$916-a-kg cheese for cat

It's a case of the cat that got the cheese. And at a price. A British cheese company said on Thursday that a small piece of their special blend of extra-strong cheddar cheese, branded "TNT," had sold on Internet auction site eBay for $278.

It's a case of the cat that got the cheese. And at a price. A British cheese company said on Thursday that a small piece of their special blend of extra-strong cheddar cheese, branded "TNT," had sold on Internet auction site eBay for $278. "It works out at more than $916 a kg, so that's an expensive piece of cheese," said Richard Clothier of cheese company Wyke Farms of Somerset, southern England. And Clothier said the successful bidder, known only by his eBay login name of "Huggysdad," plans to feed the pricey cheddar to his cat.

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"Huggy is apparently the name of his cat, who loves cheese," Clothier said. "He has obviously got lots of money and just wanted his cat to have the best cheese possible.”