This Grocery Store Sold 150,000 Hot Dogs Last Week

Hot dogs, an unlikely contender on the quarantine food leaderboard, are having their moment just as summer kicks off. Grocery store sales of hot dogs are up by a whooping 123%, and some food companies are increasing their production to meet demand. Stew Leonard’s Grocery in Norwalk, Connecticut said they sold 150,000 hot dogs last week. “That’s a lot of hot dogs,” says owner Stew Leonard. People are grabbing them because they store well and kids like them. It’s hard to mess up a hot dog!