Sport: Shopping on an Olympic scale

By SUZANNE McFADDEN

To prove just how hungry athletes get, check out the shopping list for the kitchen at the athletes' village.

They're stocking up with half-a-million apples, 250,000 loaves of bread, 110,000kg beef, 17,500kg lamb, 68,000kg chicken, 28,000kg of cheese and 10,000kg of pasta.

The famished 10,000 will wash that down with 150,000 litres of milk and two million litres of water.

And don't forget the 100,000kg of garlic, 1250kg of bean sprouts and 750,000 litres of tomato sauce.

Housekeepers have also ensured there will be 15,000km of toilet paper on hand.

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