A longtime Ford Motor Company employee who was accused of stealing a $1.95 Grandma's Chocolate Chip Cookie from a break room at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville has been reinstated after the company verified that the payment had been made. The case, first reported by auto industry reporter Phoebe Wall Howard on Shifting Gears, also reportedly prompted Ford to change its approach to handling similar incidents.
The employee, Kurt Kromm, said he was dismissed after surveillance footage allegedly suggested he had taken the cookie without paying. Ford later confirmed the payment with Aramark and offered him his job back.
