Pimms anyone?

Wimbledon is here! It kicked off last Monday, and is now in full swing. If you're a tennis fan and have been watching the games so far, whether on the screens or at the courts if you've been lucky enough to get tickets, you'll no doubt have seen numerous people there eating that famous Wimbledon speciality of strawberries and cream, and sipping glasses of Pimms and champagne. The question we want to know, is just how much do they get through each year?

Strawberries and cream

Last year, around 8615 punnets of strawberries, which contain at least 10 strawberries each, were sold each day of the competition, and over 7,000 litres of fresh cream were served with them. That's a total of around 28,000kg of strawberries, around 112,000 punnets across the whole event! Last year, the cost of one of these punnets was £2.50, and while a bit pricey, they are all picked the night before and arrive at Wimbledon at 5.30am to be expected and then sold that day, so are sure to be the freshest possible!

Pimms

Possibly the most famous trademark drink of Wimbledon, Pimms can always been seen being sipped by the fans. Last year, around 200,000 glasses of Pimms were drunk, and around 20,000 bottles of champagne consumed... that's a fair bit of bubbly!!

Here are some of the other catering statistics for you from last year's event...

300,000 cups of tea and coffee

250,000 bottles of water

207,000 meals served

200,000 glasses of Pimm's

190,000 sandwiches

150,000 bath buns, scones, pasties and doughnuts

135,000 ice creams

130,000 lunches are served

100,000 pints of draught beer and lager

60,000 Dutchees

40,000 char-grilled meals served

32,000 portions of fish and chips

30,000 litres of milk

28,000 kg (112,000 punnets) of English strawberries

25,000 bottles of champagne

15,000 bananas

20,000 portions of frozen yoghurt

12,000 kg of poached salmon and smoked salmon

7,000 litres of dairy cream

6,000 stone baked pizzas

...There's something different for you to think about as you watch the games! Enjoy the Wimbledon season!