Trends · data through July 2026

Food & Drink trends in Albany, GA

Iceflower tracks 213 stores from 147 food & drink chains in Albany, GA. 3 Squares Diner grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Zaxby's and Hardee's.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
147
Tracked stores
213
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. 3 Squares Diner and Zaxby's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 3 3 Squares Diner ▲3 +11.3%
2 Z Zaxby's logo Zaxby's - +3.9%
3 H Hardee's logo Hardee's ▲1 +3.0%
4 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - +0.6%
5 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -0.1%
6 P Pizza Hut logo Pizza Hut - -0.9%
7 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - -1.1%
8 D Dairy Queen ▲1 -6.6%
9 S Subway logo Subway ▼1 -7.6%
10 B Burger King logo Burger King - -10.4%
11 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -10.5%
12 L Little Caesars logo Little Caesars - -19.6%
13 J Jack's logo Jack's ▼4 -20.2%
14 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -21.6%

Store footprint

Store map

213 tracked store locations in Albany, GA, colored by category.

  • Restaurant (72)
  • Fast Food Restaurant (51)
  • Pizzaria (20)
  • Chicken Restaurant (13)
  • Coffee Shop (11)
  • Sandwich Shop (9)
  • Breakfast Restaurant (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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