Trends · data through September 2026

Snacks & Specialty Food in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 70 stores from 42 snacks & specialty food chains in Illinois.

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
42
Tracked stores
70
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. The Honey Baked Ham Company and Edible Arrangements sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company - -4.6%
2 E Edible Arrangements logo Edible Arrangements - -28.6%
  • Garrett Popcorn Shops
  • The Honey Baked Ham Company
  • Beecher's Handmade Cheese
  • El Cangrejo Guayaco USA
  • Hotel Chocolat
  • The Nut House
  • Edible Arrangements
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

70 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Garrett Popcorn Shops (2)
  • The Honey Baked Ham Company (14)
  • Beecher's Handmade Cheese (1)
  • El Cangrejo Guayaco USA (1)
  • Hotel Chocolat (1)
  • The Nut House (1)
  • Edible Arrangements (11)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company 14
  • 2 E Edible Arrangements logo Edible Arrangements 11
  • 3 H Hickory Farms 2
  • 4 G Galena Garlic Company 2
  • 5 K Kernel's Gourmet Popcorn & More 2
  • 6 P Penzeys Spices logo Penzeys Spices 2
  • 7 G Garrett Popcorn Shops logo Garrett Popcorn Shops 2
  • 8 T The Nut House 1
  • 9 T The Spice & Tea Exchange of Crystal Lake 1
  • 10 Y Young's Popcorn Heaven 1
  • 11 T The Popcorn Shoppe 1
  • 12 W What's Poppin Gourmet Popcorn and Italian Ice 1
  • 13 L Lesslys Botanas 1
  • 14 M Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn logo Mama Lee's Gourmet Popcorn 1
  • 15 L Luka Popcorn Co. 1
  • 16 F Flavor Addicts Gourmet Popcorn 1
  • 17 H Happy Life Nutricion center 1
  • 18 S Sha-Poppin Gourmet Popcorn 1
  • 19 E Epic Spices 1
  • 20 B Batavia Popcorn Depot 1
  • 21 P Pop's Corn Crib 1
  • 22 M Mom & Pop's Kettle Korn Stop 1
  • 23 M Munchies 1
  • 24 P Popcorn Bar 1
  • 25 S Siri Indian Groceries 1
  • 26 H Hotel Chocolat logo Hotel Chocolat 1
  • 27 B Bloomington Spice Works 1
  • 28 E El Cangrejo Guayaco USA 1
  • 29 B Beecher's Handmade Cheese logo Beecher's Handmade Cheese 1
  • 30 E Elite Meat Market 1
  • 31 P Popper-Razzi Gourmet Popcorn 1
  • 32 K Kairali Foods & Events 1
  • 33 E Exotic Snack Guys logo Exotic Snack Guys 1
  • 34 B Beef Jerky Experience logo Beef Jerky Experience 1
  • 35 S Savory Spice Shop logo Savory Spice Shop 1
  • 36 T The Cheese Shop 1
  • 37 C Cranky Mike's Popcorn 1
  • 38 L L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates logo L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates 1
  • 39 D Doc Popcorn logo Doc Popcorn 1
  • 40 T The Popcorn Store 1
  • 41 P Popus Gourmet Popcorn Wicker Park 1
  • 42 T The Perfect Pop Gourmet Popcorn 1

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