Buns and hot dogs finally come out in equal packaging

Starting June 23, the limited edition 10-packs of buns from Wonder can be found at select Ontario grocery stores.

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For years — nay decades — one of the biggest grocery mysteries was why hot dogs came in packs of 10 while hot dog buns came in packs of eight. It made no sense and had many on a budget pull their hair out in frustration — it certainly drove my mother nuts when she had six hungry kids to feed and didn’t know if she should double the buns or dogs, or just feed us pasta instead.

Now comes the good news the problem has finally been solved and the dog/bun ratio equality has finally been achieved.

We have Heinz ketchup and Wonder to thank for partnering to broker a deal in which buns finally come in packs of 10, thus ending this discord once and for all.

Many are calling this a triumph of diplomacy that will go down in the annals of hot dog history. And it all came about after a bunch of hot dog fans — well, make that 33,000 fans — signed a flavourful petition to please, please finally level the playing field and offer up equal amounts of dogs to buns.

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The cries were finally heard, and just in the nick of time, too, as National Hot Dog Month is coming up next month. Starting June 23, you’ll be able to find the new, limited edition 10-packs of buns from Wonder at select Ontario grocery stores.

“When Heinz created the Heinz Hot Dog Pact (heinzhotdogpact.com), the sheer volume of public response was too big to ignore,” Kelly Backer, of Wonderbrands, said in a media release. “With many of our fans speaking up about this issue, we saw this as an opportunity for Wonder to partner with our friends at Heinz and finally give hot dog fans what they’ve longed  for.”

“Heinz has brought hot dogs and buns together for more than a century, so we felt like it was our duty … to rally our passionate fans and champion change for the age-old issue of unequal buns and wieners packs,” added Nina Patel, for Kraft Heinz Co., in the release. “Today marks a monumental day for hot dog fans and we’re thrilled to announce that Heinz has done it. We brokered a partnership with Wonder to finally create buns in packs of 10.”

Amen to that!