Gregory Papalexis, the man behind NYC's famous Sabrett hot dogs, dies
NEW YORK - JULY 4: Hot dogs are displayed on stage at the 2010 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at the original Nathan's Famous in Coney Island on July 4, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. …
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Posted: 11/21/2011
NORWOOD, N.J. - The New Jersey man whose Sabrett hot dogs are part of the New York City experience has died.
Gregory Papalexis was 86. The funeral home that is handling arrangements says he died Friday in Rockleigh, N.J.
He was president, CEO and chairman of Englewood-based Marathon Enterprises. It's a supplier of hot dogs, buns, and other products and the owner of the Sabrett trademark.
Sabrett hot dogs are sold nationwide. On the streets of New York, they are sold from stainless-steel carts with blue-and-yellow umbrellas.
Marathon also supplies franks to Papaya King and Gray's Papaya restaurants and sells more than 35 million pounds of hot dogs a year.
Son-in-law Mark Rosen told The Record of Hackensack that Papalexis was "the single biggest hot dog lover in the world."
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