Bar-S Celebrates 10 Years as the #1 Best-Selling Hot Dog Brand in the U.S.

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Ball Park This graph shows the sales of the leading 10 refrigerated frankfurter brands of the United States in 2023. For the 12 weeks ended January 1, 2023 Ball Park was the highest ranked refrigerated frankfurter brand of the United States with about 129.65 million U.S. dollars worth of sales.

Chicago-style Hot Dogs Perhaps the most famous dog on this list, a Chicago-style sausage features an all-beef frankfurter on a poppy seed bun. Chicagoans load up their hot dogs with mustard, pickle spears, chopped onions, relish, tomato, pickled peppers and celery salt.

mustard According to a recent survey, mustard is the most popular hot dog topping among Americans (68%), followed by ketchup (61%) and mayonnaise (19%).

The Council estimates Americans consume 20 billion hot dogs a year - more than twice the retail sales figures.

Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V., parent company of Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V., announced that Sigma has acquired Bar-S Foods Co., a leader in the U.S. packaged meat business. The amount of the consideration paid by Sigma was not disclosed.

The German immigrants brought not just sausages but also dachshunds when they came to the United States. The name 'hot dog' possibly began as a joke about their thin, long and small dogs. In fact, the Germans called their dish 'dachshund sausages' or 'little dog', thus connecting the term 'dog' to the hot dog.

New Castle New Castle is known both as the “hot dog capital of the world” and the “fireworks capital of America.” Its chili dogs are the product of Greek immigrants who came to New Castle in the early 20th century and established restaurants along with their homes.

Wienerschnitzel Founded in 1961 by John Galardi with a single location in Southern California, Wienerschnitzel has grown to be the world's largest hot dog chain serving more than 120 million hot dogs a year; and we're über famous for our delicious secret-recipe chili that we like to smother on fries, hot dogs and burgers.

In the US, the term hot dog refers to both the sausage by itself and the combination of sausage and bun. Many nicknames applying to either have emerged over the years, including frankfurter, frank, wiener, weenie, coney, and red hot.

In New York, the simple dog reigns supreme. A hot dog in the Big Apple is traditionally topped with a spicy brown mustard and either sauerkraut or onions sautéed with tomato paste.