National Hamburger Day is a favorite food holiday in the United States. Top it with lettuce, tomato, pickle, and onion-or toss on a slice of cheese with some ketchup and mustard. Whether you go gourmet or just plain bread and beef, you’re sure to end up with a full stomach! Like Hot Dog Day and Cheeseburger Day, this celebration usually occurs during sunny weather when people can get outside to grill their own beef. Of course, burger restaurants across the nation also chip in to make it a belt-busting day, with plenty of special deals.

 

Upon further research, I discovered the following facts about hamburgers:

• Americans approximately consume roughly 50 billion burgers a year.
  
• The hamburger business is 73-billion-dollar business
  
• There are over 50,000 burger restaurants located across the country.
  
• Approximately 7.5% of all US restaurants are burger restaurants.
  
• California has the highest number of burger restaurants, second is Texas, third is Florida, forth is Ohio, and fifth is Illinois.
  
• 71 Percent of all beef consumed in restaurants is in the form of a burger.
  
• McDonald’s buys over 1 billion pounds of hamburger meat per year.
  
• Burgers account for roughly 60 percent of all sandwiches sold.
  The biggest burger ever on a restaurant menu was 185.8 pounds and cost almost $500.