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"Hot dog maker has beef with rival" by Emily Fredrix, Associated Press | May 24, 2009
MILWAUKEE - Hot dog sales are set to sizzle as people look for ways to eat on the cheap and the summer grilling season starts.... the latest turn in the summer wiener wars.
The stakes are big as the peak season for franks ramps up. Hot dog sales are expected to rise as consumers keep turning to the cheaper meat, said Janet Riley, president of the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. But the competition is getting particularly tough as shoppers, looking to save even more money, are trading down to store brands.
Do you know what is in those things, 'murkn?
If you did, you wouldn't eat them.
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"Sales do go up in the summer, always. And in a tight economy I do expect that we're going to see even better performance," said Riley, known as the "Queen of Wien." She said Americans gravitate to hot dogs in tough times....
You REALLY DO EAT SHIT, Amurkn!!!
Todd Hale, senior vice president for consumer and shopper insights at Nielsen, predicts a good summer for hot dogs, especially as people stick around home.
I won't be eating hot dogs!
"We're seeing comfort foods, back-to-the-basics foods do real well in this economy and that's speaking to some of the success we're seeing with hot dogs," Hale said.
I'm glad you can take advantage of our misery!
Smithfield Foods Inc., the nation's largest pork producer, has seen hot dog sales down the past 10 years but now they are up "substantially," chief executive Larry Pope told analysts at a conference this month.
That is WHERE the SWINE FLU ORIGINATED!! From one of their plants in Mexico!
Whatever you do, DON'T EAT Smithfield's, Americans!!!!!
Sara Lee and Kraft are continually battling to be top dog, and Riley said store brands are now gaining market share. Private label dogs used to be in the top 10 as far as hot dog sales but now she figures they're in the top five....
Who cares (puke)?
Oscar Mayer is pushing its brand this summer and just last week held a promotion to give away $1 million worth of hot dogs. Lindner said the promotion was motivated by the slumping economy.
Would you willingly eat poison?
Hebrew National hot dogs, made by ConAgra Foods Inc., not wanting to be outdone, is giving away 45,000 hot dogs tomorrow in Times Square in New York.
Yeah, Jews can't stand being outdone -- which is why they are such good mass-murderers!
ConAgra spokeswoman Stephanie Moritz said the company is also handing out 30,000 coupons for a free pack of Hebrew Nationals.
Keep 'em! I'd rather die of starvation.
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Of course, not everyone need worry about their next meal:
"Every table was set with a single fresh rose (from the rose gardens outside, I was told) and a full complement of three forks, two knives, and two spoons in silver plate..... The buffet tables could have graced a high-end ocean liner. I watched a gentleman in colorful African garb pile his plate with slices of roast sirloin and potatoes mashed with feta cheese. A post-retirement-age couple from the East Side scarfed up most of the egg rolls, though more came out quickly....
I made for the roast leg of lamb with rosemary sauce after I filled my salad plate with chilled asparagus and slices of a duck and pork terrine.... fresh tomato soup and bowls of pasta primavera.... The dessert buffet table practically groaned under a spread of apple and pumpkin pies, cheesecakes, tarts, half a dozen cheeses, sliced fruits, bowls of berries, and, off to one side, three urns of ice cream"
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