Image is of a hot dog with ketchup and mustard on it. The bun is definitely the kind you get in an 8 pack for $2.18.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    9 months ago

    Dammit I knew it was a bad idea to go on lemmy high… now I want a hotdog and there are none about at the moment…

  • cheeseburger@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    9 months ago

    They only sell buns in 12 packs around here, but the dogs only come in 8 packs. Why? Does Big Hot Dog think it will make people buy two dozen at once?

    • Winged_Hussar@lemmy.worldOPM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Allegedly (found by a quick search), hot dogs were sold by the pound and therefore were sold in packs for 10 (10×1.6oz).

      Buns on the other hand were made in baking trays that held 8, in 2 groups of 4. (Maybe the 12 pack buns are similar?)

      Heinz and Wonder both tried to fix / resolve this in ~2021 and now serve both in packs of 10.

      Hopefully more companies will join in!

    • remotelove@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      What? Ketchup went through billions of dollars, years of development and hamster testing specifically for the application on a hotdog.

      Some people think “deep state Del Monte” was responsible for all the dark psyops regarding the use of the tomato based sauce on hotdogs. This is a false narrative. The mustard cartels have done their best to confuse and distract the world to absolutely ensure their own racket goes undiscovered.

      I present Figure 1 as definitive proof that ketchup has always been part of the winning formula: