Trends · data through July 2026

Food & Drink trends in Halifax

Iceflower tracks 219 stores from 197 food & drink chains in Halifax. Subway grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McDonald's and Greggs.

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
197
Tracked stores
219
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. Subway and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Subway logo Subway - -35.2%
2 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -37.2%
3 G Greggs logo Greggs - -38.8%
4 C Costa Express logo Costa Express - -42.4%
  • Pub
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • Fast Food Restaurant
  • Coffee Shop
  • Bakery
  • Cafe
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

219 tracked store locations in Halifax, colored by category.

  • Pub (86)
  • Restaurant (33)
  • Bar (20)
  • Fast Food Restaurant (19)
  • Coffee Shop (17)
  • Bakery (12)
  • Cafe (11)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Greggs logo Greggs 5
  • 2 M McDonald's logo McDonald's 4
  • 3 C Costa Express logo Costa Express 4
  • 4 S Subway logo Subway 3
  • 5 T The Sun Inn 2
  • 6 T The White Swan 2
  • 7 T The Golden Fleece 2
  • 8 V Vocation & Co 2
  • 9 M Mamil Cafe Bar 2
  • 10 M Merrie England 2
  • 11 T The Fleece Inn 2
  • 12 T The Dusty Miller 2
  • 13 C Costa Coffee logo Costa Coffee 2
  • 14 K KFC logo KFC 2
  • 15 N Nestle UK 1
  • 16 B Big Six Inn Halifax 1
  • 17 S Stump Cross Inn 1
  • 18 M Mijo 1
  • 19 T The Pub logo The Pub 1
  • 20 T The Beer Necessities 1
  • 21 N Nan Moor's 1
  • 22 L Lee Mount Balti House 1
  • 23 T The Blue Pig 1
  • 24 T The Blind Pig 1
  • 25 M Morley's logo Morley's 1
  • 26 T The Shay Cafe 1
  • 27 C Chopstick 1
  • 28 F Flame Grilled 1
  • 29 B B. White Butchers & Sandwich Shop 1
  • 30 P Poundbakery 1
  • 31 T The New Roxy 1
  • 32 T Topper's Deli 1
  • 33 F Frankie's Chicken and Pizza 1
  • 34 M Mister Dee's 1
  • 35 T The Grove Inn 1
  • 36 L Loafers 1
  • 37 B Blakeley's Fish & Chips 1
  • 38 C China China Noodle Bar 1
  • 39 F Friendly Fisheries 1
  • 40 T The Grayston Unity 1
  • 41 S Shaked 1
  • 42 P Park Life Cafe 1
  • 43 T TRUTH Brighouse 1
  • 44 A All Pizzetto 1
  • 45 T The Deli 1
  • 46 T The Cove Brighouse 1
  • 47 T TJ Cafe Bar 1
  • 48 M Mooch Cafe Bar 1
  • 49 L Liv's Bakes and Cakes 1
  • 50 G GeeGees Fish and Chips 1

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