Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Halifax

Iceflower tracks 324 stores from 300 food & drink chains in Halifax. Greggs grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McDonald's and Subway.

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
300
Tracked stores
324
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. Greggs and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Greggs logo Greggs - -2.0%
2 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -5.5%
3 S Subway logo Subway - -12.3%
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
  • Other restaurants
  • Other fast food
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Casual Dining
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

324 tracked store locations in Halifax, colored by category.

  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (161)
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (27)
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (22)
  • Other restaurants (17)
  • Other fast food (16)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (12)
  • Casual Dining (9)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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