• Wimbledon is the largest single annual sporting catering operation carried out in Europe. 
• All catering carried out by Facilities Management Catering (FMC).

Public catering facilities include:

• Tea Lawn: 200 feet of counter space along one side serves tea, coffee, beer, soft drinks and light refreshments.  On the other side are strawberries and cream, Pimm's and Champagne Bar, 'Dutchee' (hot and spicy sausages in fresh rolls), pizzas, sandwiches, doughnuts and baguettes.

• No.1 Court stadium has five food and beverage outlets - The Food Village (traditional fish and chips, hot wok, pizza, Southern-fried chicken, light refreshments and strawberries & cream plus Village Bar); the Conservatory Buffet; the Aorangi Food Court, the Aorangi Café (American burgers) and the Renshaw Restaurant (for Debenture Holders).
• The Wingfield Restaurant (waiter service) and the Café Pergola (wine bar plus extensive selection of light meals).

Facts and figures

About 1,600 FMC catering staff are required to operate these catering outlets and the quantity of food and drink served by them during the fortnight is huge: 

• 300,000 cups of tea and coffee
• 250,000 bottles of water
• 190,000 sandwiches
• 150,000 bath buns, scones, pasties and doughnuts
• 150,000 glasses of Pimm's
• 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
•   30,000 meals for FMC's own staff.
•   30,000 portions of fish and chips
•   30,000 litres of milk
•   28,000 kilos (112,000 punnets) of English strawberries
•   23,000 bananas
•   22,000 slices of pizza
•   20,000 portions of frozen yoghurt
•   17,000 bottles of champagne
•   12,000 kilos of poached salmon and smoked salmon
•     7,000 litres of dairy cream

• Usually Grade I Kent strawberries of the highest quality.
• From LEAF-registered farms.  (LEAF is a charity promoting Integrated Farm Management balancing organic with chemical practices.)
• Over 2,000 kilos (8,000 punnets) of strawberries consumed daily during the Fortnight
• 28,000 kilos consumed during the fortnight
• Served with over 7,000 litres of fresh cream
• To ensure the utmost freshness, strawberries are picked the day before being served, arrive at Wimbledon at around 5.30a.m where they are inspected before being hulled.

Price for a portion of a minimum of 10 strawberries and cream at Wimbledon

1990 - £1.60; 1991 - £1.65; 1992 - £1.65; 1993 - £1.70; 1994 - £1.70; 1995 - £1.75;
1996 - £1.80; 1997 - £1.85; 1998 - £1.85; 1999 - £1.75; 2000 - £1.80; 2001 - £1.85;
2002 - £1.95; 2003 - £2.00; 2004 - £2.00; 2005 - £2.00; 2006 - £2.00; 2007 - £2.00;