Butter bandits strike again: $1,200 worth of butter stolen in Brantford

More and more butter keeps disappearing off grocery store shelves with another large-scale butter theft reported on Monday, this time in Brantford.

A store located at Lynden Road and Wayne Gretsky Parkway had about $1,200 worth of butter stolen from them Oct. 29. At approximately 8:25 p.m. two suspects were seen stealing the large amount and fled in a white van.

They are described as wearing all-black clothing with black baseball hats. Police released pictures of the two suspects in the hope the public can help identify the men.

It’s just one of many butter heist investigations this year.

Guelph Police say they’ve had nine reported large-scale butter thefts since December 2023.

“Each time the theft has been somewhere in the neighbourhood between $900 and $1,000 dollars, so certainly a significant amount. They are stealing it in two or three cases at a time,” Scott Tracey, media relations coordinator for Guelph Police, said.

He mentioned that police aren’t sure yet if the incident in Brantford is connected to the thefts in Guelph.

“This is probably something that’s happening everywhere I mean I don’t there’s anything about Guelph or now Brantford that is particularly appealing to people who are looking to steal this product. It’s just that we have put out the media releases and made people aware of it, but I suspect this is something happening all across Ontario,” said Tracey.

Officials can’t confirm yet where these dairy products are being resold until they find the people who are responsible. Tracey added there are butter products being sold on marketplaces online but it’s hard to say if they’re the same products being stolen.

Three arrests were made last December in Guelph. All three males were from Brampton at the time, but all failed to appear in court and are now wanted.

A local baker and owner of The Cake Box in Kitchener, Jessica Harrison, told 570 NewsRadio they haven’t had to increase prices in their store yet, as they aren’t seeing a significant rise in the cost of the dairy product, which has stayed around $5.99 per pound.

“Butter is in all of our products so if we see an increase there will be an increase to reflect that in all our products.”

Harrison mentioned that no one has tried to sell her butter under the table yet either.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Guelph Police or Brantford Police or submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers.