Menu and prices at SpudBros as viral jacket potato chain arrives in Sunderland
Sunderland can now take a bite out of the viral sensation.
Queues formed early doors as viral jacket potato chain SpudBros arrived in Sunderland.
Brothers Harley and Jacob Nelson became a huge hit with their loaded jacket potatoes, which started life in Preston and soon expanded around the UK - and now Houghton can get a bite of the action.
SpudBros Express opened at Rainton services next to Rainton Meadows Business Park this week, the second to arrive in the North East after opening in Newcastle over the summer.
The Express counter is housed with EG On The Move service station on Mercantile Road, with hundreds queuing when it opened on Tuesday, November 2, with the first 100 customers getting a free spud.
The business was started by Ernie Rhodes with his hot potato cart on the Preston Flag Market in 1955. It has been passed down as a family run business ever since.
The Nelson brothers took over in 2020 and soon grew the business after amassing a huge following on social media.
If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, here’s a look at the menu, with dishes made using Lancashire-grown potatoes.
SpudBros classics
There’s six classic loaded potatoes:
*Tram Classic cheese & beans, with trademark Tram sauce - £8.50.
*Cheesy beans and Chewna (tuna and cheese) - £10.50
*The Spudfather Chilli - spicy beef chilli, cheese, sour cream and Tram sauce - £10.50
*Garlic Chilli chicken - £10.50
*Chewna coleslaw special - £9
*Chicken Caesar spud - £9.75
Build your own
You can create your own loaded spud with options like cheese mix, baked beans, garlic chilli chicken, chilli con carne and more.
You can also pick up sides such as caesar salad and coleslaw as well as cookies.
You can make a meal deal by adding a drink and any side or cookie to your spud for an extra £5.