How much money is in the hot dog industry?

Question

How much money is in the hot dog industry?

Answer 1

An adequate amount to keep the companies afloat.  Nice question though.

Answer 2

The numbers depend on how inclusive you wish to be.  Does this include ALL vendors selling hotdogs or simply the meat plants that ship to these stores?

The U.S. Hot Dog Council (yes, there really is one) estimates that 15% of the approximately 10 billion hot dogs consumed by Americans last year, were purchased from a mobile hot dog vendor cart.  You can supposedly make around $550 everyday with a hot dog cart of your own.  That's alot of wiener...(ahem).

Still, the exact number you may be asking for is difficult to ascertain because there is no governing body that records the statistics for the overall sale of the meat (ball parks, grocery stores, hot dog carts, restaurants, etc).

One things for sure.  A Nice Can of your favorite beverage goes well with the red dog of your choosing (kosher, all beef, standard mixed meats, etc).