Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Greenville, NC

Iceflower tracks 406 stores from 303 food & drink chains in Greenville, NC. Sonic Drive-In grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries and Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

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
303
Tracked stores
406
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. Sonic Drive-In and Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In ▲1 +10.0%
2 H Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries logo Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries ▲1 +6.8%
3 T Tropical Smoothie Cafe logo Tropical Smoothie Cafe ▲1 +5.9%
4 B Burger King logo Burger King ▲2 +4.7%
5 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen ▲1 +3.8%
6 B Bojangles' logo Bojangles' - +3.5%
7 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' ▲1 +3.4%
8 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs - +2.2%
9 C Chick-fil-A logo Chick-fil-A - 0.0%
10 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -0.9%
11 S Starbucks logo Starbucks ▲1 -2.0%
12 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill - -2.7%
13 W Waffle House logo Waffle House ▲1 -3.0%
14 S Subway logo Subway - -7.6%
15 Z Zaxby's logo Zaxby's - -10.7%
  • Burger Chains
  • Casual Dining
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Chicken & Wings Fast Food
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
  • Coffee Chains
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

406 tracked store locations in Greenville, NC, colored by category.

  • Burger Chains (40)
  • Casual Dining (40)
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (26)
  • Chicken & Wings Fast Food (24)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (24)
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (22)
  • Coffee Chains (21)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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