It's that time of the year again when Wimbledon is upon us. This year all the tennis frenzy has been slightly overshadowed by the excitement of the Euro but nonetheless, close to 50,000 tennis fans are expected to flock to the All England Club in south London.
But, of course, the tennis isn't the only thing Wimbledon is famous for and nothing- apart from the rainy intervals - defines the championship more than strawberries and cream. It is expected that visitors at this year's tournament will consume more than 28,000kg of strawberries accompanied by over 7,000 litres of fresh cream. That's more than 8,000 punnets per day.
But, thanks to rising food prices, visitors will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets this year as the price of a punnet of strawberries and cream has gone up from £2 to £2.25, marking the first increase in five years.
But then again hungry tennis fans can also tuck into the lashings of sandwiches, ice creams, slices of pizza and smoked salmon bagels on offer - not to mention the 150,000 glasses of Pimm's, 17,000 bottles of Champagne and 100,000 pints of beer.
Wimbledon is one of the biggest catering events in the sporting calendar and comprises the largest single annual sporting catering operation in Europe. All of the catering is undertaken by Facilities Management Catering, who employs close to 1,500 catering staff at the site's numerous outlets.
