This video can not be played
CCTV from break-in
A company that supplies commercial coffee machines estimates equipment worth £300,000 has been stolen.
West Midlands Police said it was investigating a burglary at Fracino on Birch Road East in Birmingham.
Coffee machines and grinders were taken from the warehouse at about 04:30 BST on Wednesday.
Chairman Frank Maxwell said it would take months to "get out of this" and that the theft was "a real bad hit".
The warehouse stores equipment that is then shipped to South Africa, Canada, Singapore, Dubai, Australia and other countries.
The company found out about the stolen equipment when the first employee turned up for work on Wednesday morning.
"The initial feeling was panic," Mr Maxwell said.
He added it was the second time the company had been targeted and that the thieves "used the company's own forklift truck to take the equipment and then sprayed fire extinguisher everywhere when they left".
He said the theft was a "tragic loss" that left a situation that was "unstable for the employees".
Police said CCTV footage was being reviewed and forensics experts had attended the scene as inquiries continued.
Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk
Fracino
Travellers ‘abandoned’ after flight to London diverts to Bermuda
Black Country's Steve King Band recruits new percussion ace
Daughter, 19, forced to execute her own mother in brutal hanging
Police issue update over shocking 50-strong brawl where cops were pelted with missiles on Wolverhampton street
Dozens of drivers slapped with speeding tickets in Halesowen
Brave Halesowen boy triumphs in transplant games
Ukraine claims new push in Russian-held region
Pakistan floods will cost us over $10bn – minister
Williams starts US Open farewell with a win
Two Pinocchios? The strange Hollywood trend of twin films
UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste
The designers giving Kenya a fashionable name
How I forgave myself for the death of my friend
Pakistan flood victims throw note pleading for help
The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists
'Garden of Europe' devastated by worst ever drought
Deals behind Britain's Gulf handover revealed
Britain's disputed 'in between' isles
Why Dijon mustard disappeared from France
Ten of the world's most ingenious buildings
A pizza topping that divides the world
© 2022 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.