RESTAURATEUR MELINA DAVIES SUSPECTED IN HUGE HAAGEN-DAZ CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER STOCKPILE/GIVEAWAY OPERATION

While the hoarding for some items - paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizer - garnered a lot of media attention in the early Covid days, other products did not, though they were being grabbed nearly as frantically.. Take the mysterious case of Haggen Daz Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream.

Even in the old days Haggen Daz Chocolate Peanut Butter, known among fans as “CPB”, was difficult to find But, now? don’t even make the effort.

So it was major news in international ice cream circles Sunday, when federal officials announced they had made a breakthrough in the case known as Operation CPB when they named a prominent Burbank restaurant owner and cook book writer as a key player in a organization that has stockpiled literally dozens of their prime Haggen Daz flavor and then - remarkably - give them away.

Melina Davies, who allegedly has connections to Armenia organizations throughout the Mid East and sectors of South San Fernando Valley, was named in an affidavit obtained by the Mozza Tribune. Davies, who with her husband Christian, owns Olive and Thyme, could not be reached for comment.

Nancy Silverton who wrote the forward for Melina’s upcomong book “Olive and Thyme, Everyday Meals made Extraordinary” strongly defended her in these allegations.

“Fist of all, getting something you love and enjoying it is not hoarding, “ said Silverton who lives with a man known for his over indulgence of CPB.

Silverton continued. “Indulging is not hoarding. Hoarding is when you take 400 rolls of paper towels. Melina is simply savoring and also making other people feel special by giving them a threat. There should be more people like her, especially now..”