really not the post that we thought we would write approaching the holidays L Escargot Des Grands Crus wrote in a post on Facebook Tuesday We were casualties of a burglary and our stock of fresh and frozen snails was stolen A family business L Escargot Des Grands Crus breeds around snails annually preparing the escargots with the greatest care according to its website The snail theft is a shock incomprehensible and a real blow for all of the group the farm which is based in Bouzy northeastern France explained on Facebook Overnight from Sunday into Monday thieves entered the farm undetected and broke into the buildings housing the snails French society broadcaster France Info revealed The fence surrounding the property had been cut it stated Once inside the thieves were met with shelves full of snails in jars fresh frozen Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne the owner of the farm communicated France Info Images from after the theft displayed refrigerators almost totally empty But chosen of the stock taken was not prepared for consumption the outlet shared The shells of the snails were not cleaned and the butter that accompanies the escargot was not made You can t consume it directly Dauvergne declared In total the thieves stole nearly kilograms roughly lbs of snails France Info revealed L Escargot Des Grands Crus will try to replenish its stocks before Christmas and New Year s Eve given that of its annual revenue is made during this period according to the outlet Dauvergne has been able to supply snails to chosen restaurants including a few of his Michelin-starred clientele since the theft France Info broadcasted Other snail farmers have stepped in to sell Dauvergne specific of their stock at reduced prices the outlet noted We re ready to help him hurriedly for him to be able to save his season Alexandre Maire another snail farmer from the Vosges stated France Info