(Fortune Magazine) – The ARAMARK Team Shea Stadium, Flushing, N.Y.

DOGGING IT Ah, the rites of summer—a ball game on the field, a hot dog in the hand, dabbed with mustard and a scattering of onions. This simple moment can happen for Mets fans, though, only if the team from ARAMARK, an $11.6 billion company based in Philadelphia, does its job. For many dogs—Shea sells Hebrew National and Nathan's—the process begins on cattle ranches in Wisconsin. The meat is processed in Michigan, then shipped to New Jersey. A few days before a home stand, the franks are trucked to coolers at Shea Stadium. There the staff figures out how many are needed at the 60 different selling points. A few hours before the game, the cooks arrive. By the time batting practice starts, the vendors are yelling, "Hot dogs!" On a good day they will sell 150 each—and Mets fans will wolf down 15,000.

MR. MET

INGA ROSS Diamond Club server

BOBBY LEE Vendor

MIKE LANDEEN Venue Services, New York Mets

JOSE MILLS In-seat runner

PABLO MONTANEZ In-seat waiter

CLETE O'CONNOR Concessions manager

MINNIE TUCKER Concessions cashier

FLAVIEN TRICHERY Executive chef

MAUREEN PIYATISSA Suite attendant

SCOTT WIEGERT District manager

ED THOMAS In-seat cook

RAHIEM HARDY Food-service helper

JOHN MANGAN Warehouse manager

KATHY VASQUEZ Concessions supervisor

WILLIE TUCKER Cook

BRIAN JOHNSON Mets fan/hot dog consumer

ARNOLD HENRIQUEZ Hot dog vendor

KLEIN MATIAS Busser

KEN SHAHABIAN Premium-services manager