Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Pennsylvania

Iceflower tracks 27,033 stores from 18,245 food & drink chains in Pennsylvania. P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Plaza Azteca and Rey Azteca.

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
18,245
Tracked stores
27,033
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. P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant and Plaza Azteca sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant logo P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant ▲4 +19.1%
2 P Plaza Azteca logo Plaza Azteca ▲3 +17.8%
3 R Rey Azteca ▲11 +16.8%
4 N Nothing Bundt Cakes logo Nothing Bundt Cakes ▲11 +16.7%
5 R Ruth's Chris Steak House logo Ruth's Chris Steak House ▲6 +16.2%
6 D Dave's Hot Chicken logo Dave's Hot Chicken ▲9 +15.5%
7 G Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop logo Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop ▲10 +15.4%
8 S Smokin' Joe's ▲7 +13.9%
9 T Tous Les Jours logo Tous Les Jours ▲2 +13.7%
10 L Long John Silver's logo Long John Silver's ▲7 +13.5%
11 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲2 +12.3%
12 G Gertrude Hawk Chocolates logo Gertrude Hawk Chocolates ▲9 +10.9%
13 A Aramark logo Aramark ▲1 +10.0%
14 P Philly Pretzel Factory logo Philly Pretzel Factory ▲6 +8.5%
15 F Friendly's logo Friendly's ▲15 +8.3%

Store footprint

Store map

25,000 of 27,033 tracked store locations in Pennsylvania, colored by category.

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