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Patch - August 2, 2023
TROY, MI — A beloved hot dog stand returned Tuesday outside a Home Depot in Troy after shutting down more than three years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ABC 7 WXYZ - August 2, 2023
Hot dogs are back at Home Depot! On Tuesday, Franks Again opened up a hot dog stand at the Home Depot in Troy.
The locations closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but people have been clamoring for the hot dogs to return to metro Detroit locations.
Fox 2 Detroit - August 1, 2023
Hot dogs used to be the best part of shopping for a home improvement project. But during the pandemic, Home Depot stopped selling hot dogs outside its stores.
Detroit Free Press - August 1, 2023
The beloved hot dog stand that tantalized taste buds with its sights and smells at many Home Depot stores in metro Detroit could be returning. A hot dog stand called “Franks Again,” which operated at the Home Depot store in Troy on Coolidge, reopened Tuesday.
WITL - August 1, 2023
Growing up, I knew that if my dad was going to Home Depot, I should probably tag along because we’d likely get a couple of hot dogs on the way out.
Click On Detroit - July 31, 2023
The famous hot dogs served at Home Depot have made a comeback.
When the decision was made early in the pandemic to no longer sell them near the exits of the home improvement stores, Local 4 heard from many people who disagreed with the decision…
Mashed - July 28, 2021
Sorry, Home Depot fans, no hot dogs for you. At least, that’s what shoppers in Michigan are learning this week. For 20 years, four Home Depot locations in Michigan had hot dog stands operated by Bill Loizon…
Click On Detroit - July 26, 2021
Hot dog carts in Home Depot stores were shut down when the pandemic started, but they won’t be reopening.
All Metro Detroit Home Depot stores are removing the hot dog carts. Bill Loizon is known as “The Hot Dog Guy.” He had hot dog carts in Home Depot stores for 20 years.
New York Times - July 3rd, 2014
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — His name is Bill Loizon, but everyone calls him Frank. For more than a decade, he has catered events from an old Volkswagen Pickup he turned into a mobile hot-dog stand — Franks Anatra, he called it…
NME - September 15th, 2012
The estate of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra have triumphed in a lawsuit against hot dog business Franks Anatra after successfully arguing that their name violated trademark regulations.
The Hollywood Reporter - September 13. 2012
On Wednesday, the estate of Ol’ Blue Eyes successfully prevailed against a man who named his hot dog truck business “Franks Anatra” and attempted to trademark it.
The United States Trademark Office’s appeals board refused the application after Frank Sinatra LLC opposed it on grounds that it falsely suggested a connection…