Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Alexandria, LA

Iceflower tracks 237 stores from 174 food & drink chains in Alexandria, LA. Panda Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McDonald's and Dairy Queen.

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
174
Tracked stores
237
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. Panda Express and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express ▲1 +12.6%
2 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +10.9%
3 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen ▲1 +4.9%
4 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - +4.0%
5 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - +3.8%
6 S Subway logo Subway ▲1 +3.5%
7 B Burger King logo Burger King - +3.4%
8 W Whataburger logo Whataburger - +2.3%
9 P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen logo Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - -4.7%
10 L Little Caesars logo Little Caesars ▼3 -22.4%
11 D Darrell's Restaurant - -27.2%
12 S Shipley Do-Nuts logo Shipley Do-Nuts - -29.0%
  • Burger Chains
  • Casual Dining
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
  • Seafood & Cajun
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Other restaurants
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

237 tracked store locations in Alexandria, LA, colored by category.

  • Burger Chains (38)
  • Casual Dining (27)
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (18)
  • Seafood & Cajun (17)
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (16)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (15)
  • Other restaurants (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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