Since 2014, a 1988 version of the Wienermobile has been parked as a monument outside the Oscar Mayer plant, 910 Mayer Ave., that will soon go vacant.

Multiple incarnations of the Wienermobile have been on the road since 1936, and the fleet now includes six vehicles.

The two Kraft Heinz employees who run the Hotdogger program have been based in the Madison corporate office and will move to a different Madison-area location when the facility closes, said Jody Moore, head of communications for Kraft Heinz's meat business unit.

More than 40 people are involved in training and preparing the new crews each year, Moore said, in what the company calls Hot Dog High.

When they're not touring the country at up to 1,400 events per year, the Wienermobiles have been headquartered at the plant. They'll also get a new Madison-area home when the plant closes, Moore said.

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