Getting a taste of summer
“Where are the strawberries and cream?” was among the more unexpected questions for one of Wimbledon’s army of volunteer stewards as the crowd streamed through the gates on Monday morning, given that the answer is “absolutely everywhere you look”. It was a different story, though, at the local branch of Marks & Spencer, where 300 packs of the chain’s specially commissioned strawberry & crème sandwich, a staple food for influencers on Instagram and TikTok in recent days, ran out shortly after 9am. A sample did make it into the media room, however, and while strawberries “paired with whipped cream cheese on sweetened bread” might sound like the losing team’s product idea on week two of The Apprentice, it has to be said … it’s very edible.
