{"id":10791,"date":"2020-07-03T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10791"},"modified":"2020-07-05T13:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T20:48:59","slug":"the-demise-of-porkopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/07\/03\/the-demise-of-porkopolis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demise of Porkopolis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/money\/consumer\/dont-waste-your-money\/hot-dog-mystery-why-cant-you-find-kahns-anymore?fbclid=IwAR0HxyED_1KZrQhrC4su1np1BL5VQADj03I2cHRPvM_FDxRxRajSD9hj5XY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from WCPO<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hot dog mystery: Why can&#8217;t you find Kahn&#8217;s anymore?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincinnati&#8217;s favorite hot dog has disappeared<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/john-matarese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Matarese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kahn&#039;s is the old fashioned hot dog! (1989 commercial)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ROJtuSpdTmU?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kahn&#8217;s hot dogs have been a Cincinnati favorite for generations, even being named the official hot dog of the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as we approach the Fourth of July, many grocery shoppers are asking: What happened to them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libby Turpin has loved Kahn&#8217;s hot dogs since she was a child, but her Kroger Marketplace store in Lebanon, Ohio, has had either empty shelves or other brands in the Kahn&#8217;s spot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I went out to find some Kahn&#8217;s hot dogs or Big Red Smokeys to throw on the grill for the holiday weekend and couldn&#8217;t find any,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I thought maybe I was just a little late to the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She checked another Kroger store, this time in Deerfield Township. No luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shelves had no Kahn&#8217;s Wieners, hot dogs or Big Red Smokeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They are on the website, but they do not have them,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Other friends have checked, too, at other Kroger stores, and no one can find them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kahn&#8217;s dogs and wieners are as Cincinnati as Skyline Chili and LaRosa&#8217;s Pizza, two brands they actually predate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brand, founded by Elias Kahn in 1883, helped give Cincinnati its &#8220;Porkopolis&#8221; nickname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/money\/consumer\/dont-waste-your-money\/hot-dog-mystery-why-cant-you-find-kahns-anymore?fbclid=IwAR0HxyED_1KZrQhrC4su1np1BL5VQADj03I2cHRPvM_FDxRxRajSD9hj5XY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at WCPO<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from WCPO Hot dog mystery: Why can&#8217;t you find Kahn&#8217;s anymore? Cincinnati&#8217;s favorite hot dog has disappeared By:\u00a0John Matarese Kahn&#8217;s hot dogs have been a Cincinnati favorite for generations, even being named the official hot dog of the Cincinnati Reds. 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