06/30/2023

Dog Days of Summer

Four things you probably didn’t know about hot dogs

For many Americans, the upcoming week will be full of fireworks, family—and, possibly, a couple of frankfurters.

The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) is ready. The association is celebrating its annual Hot Dog Month this July.

There's a reason it's at this time of year, and not, say, in November. According to statistics from the association, people eat 7 billion hot dogs in the U.S. between Memorial Day and Labor Day—150 million of those on July 4 alone. If lined up end to end, those 150 million hot dogs would stretch from DC to LA more than five times.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.