Trends · data through September 2026

Snacks & Specialty Food in California

Iceflower tracks 162 stores from 50 snacks & specialty food chains in California. Hot Dog on a Stick grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Läderach and Hickory Farms Holiday Market.

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
50
Tracked stores
162
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked snacks & specialty food 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. Hot Dog on a Stick and Läderach sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hot Dog on a Stick logo Hot Dog on a Stick - -19.1%
2 L Läderach logo Läderach - -32.7%
3 H Hickory Farms Holiday Market logo Hickory Farms Holiday Market - -40.8%
4 P Potato Corner logo Potato Corner - -42.0%
5 E Edible Arrangements logo Edible Arrangements - -42.8%
6 P Penzeys Spices logo Penzeys Spices - -48.0%
  • The Honey Baked Ham Company
  • Fat Tuesday San Diego
  • Apni Mandi Farmers Market
  • Potato Corner
  • Alien Fresh Jerky
  • Hot Dog on a Stick
  • Fuego Cravings
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

162 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Honey Baked Ham Company (32)
  • Fat Tuesday San Diego (1)
  • Apni Mandi Farmers Market (2)
  • Potato Corner (16)
  • Alien Fresh Jerky (1)
  • Hot Dog on a Stick (24)
  • Fuego Cravings (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company 32
  • 2 H Hot Dog on a Stick logo Hot Dog on a Stick 24
  • 3 E Edible Arrangements logo Edible Arrangements 18
  • 4 P Potato Corner logo Potato Corner 16
  • 5 H Hickory Farms Holiday Market logo Hickory Farms Holiday Market 10
  • 6 F Fuego Cravings logo Fuego Cravings 8
  • 7 P Penzeys Spices logo Penzeys Spices 4
  • 8 L Läderach logo Läderach 3
  • 9 S Savory Spice Shop logo Savory Spice Shop 2
  • 10 M Munchies 2
  • 11 T The Popcorn Store 2
  • 12 T The Cheese Shop 2
  • 13 A Apni Mandi Farmers Market 2
  • 14 H Healthy Tiffin 1
  • 15 B Beef Jerky Experience logo Beef Jerky Experience 1
  • 16 P Peter's Kettle Corn 1
  • 17 A Angels Naturally Nuts 1
  • 18 W Wicked Popcorn 1
  • 19 N NG Apothecary 1
  • 20 H Hanson Family Farms 1
  • 21 S Solvang Spice Merchant 1
  • 22 B Borsch & Beyond 1
  • 23 P Patel Store 1
  • 24 G Good Life Organics logo Good Life Organics 1
  • 25 M Moreliana Ice Cream Restaurant 1
  • 26 B Best Buy Produce 1
  • 27 A Aqua Blue 1
  • 28 I International Lao Market 1
  • 29 R Rainbow Water Store 1
  • 30 T Tortillerialaunica 1
  • 31 F Flavour Spice and Tea 1
  • 32 F Fat Tuesday San Diego logo Fat Tuesday San Diego 1
  • 33 D Davis Ranch 1
  • 34 S Sonoma Spice Queen 1
  • 35 S Sciabica Family California Olive Oil & Gourmet Foods 1
  • 36 B Beecher's Handmade Cheese logo Beecher's Handmade Cheese 1
  • 37 G Grass Valley Wellness Center 1
  • 38 T The Canal Market logo The Canal Market 1
  • 39 T The Spice & Tea Exchange logo The Spice & Tea Exchange 1
  • 40 N Navarro's 1
  • 41 T The Allspicery 1
  • 42 T The Spice Tin 1
  • 43 W Winnie Superette 1
  • 44 S Swadeshi 1
  • 45 C Carmazzi Caramel Corn 1
  • 46 A Alien Fresh Jerky 1
  • 47 L Lovely Spice Land 1
  • 48 P Pops Kettle Korn 1
  • 49 S Spice-Topia 1
  • 50 M More Than Olives 1

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