Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners
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. Waffle House and Nifty Fifty's sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waffle House
|
- | +4.8% |
| 2 |
N
Nifty Fifty's
|
- | +2.2% |
| 3 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
- | +0.2% |
| 4 |
F
Friendly's
|
- | -2.7% |
| 5 |
B
Bob Evans
|
▲1 | -5.8% |
| 6 |
I
IHOP
|
- | -6.0% |
| 7 |
M
Metro Diner
|
- | -8.4% |
| 8 |
D
Denny's
|
▼1 | -13.2% |
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- IHOP
- Friendly's
- Metro Diner
- Lamp Post Diner
- Geets Diner and Bar
- Bob Evans
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
256 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (8)
- IHOP (21)
- Friendly's (18)
- Metro Diner (5)
- Lamp Post Diner (1)
- Geets Diner and Bar (1)
- Bob Evans (6)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
I
-
2
F
-
3
C
-
4
N
-
5
B
-
6
M
-
7
P
Perkins American Food Co. 5
-
8
D
-
9
W
- 10 H Hank's Place 2
- 11 M Michael's Family Restaurant 2
- 12 C Colonial Cafe 2
- 13 J Just to Serve You 2
- 14 M Mama's Diner 2
- 15 M Mom's Kitchen 1
- 16 N New Pennsburg Diner 1
- 17 C Country Squire Diner 1
- 18 S Serena's Soulfood Catering 1
- 19 S Sunny's Diner 1
- 20 M Murray's Deli 1
- 21 L Logan Breakfast Lunch Restaurant 1
- 22 O Olga's Diner 1
- 23 S Soulful D'lites 1
- 24 W Waterside Cafe & Diner 1
- 25 C Colonial Diner 1
- 26 H Happ’s 1
- 27 O Oregon Diner 1
- 28 S Salem Oak Diner 1
- 29 H Hilltop Breakfast Lunch And Pizza 1
- 30 A Ardmore Station Cafe 1
- 31 T Tellez Marella Diner 1
- 32 G Golden Dawn Diner 1
- 33 C Cherry Hill Diner 1
- 34 P Post House 1
- 35 M Moonlight Family Diner 1
- 36 R Ridge Restaurant 1
- 37 T Talk of the Towne 1
- 38 S Sunnyside Breakfast 1
- 39 S Saville's Diner 1
- 40 K Kirkwood Diner Restaurant 1
- 41 L Liberty Diner 1
- 42 M Mayfair Diner 1
- 43 A Ace Diner 1
- 44 T Tasties 302 1
- 45 E Empire Family Diner 1
- 46 C Crystal Diner 1
- 47 Z Zoto's Diner 1
- 48 D Double D Diner 1
- 49 W West Main Diner 1
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50
P
Penrose Diner 1
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