A lot of food for a 7 day cruise!

[Hypo]

I asked John Heald, on his blog, what the typical food comsumption figures were for a 7 day cruise on the Carnival Freedom. Here is his reply:

 

"Thank you for the encouraging words mate. Now, to answer your question about the typical provisions list for the Carnival Freedom, here are some facts and figures for you…………………note, this is for the entire ship, not just for me:)

During an average week on Carnival Freedom Guest will consume:

• - 2,200 pounds of prime rib
  
• - 4,500 pounds of chicken
  
• - 2,500 steaks
  
• - 15,000 pounds of shrimps
  
• - 1,000 pounds of lobster tail
  
• - 400 pounds of veal
  
• - 4,800 hamburgers
  
• - 2,200 hot dogs
  
• - 1,300 pounds of baby back ribs
  
• - 600 pounds of ham
  
• - 900 pounds of Salmon
  
• - 1000 pounds of pasta
  
• - 7000 pizzas
  
• - 3000 pounds of tomatoes
  
• - 6,700 pounds of potatoes
  
• - 5,300 heads of lettuce
  
• - 4320 bananas
  
• - 2,500 apples
  
• - 1,003 melons
  
• - 1,100 pineapples
  
• - 6,200 pounds of flour
  
• - 22,000 eggs
  
• - 36,000 slice of bacon
  
• - 12,900 slices of white bread
  
• - 20,000 Danish pastries
  
• - 900 gallons of milk
  
• - 1,000 pounds of coffee
  
• - 620 gallons of fruit juice

The Bars

 

• - 24,500 cans of soft drinks
  
• - 28,150 bottles/cans of beers
  
• - 1,420 bottles champagne
  
• - 3,502 bottles of wine
  
• - 4,000 liters of spirit "

Thanks for the info John!

 

Hypo

[Trainman-2]

That's why I gained weight.

 

Maybe I could hire a good lawyer and sue them. :D

[Hypo]

My DW says that they will need at least 5000 danish pastries just for her.

 

Can we say sweet tooth?

 

Hypo

[benolathe]

On our recent Serenade cruise, there as "A View from the Top" where some of the ship's officers explained some things about the ship and answered questions.

 

One tidbit I remember about food is that when the ship leaves port for a 7-day cruise, they are carrying approx. $1 million worth of food! They only expect to use about half of that in the 7-days - so that is actually 2 weeks worth (just in case they need extra! LOL). So, they expect to consume about $500,000 worth of food on a 7-day cruise.