ampm Celebrates National Corndog Day With Promotion

LOS ANGELES -- Corn dog-loving customers will be pleased to know that ampm convenience stores are celebrating National Corndog Day tomorrow with a special promotion.

In collaboration with sponsors PepsiCo and Foster Farms, ampm c-stores offering a coupon for two free 20-ounce Pepsi drinks with the purchase of two ampm corn dogs. Coupons are available in-store at participating locations.

"This corn dog and Pepsi combo is the perfect way for our customers to celebrate National Corndog Day," said Donna Sanker, ampm marketing vice president. "And being a double deal, it's also a fantastic way to share a hot ampm corn dog and a cool Pepsi with a friend.”

National Corndog Day was started in Corvallis, Ore., in March 1992 by fans of the NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments, according to the company.

"For college basketball lovers, National Corndog Day is also the one day of the year that a quadruple-header of tournament action is broadcast live nationally," added Sanker. "Combine eight hours of the best college basketball with ampm corn dogs and a cold Pepsi, and you've got something really special."

With more than 900 locations across California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Arizona, ampm convenience are co-branded with ARCO fuel stations and comprise a division of BP America Inc.