Trends · data through July 2026

Food & Drink trends in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Iceflower tracks 5,799 stores from 2,404 food & drink chains in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Manna BBQ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Thirsty Lion and Handel's Homemade Ice Cream.

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
2,404
Tracked stores
5,799
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. Manna BBQ and Thirsty Lion sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Manna BBQ logo Manna BBQ ▲12 +19.9%
2 T Thirsty Lion logo Thirsty Lion ▲14 +18.1%
3 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream ▲15 +17.5%
4 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks ▲7 +17.1%
5 E Eggstasy ▲14 +15.8%
6 C Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant logo Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant ▲8 +15.5%
7 O Original ChopShop logo Original ChopShop ▲6 +14.9%
8 W Wetzel's Pretzels logo Wetzel's Pretzels ▲14 +14.9%
9 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲3 +14.2%
10 G Grimaldi's logo Grimaldi's ▲9 +14.0%
11 V Village Inn logo Village Inn ▲4 +12.4%
12 C Cafe Zupas logo Cafe Zupas ▲14 +10.9%
13 A Arriba Mexican Grill ▲9 +10.8%
14 C Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen logo Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen ▲5 +10.0%
15 P Portillo's logo Portillo's ▲4 +9.8%

Store footprint

Store map

5,799 tracked store locations in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, colored by category.

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