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. Metro Diner and Bob Evans sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
M
Metro Diner
|
- | +18.8% |
| 2 |
B
Bob Evans
|
- | +9.3% |
| 3 |
W
Waffle House
|
- | +4.6% |
| 4 | L Lizard's Thicket | - | +3.8% |
| 5 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
- | +3.0% |
| 6 | B Bantam Chef | - | -1.2% |
| 7 |
I
IHOP
|
- | -5.2% |
| 8 |
D
Denny's
|
▲1 | -6.4% |
| 9 | S Shoney's | - | -18.3% |
| 10 |
H
Huddle House
|
▼1 | -19.7% |
| 11 | K Kiki's Chicken and Waffles | - | -29.4% |
- Waffle House
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- IHOP
- Lizard's Thicket
- Metro Diner
- Denny's
- Huddle House
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
445 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Waffle House (177)
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (27)
- IHOP (30)
- Lizard's Thicket (8)
- Metro Diner (4)
- Denny's (11)
- Huddle House (19)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
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2
I
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3
C
-
4
H
-
5
D
- 6 L Lizard's Thicket 8
- 7 S Shoney's 7
- 8 C Country Cafe 4
- 9 B Bantam Chef 4
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10
M
-
11
B
- 12 K Kiki's Chicken and Waffles 3
- 13 P Pickled Cucumber 2
- 14 S Simply Southern 2
- 15 C Country Cupboard 2
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16
F
Friendly's 2
- 17 T Trotters Restaurant 2
- 18 S Sam's Corner 2
- 19 T Toast All Day 2
- 20 O OJ's Diner 2
- 21 G Genuine Flava 1
- 22 B Big Easy Diner 1
- 23 P Peggys Diner 1
- 24 M Milestone Soul Food 1
- 25 G George's Family Restaurant 1
- 26 M Main Street Diner 1
- 27 W Woos and Keems Soulfood Restaurant 1
- 28 T Tabbuli West 1
- 29 S Southern Soul Cafeteria 1
- 30 H H & R Sweet Shop 1
- 31 B Buford Street Cafe 1
- 32 S Southern Soul on Main 1
- 33 A Annie O's Kitchen 1
- 34 V Vicinis Italian Restaurant 1
- 35 V Virginia's on King 1
- 36 B Becky's Cafe 1
- 37 M Mayberry Diner 1
- 38 O Old South & Catery, LLC 1
- 39 E East Side Soul Food 1
- 40 T Thelma's on Main 1
- 41 D Dixie Diner 1
- 42 L Little Line Kitchen and Provisions 1
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43
C
Country Kitchen 1
- 44 E Everything Eggroll 1
- 45 G Gr8 Bites 1
- 46 S Southern Star 1
- 47 G GrannyHands 1
- 48 T Thomas Cafe 1
- 49 3 3rd Generation Catering & Family Restaurant 1
- 50 R Raceway Grill 1
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