World Cup Fever – down under!

The stage is set for what looks like a thrilling tournament where the USA will be looking to defend their win in 2019, our Lionesses will be starting their bid to win on 22nd July when they play Haiti.

The games start early and run through the morning with some during lunch, giving you a great opportunity to set up a World Cup viewing area and offer breakfast, brunch, and lunch options to keep your customers happy.

Don’t miss out on the tastiest British seasonal produce, at its best during the summer season and just right for serving up with breakfast and brunch. Add our British berries & cherries to fruit salads, fruity topping for granola, yoghurt, pancakes, and waffles. Whisk up a smoothie, fruit shot or add to fresh herbal teas.

Using our range of wraps why not create a daily special using your normal breakfast offer, how about,

The English – scrambled eggs, bacon & sausage with a dash of tomato sauce?

The Half Time – Sausage, beans, and hash brown

The Full Time – Scrambled egg, sausage, bacon, beans, sliced tomato and brown sauce

The Italian – Fresh tomatoes, mozzarella, spinach, with a drizzle of pesto

The Knockout – Mushrooms, egg and tomatoes

What will you create? Why not challenge your team to come up with some ideas for wraps, burritos, tacos, and breakfast baguettes, all served with a drink and fruit - a great meal deal to start the day.

Start planning your menus around the games by checking the BBC schedule of play, offer two dishes on your lunch menu that you can then change their names for a bit of fun, why not have Chinese Noodle Salad v British Cheddar & Tomato Salad for our match on 1st August or Classic Smorrebrod (open sandwiches) v The English Ploughman’s for our match on 28th July. Our La Bo Rye bread is perfect for open sandwiches along with our Part Baked Sourdough Baguette for the Ploughman’s, and check out our Prawns, time saving Hard Boiled Eggs, delicious Smoked Salmon, Cheddar Cheese, Chutney, and Cottage Cheese.

You can also have great fun with your hot drinks menu by naming your teas and coffees after the players, create some specials using flavoured syrups, ice-cold coffees using our fresh British milk, or dairy free alternatives.

Have you visited our Brakes Summer Fresh stand yet? Check out our recipe guide in the download section, offering you great day part dining ideas to serve through the tournament, PLUS we have some great resources and inspiration on the following stands at our Foodie Expo.

Yeo Valley, Kellogg’s, innocent, and Love Struck.

Here’s to a winning tournament!