Hot dogs with a side of shopping will soon be on the menu at select Walmart stores, including one in Colorado Springs.

Southern California-based Wienerschnitzel,, the self-billed "world's largest hot dog chain," recently announced it will add six restaurants to select Walmart stores in Colorado Springs; Tempe, Ariz.; Bakersfield, Calif.; Alamogordo, N.M.; Reno, Nev.; and Puyallup, Wash. by this fall.

It was unclear at which Colorado Springs Walmart store the chain plans to open a restaurant. Each restaurant will be owned and operated by "local high-caliber franchisees," none of whom were named, Wienerschnitzel said in a May 28 news release. Wienerschnitzel parent company The Galardi Group did not return The Gazette's calls requesting more information this week.

The restaurants at each o

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