Hot Dog! How one business is getting creative with a classic

Published: July 25, 2021, 3 p.m.

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Hot dogs may not have originated in the U.S., but for countless Americans, they represent the epitome of comfort, whether eaten from a humble street cart, at a backyard barbeque or \\u2013 even more memorably \\u2013 at the ballpark.

This week on the podcast, we\\u2019re chatting with Hank Stiehl, co-owner of Riley\\u2019s Good Dogs, a nascent mobile food concept that\\u2019s banking on America\\u2019s love for the hot dog with a menu of both plant-based and meat-based hot dogs and sausages that takes the classic comfort food to new levels. From dreaming up innovative sausage-based combinations to creating a business model that\\u2019s as good to the earth as it is to customers\\u2019 stomachs, we\\u2019re getting to the bottom of Riley\\u2019s dog- and people-friendly concept to find out what makes their \\u201cgood dogs\\u201d some of the best of the bunch.

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