VILLA PARK, Ill. - Someone got way more than the recommended daily serving of vegetables when a refrigerated trailer loaded with $50,000 worth of broccoli was stolen. Possibly the Greens? Or the Lettuce Ladies?
The 48-foot trailer disappeared from its rented parking space in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, police said.
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If somebody eats all that broccoli they're gonna need a butt-load of Beano.
... so to speak.
"What is someone going to do with that amount of produce?" Zorich said. "On the black market, I can't imagine that's something that's worth money to anybody."
Oh, I don't know. Think about all the Black Market Broccoli-Cheese soup that can be made. All they need to do is steal a truckload of cheese.
Police entered the trailer into a stolen-vehicle database, but had no immediate leads. "We have homicides happening in town," Zorich said. "We're not really looking for a truck of broccoli right now."
Besides, you can't get your kids to eat broccoli anyway.