--- title: Thieves Steal Trailer With 85000 Worth of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese description: Trailer with about 85000 dollars worth of shredded mozzarella cheese stolen at truck stop in Central Florida report Marion County police canonical: https://time.com/3738906/85000k-shredded-mozzarella-cheese-stolen/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-10T16:07:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:33.747Z og:title: Someone Stole Enough Cheese to Make Pizzas for a Lifetime og:description: Trailer with about 85000 dollars worth of shredded mozzarella cheese stolen at truck stop in Central Florida report Marion County police og:url: https://time.com/3738906/85000k-shredded-mozzarella-cheese-stolen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Stole Enough Cheese to Make Pizzas for a Lifetime twitter:description: Trailer with about 85000 dollars worth of shredded mozzarella cheese stolen at truck stop in Central Florida report Marion County police twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Someone Stole Enough Cheese to Make Pizzas for a Lifetime ## Video: Should I Eat Pizza? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Pizza?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2015-02-12. You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 10, 2015 4:07 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 10, 2015 4:07 PM UTC A trailer carrying approximately $85,000 worth of shredded mozzarella cheese was reported stolen Sunday at a truck stop in central Florida, the Associated Press reports via the [_Ocala Star Banner._](http://www.ocala.com/article/20150309/ARTICLES/150309695/1412?Title=Truck-trailer-tons-of-mozzarella-stolen-from-parking-lot-in-Summerfield) The driver and his girlfriend were on their way to the Hungry Howie’s pizza distribution center in Lakeland, Fla., and were having a mechanic check out the tractor-trailer near Summerfield, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The Ocala Star Banner [estimates](http://www.ocala.com/article/20150309/ARTICLES/150309695/1412?Title=Truck-trailer-tons-of-mozzarella-stolen-from-parking-lot-in-Summerfield) that there could have been enough cheese in that trailer to make “tens of thousands of pizza pies.” _Read next:_ [_Now You Can Pig Out on Bacon-Wrapped Pizza Crust_](http://time.com/3713252/little-caesars-bacon-wrapped-pizza-crust/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) Thieves Steal Trailer With 85000 Worth of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3738906/85000k-shredded-mozzarella-cheese-stolen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3738906/85000k-shredded-mozzarella-cheese-stolen/"},"headline":"Someone Stole Enough Cheese to Make Pizzas for a Lifetime","datePublished":"2015-03-10T16:07:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:33.747Z","description":"It was en route to a pizza distribution center in central Florida","url":"https://time.com/3738906/85000k-shredded-mozzarella-cheese-stolen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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