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Nathan’s hot dog contest will continue under new Chinese ownership

Nathan’s expects to keep the contest at Coney Island. The post Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest Will Continue Under New Chinese Ownership appeared first on Front Office Sports.

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Rules of Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, competitive eating: What’s allowed and what’s not

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Chinese-owned pork producer gobbles up iconic American hot dog maker

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Iconic Coney Island Hot Dog Maker Nathan's Famous Is Sold for $450 Million

Nathan’s Famous, which began as 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in a $450 million all-cash deal, the companies annou...

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MLive · 1d

Iconic Coney Island hot dog company sold for $450 million

Crain's New York · 8h

Hot dog maker Nathan’s to be bought by pork producer Smithfield

The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026 and provide annual cost synergies of about $9 million within two years of closing.

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NY hot dog company Nathan’s Famous has been sold for $450 million

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Iconic hot dog maker Nathan’s Famous sells for $450 million in all-cash deal

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Joey Chestnut gets ready for Indianapolis 500 of competitive eating: Nathan's hot dog contest

What does the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest have in common with the Indianapolis 500? A lot if you’re Joey Chestnut, the 16-time Nathan’s champion set to return to the contest Friday after a one-year ban over a contractual dispute. “If you're an ...

NPR

Competitive eating is more than simple amusement on the Fourth of July

The 4th of July traditional hotdog eating contest got us thinking about why food and the holiday are so intertwined. Some experts have gone deep on the subject of competitive eating. So today is one of the top American holidays for eating, right?

Yahoo

What happens to your stomach in a hot dog eating contest?

Competitive eating champ Joey Chestnut gulps down dozens of hot dogs each Fourth of July at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest — and comes back do it again year after year. But no one really knows what long-term impacts it might have on his body ...

KVIA

How Nathan’s Famous turned competitive eating into a national spectacle

New York (CNN) — Every Fourth of July, starting when she was 15, Jacqueline Lewis and her family come together to honor a great American tradition: the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating competition. “I think people want to know how many hot dogs a human ...