July is National Hot Dog Month. In anticipation, here are a few hot dog facts:
1. On a single day–July 4th–Americans will consume an estimated 150 million hot dogs!
2. By the end of summer grilling season, Americans will have eaten more than 7 billion hot dogs.
3. Last year, New Yorkers purchased twice as many hot dogs — an estimated $103 million worth–as the third region on the list,
Baltimore/Washington. Philadelphia was fourth, Boston sixth and
Harrisburg/Scranton ninth.
4. During “Hot Dog Season,” Memorial Day to Labor Day, Americans typically
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