Man finds Haribo's lost £4m cheque and he's given six packs of sweets as a reward

A man who found a cheque for £4 million that had been lost by confectionary company Haribo was given six packets of sweets as a thank you for his help – a gesture he found somewhat ‘cheap’.

The German man, named Anouar G, spotted the cheque on a train platform after visiting his mum, and was astonished to see it was made out for a whopping €4,631,538.80 (£4.05 million).

The cheque had reportedly been issued to Haribo by the supermarket group Rewe, but had somehow been misplaced.

Anouar, from Frankfurt, told local media: “There was such a large sum on it that I couldn't even pronounce it."

He decided to do the right thing and contacted Haribo about his train station discovery.

But when one of their lawyers got in touch with him, they didn’t Anouar for the cheque back – instead requesting he destroyed it and send them a photograph as proof that he had.

Newsflash

Anouar followed orders and a few days later received a gesture of gratitude from the German sweets company... a box of sweets containing just six bags of sweets.

He said: "I thought that was a bit cheap."

However, while Anouar was reportedly not too impressed by the reward, having saved the company millions, Haribo said it was simply ‘standard’ practice.

The company told local media: "Since it was a named cheque, nobody but our company could have redeemed it."

It added: "It was our standard package that we send as a thank you."

LADbible has reached out to Haribo for comment.

Newsflash

Over in the UK, the confectionary world is being rocked by news that Bountys have been booted out of Celebrations boxes.

The coconutty chocolate has been a fixture in Celebrations tubs for years, even though they're almost always the last sweets left in the tin.

Now Mars Wrigley has teamed up with Tesco to trial a new 'No Bounty' tubs initiative in the lead up to the festive season.

For a limited period, customers in select stores featuring Christmas Market pop-ups will be able to exchange tubs bought in-store that day with the new tub.

In these limited-edition tubs, additional Mars, Snickers, Milkyway, Galaxy and the all-time favourite, Maltesers, will be drafted in to make up for the missing Bountys.

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Emily Owen, Mars Wrigley's Head of Celebrations Festive Cheer - 'cause that's an actual job title, apparently - said: "Christmas is the time for giving – but it seems this year, the British public are keen for us to take away…Bounty.

"Last year, we gave customers the opportunity to return their unwanted Bounty chocolates.

"Now, off the back of public demand, we're trialling taking them out of the tub altogether. You don't know what you've got until it's gone! And to those loyal (and secret) Bounty lovers out there, there's still a chance they'll make a return after the trial."

Unfortunately, Mars hasn't gone the whole way and committed to make the limited-edition 'No Bounty Celebrations' just the standard Celebrations going forward.

Find out exactly when and where you can find them here.

Topics: Food And Drink, World News

Jess Hardiman

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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