Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Iceflower tracks 1,314 stores from 855 food & drink chains in Chattanooga, TN-GA. McAlister's Deli grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jersey Mike's Subs and Panda Express.

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: 855
Tracked stores: 1,314
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. McAlister's Deli and Jersey Mike's Subs sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M McAlister's Deli	▲6	+17.0%
2	J Jersey Mike's Subs	▲7	+16.6%
3	P Panda Express	▲5	+11.9%
4	M Moe's Southwest Grill	▲5	+8.9%
5	C Captain D's	▲2	+6.9%
6	C Chili's Grill & Bar	▲1	+6.0%
7	F First Watch	▲6	+5.1%
8	B Burger King	-	+5.1%
9	C Chipotle Mexican Grill	▲3	+4.9%
10	M McDonald's	-	+4.7%
11	D Dunkin'	-	+4.3%
12	B Bojangles'	▲1	+3.7%
13	S Subway	-	+3.6%
14	S Sonic Drive-In	-	+3.6%
15	C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	-	+3.3%

Store footprint

Store map

1,314 tracked store locations in Chattanooga, TN-GA, colored by category.

Burger Chains (139)
Casual Dining (118)
Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (95)
Sandwich & Sub Shops (83)
Bars, Pubs & Breweries (82)
Other restaurants (80)
Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (67)
Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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