Business Insider has a video of Yasir Salem showing how he eats five hot dogs in less than 60 seconds.
Over five years into his competitive eating career, a "Rookie Card" for Matt Stonie can be found in boxes of 2016 Leaf Sports Heroes.
Newsday has an article about Nathan's Famous centennial which reports that net income declined 81% after making interest payments to finance a bond to pay investors a $25 per share dividend.
Core Media Group filed for bankruptcy due to the decline of its most visible property, American Idol. The company also owns Sharp Entertainment, the producer of Man v. Food
Marketwatch.com has a graph of Nathan's Famous stock price since 1999, which has increased 1936% in that time period. (At its overall peak in 2015, the price was up 26-fold.) The purse for the Nathan's finals has been $20,000 since 2007. $40,000 has been payed out annually since the addition of the women's division in 2011.
Darren Rovell of ESPN has posted a complaint about Burger King's use of the "Polish Punisher" in the ad promoting its hot dogs instead of an actual competitive eater. The "Polish Punisher" is played by actor Dave Maulbeck, and the ad has ran nationally at least 1,233 times according to ispot.tv.
Daily Corinthian has an article about the July 9 slugburger eating contest in Corinth, MS receiving funding from the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Despite paying a $14,500 sanctioning fee to Major League Eating, the competition is not guaranteed the presence of Joey Chestnut or Matt Stonie and will not know until the week before the contest if they will compete.
The Daily Corinthian reports that the Corinth (MS) Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has approved $14,500 for the 2016 slugburger contest, an increase of $3,200 from the previous year. The majority of the funding will go towards MLE sanctioning.
The new commercial for Burger King hot dogs features an unnamed competitive eater wearing a "Polish Punisher" shirt who I did not recognize.
Nela Zisser has started a store at http://nelazisser.bigcartel.com/ selling T-shirts with her logo on it. She is soliciting questions for a Q & A video in the comments of her latest video documenting her victory in a college Thickburger contest.
A commenter posted a link to an article reporting that Corinth [MS] Area Convention and Visitors Bureau tabled a request for $11275 to fund the 2016 Slugburger eating contest. The request will be reconsidered when Main Street Corinth Director Brent Johnson meets with the board. If $11,275 was the cost of the 2015 event, 26.6% of that amount was used for the $3000 purse. update LA Beast has posted screenshots (without links) of this post to facebook and twitter.
Burger King considered holding an eating contest to promote the addition of hot dogs to its menu, but decided against the idea.
Baffin Brewing Co. in St. Clair Shores, MI has produced a chestnut cream ale named after Joey Chestnut.
Entrepreneur.com has a lists of four lessons that entrepreneurs can learn from the career of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski.
Amazon.com has an inflatable lawn display consisting of a snowman and a polar bear participating in a gingerbread man eating contest.
Adage.com announces the return of Crystal Pepsi. The soft drink will not return to stores; only winners of a sweepstakes starting December 10 will receive the product. The advocacy of Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle was cited as a reason for the comeback. update Time.com article
A picture autographed by Joey Chestnut is currently available on amazon.com as a lightning deal for $11.99. 94% of the pictures have been sold as of 12:37 pm eastern. (via Matt DeMougin)
Joey Chestnut recorded a commercial for Nextel on the Coney Island Boardwalk Wednesday.
Vocativ has a post titled: "Bloated But Loaded: Is A Competitive Eating Career Worth Stomaching?" with quotes from Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo.
CNN Money has an analysis of Nathan's Famous stock, which is down 30% in 2015 after an increase of 270% over the previous five years.
Hartford Business gave its Best New Start-Up award to Jamie McDonald and his restaurant Bear's Smokehouse, which saw its revenues quadruple in 2014 and currently employs 75 workers.
The New York Post has an article about the lawsuits against Giorgio Kolaj after his restaurant Valentino's failed. He is the co-founder of Famous Famiglia, which sponsored several pizza eating contests in New York City.
WZZM reports that Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA, famous for its large burger challenges, has sent a cease and desist letter to New Holland Brewing Co in Michigan to get it to stop offering "Beer Barrel Bouron".
The Lansing State Journal has an article about the graduation of Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger from Michigan State University tomorrow with an MBA in marketing. She has landed a job at Mars Candy in New Jersey and hopes to qualify for the women's Nathan's finals.
The Wall Street Journal has a profile of billionaire Neslon Peltz, currently seeking seats on the board of DuPont, which opens with the hedge fund investor getting Heinz to sponsor Nathan's hot dog eating contest in 2007. It is not clear if the relationship is continuing, Takeru Kobayashi's wikipedia page says it has been terminated. (To read the whole article, go to news.google.com and search for Nelson Peltz)
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