Man finds £4million cheque issued to sweet giants Haribo rewarded with six packets of gummies

Man finds £4million cheque issued to sweet giants Haribo… but blasts ‘cheap’ firm for rewarding him with six packets of gummies

  • Cheque was found by traveller at a train station in Frankfurt, Germany
  • He returned it to Haribo, whose revenues are around £1.7billion a year
  • Haribo sent the man a box of its sweets in return, worth around £6
  • The man called the global sweet giants ‘a bit cheap’ after his reward 

A German man who found a lost cheque worth £4million issued to sweet giants Haribo has told how the firm rewarded him with a box of its gummies worth around £6.

The eagle-eyed traveller – named as Anouar G., 38, from Frankfurt – spotted the huge cheque on a train platform after returning from a visit to his mother.

Anouar was astonished when he saw the cheque’s value of 4,631,538.80  euros (£4.05million).

But when he told the company about his discovery, he was dismayed when they sent him a small pack of gummies – a gesture he described as ‘a bit cheap.’ 

He told local media: ‘There was such a large sum on it that I couldn’t even pronounce it.’

A German man who found a lost cheque worth £4million issued to sweet giants Haribo has told how the firm rewarded him with a box of its gummies worth around £6

A German man who found a lost cheque worth £4million issued to sweet giants Haribo has told how the firm rewarded him with a box of its gummies worth around £6

Anouar received a box from Haribo (pictured) containing just six bags of their sweets, which usually retail in the UK for £1 each

Anouar received a box from Haribo (pictured) containing just six bags of their sweets, which usually retail in the UK for £1 each

The cheque had reportedly been issued by the supermarket group Rewe to the sweetmakers but was somehow lost at the station.

Anouar contacted Haribo about his discovery and one of their lawyers got in touch with him.

Instead of asking for it back, they told him to destroy the cheque and send him a photograph as proof, according to local media.

He dutifully complied and a few days later received a box from Haribo containing just six bags of their sweets, which usually retail in the UK for £1 each.

Anouar was reportedly not impressed, as he believes he saved the company millions.

He said: ‘I thought that was a bit cheap.’

But Haribo told local media: ‘Since it was a named cheque, nobody but our company could have redeemed it.’

They added: ‘It was our standard package that we send as a thank you.’

Founded in 1920 by a German man with just a sack of sugar and a handful of equipment, Haribo eventually grew into a global confectionary powerhouse, with revenues reaching around £1.7billion a year. 

source: dailymail.co.uk