{"id":24285,"date":"2025-04-16T08:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24285\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:35:14","slug":"tiktoks-spud-bros-are-in-birmingham-to-offer-600-free-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24285\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok’s ‘Spud Bros’ are in Birmingham to offer ‘600 free potatoes’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viral TikTokers Jacob and Harley Nelson, better known as ‘Spud Bros<\/a>‘, regularly post videos to social media filmed in the back of their jacket potato van.<\/p>\n

The videos are often filmed from the perspective of the spud sellers as they serve customers, asking what toppings they want on their potato.<\/p>\n

The brothers, from Preston, have amassed around 4.2m followers on TikTok and earned millions of views on their posts.<\/p>\n

\"JacobBrothers Jacob (left) and Harley (right) Nelson, also known as Spud Bros. Photo: (We Create Popular\/PA)<\/p>\n

And today (Tuesday, April 15), they brought their potatoes to Birmingham<\/a> with plans to give away 600 for free.<\/p>\n

A post to the Spud Bros Facebook page on Monday evening read: “We’re going to be at Rotunda Square, Birmingham, tomorrow from 11am! 600 FREE spuds available… NEW FILLINGS!”<\/p>\n

Fans were quick to take to the comments section and express their excitement for the visit, while others requested the jacket potato sellers come to the Black Country.<\/p>\n

One woman wrote: “Come to Walsall.” Another agreed and said: “Walsall or West Brom.”<\/p>\n

Also commenting on the post, another woman wrote: “I’m working, fancy dropping by Cannock on your route home and dropping one in.”<\/p>\n

Another fan meanwhile said: “Save me one please!!!!!”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the West Midlands, jacket potatoes continue to prove popular in Tamworth where fellow social media star and spud seller Ben Newman, otherwise known as ‘Spudman’, is based.<\/p>\n

Customers have been known to queue for hours\u00a0<\/a>to get their hands on one of the spuds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Spudman’ was at risk of losing his pitch in St Editha’s Square earlier this year after Tamworth Borough Council announced plans to regenerate the area.<\/p>\n

The local authority U-turned the decision but on Sunday (April 13), Mr Newman claimed a new concrete bench had been installed\u00a0<\/a>so close to his van that it would cause a trip hazard.<\/p>\n

Tamworth Borough Council however said the bench would ‘enhance visitor experience’.<\/p>\n