Love's Travel Stops: In the Love's Connect App, you can get a free hot dog each day through Friday, July 18. Find the deal daily in the app; once you add it, scan the barcode at checkout to get a hot dog or roller grill item. (Offer good at select locations in 42 states.)

It's National Hot Dog Day, and we're celebrating at IndyStar by looking back on what is, frankly, the most prominent hot dog-related event of 2025 so far: The inaugural Wienie 500.

Summertime is peak hot dog season, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Americans eat 7 billion hot dogs. Chicago is number four on the list of top hot dog-consuming cities — and plenty of Chicagoans were enjoying hot dogs on Wednesday,