Baseball fans watch hot dog mascot dance at Yankee Stadium

5 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 8

On a sunny Friday in New York, fans also wore hot dog-shaped foam hats and watched mustard slogans including “Play Ball” piped onto hot dogs.
The scene featured in a Business of Food newsletter examining what hot dogs reveal about persistently high US beef prices and demand.
The report frames stadium food promotion as a window into broader pressures on how Americans eat amid shifting economic and climate conditions.

Could soaring beef prices and health warnings finally shift American diets away from processed meats like hot dogs?

With the U.S. cattle herd at a 75-year low, how long will Americans face record-high beef prices at the grocery store?

As the government increases beef imports to lower prices, what are the long-term risks to America's domestic cattle ranchers?