Wimbledon will sell over 29,000kg of Strawberries and 275,000 cups of Pimms
Wimbledon will sell over 29,000kg of Strawberries and 275,000 cups of Pimms
Bookmakers are now offering markets on how many strawberries will be sold at Wimbledon over the next fortnight.
Wimbledon fans will eat over 29,000kg of strawberries and drink 275,000 cups of Pimms, according to Sportscasting.com traders.
Wimbledon to sell tons of Strawberries
Over 500,000 tennis fans attended Wimbledon in 2023 and with temperatures expected to be higher this year and the crowd needing to cool down, those numbers could be put in the shade.
The odds are based on the staggering numbers produced last year when over 270,000 cups of Pimms were drunk and Wimbledon reporting 1.92m strawberries are eaten each year.
We could see Wimbledon crack through the 2 million strawberries mark this year.
“During Wimbledon 2023 it was reported that over 530,651 fans passed through the famous SW19 gates and with a similar figure likely this year, food and drink sales will be sky-high,” Sportscasting.com spokesman Andy Newton said.
“If just 5% of these tennis lovers buy a bottle of bubbly – this means the bookmaker’s 25,000+ prediction of champagne sales will be easily hit. While around half of the attendees will need to buy just one cup of Pimms to hit the 275k figure the oddsmakers are saying.
“However, the strawberry odds look juicy to me. According to the official Wimbledon site more than 38.4 tons of strawberries (1.9m) are sold each year. This equates to over 34,000kg – meaning we should certainly be ‘creaming’ up some of the 10/11 on offer for there to be over 29,000kg of the popular red fruit eaten.”
Oddsmakers predict
- Betting experts say over 29,000 kg of strawberries will be chomped at Wimbledon
- Pimms sales to exceed 275,000 cups over Wimbledon week, according to odds
- More than 25,000 bottles of Wimbledon champagne will be popped, say bookies
What’s special about strawberries
Unlike raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries, strawberries are not genuine berries. However, the rose family of plants includes raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries. Since strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside rather than the inside, they aren’t really regarded as berries.
Strawberries are classified as “false fruits,” despite the fact that they are a fruit. It is a cluster of several little fruits rather than a single fruit. Because they grow from various regions of the flower as well as from several ovaries in a single bloom, they are also known as “accessory aggregate fruit.” As separate fruits known as achenes, the strawberry seeds are really joined to a structure known as a fleshy receptacle. A strawberry is made up of two parts: the fleshy container and the seeds, which are small fruits.
Strawberries are hand-picked and delivered each morning of The Championships, the berries are timed to ripe perfection, so they can be enjoyed at their absolute best during the two weeks of Wimbledon.