Is Wimbledon Really Ready to Roll?

Posted on June 22, 2009 with No Comments

Last Friday, we delivered flowers to Amélie Mauresmo at Wimbledon. And it took us over three hours to locate the correct location to drop the gift! Our driver was sent back and forth within the compound, driving from the first gate to the second, back to the first and around again. The security guards had no clue where anything was to be sent and consequently we lost a driver for three hours on a busy day!

Understandably, Friday was a busy day as well at the All England Club: preparation taking place, organisor’s busy organising, events people setting up. But have they managed to sort everything out for today’s opening?

Today, the 132nd annual Wimbledon Championships begin. 10% fewer strawberries have been sourced (and rightly so- the sale of strawberries in Britain in the last 12 months has dropped by an alarming 9.2%!) and the price has been frozen from last years to ease the hit on credit crunched fans. Organisers still expect to sell 2000kg of strawberries and 7,000 litres of fresh cream, alongside 12,000kg of fresh and poached salmon, 17,000 bottles of champagne, 100,000 pints of beer, 30,000 plates of fish and chips, 135,000 ice creams and a whopping 300,000 cups of tea and coffee.

So while all the front end organisation seems to be doing well and surviving the credit crunch, have they cut back on the staff that are the backbone to such a highly anticipated event? Only time will tell!