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Wimbledon tells players to tighten their belts and stop using all of their £90 daily food allowance as canteens struggle to meet demand after one coach put through 27 bottles of probiotic yoghurt drink
The coach bought a huge amount of yoghurt to use up the rest of their cash
The All England Tennis Club has asked players to be 'judicious' when buying food
Players are given £90 a day to buy food and drink while their coaches get £45
The news comes after Australian star Kyrgios at sushi during a press conference
By ALASTAIR LOCKHART FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 06:59 EDT, 5 July 2022 | UPDATED: 12:09 EDT, 5 July 2022

Wimbledon players have been warned to stop buying unnecessary food after a coach bought 27 bottles of yoghurt at once to get the most out of their allowance.

Players and coaches at Wimbledon have been buying food and drink using the daily allowance given to them by the All England Club.

Athletes have £90 a day to spend on food and drink at the cafes and food stands at Wimbledon, while their coaches are given £45.

This has led to coaches and players picking up more food than they need to use up their money for the day, as they seem to treat the allowance as a target rather than a cap.

One Wimbledon coach even went so far as to buy 27 bottles of a probiotic yoghurt drink to use up the rest of their cash, the i reported.

The All England Club has now written to players asking them to be 'judicious' when choosing how to spend their daily allowance.


The players lounge at the All England Club (pictured) has a number of spots where players can buy food, including a sushi bar

Players use electronic tags they wear around their neck to buy from six outlets on the Wimbledon grounds including sandwich bars, restaurants, cafes and even a sushi bar in the Players' Lounge next to Centre Court.

The outlets offer a wide range of food to athlete to cater to their specific dietary requirements.

Although players and coaches are catered for, food and drink for visiting fans can be hugely expensive at Wimbledon.

A three-course meal at the Wingfield restaurant on the grounds costs £95 per person, while the newly-opened Centenary Seafood Bar offers dishes for two for £70.

Less expensive options are also available, with sausage rolls and sandwiches on sale for around £4 while a Kyrgios-style sushi selection costs £7.90.

A pint of beer will usually cost spectators £6.50, while a bottle of champagne can cost up to £89.50.

However, visitors can also treat themselves to Wimbledon's famous strawberries and cream for just £2.50 each.

Quartet-finalist Nick Kyrgios, 27, raised eyebrows when he ate sushi during a Wimbledon press conference.

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How much is 90 pounds per day in dollars?

US$108.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:41 pmUS$108.

That is a lot of money everyday for food.

Not in the UK. A meal for one in Europe will be around Euro 40. And that is me, a lightweight that always splits an entrée and main dish, plus dessert, with his GF. One of this guys burning 6,000 cals a day between training and playing a match needs A LOT, and it must be A LOT, of sushi.

I really don't understand what the problem is. You're given a stipend of ~$108 per day for food. Why wouldn't you spend it for - food? If a guy wanted all that yogurt so what? If a person wanted to eat sushi so what? I bet if you don't use it you can't take it as part of your prize money so again, what is the problem?!