Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in Albany, GA

Iceflower tracks 211 stores from 148 food & drink chains in Albany, GA. 3 Squares Diner grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Zaxby's and Hardee's.

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
148
Tracked stores
211
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. 3 Squares Diner and Zaxby's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 3 3 Squares Diner ▲3 +11.1%
2 Z Zaxby's logo Zaxby's - +4.9%
3 H Hardee's logo Hardee's ▲1 +2.6%
4 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - +1.7%
5 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - -1.2%
6 P Pizza Hut logo Pizza Hut ▲1 -1.2%
7 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -1.3%
8 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -6.7%
9 S Subway logo Subway - -7.2%
10 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -9.7%
11 B Burger King logo Burger King - -10.1%
12 J Jack's logo Jack's ▼4 -20.1%
13 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -22.4%
14 L Little Caesars logo Little Caesars ▼1 -23.8%

Store footprint

Store map

211 tracked store locations in Albany, GA, colored by category.

  • Restaurant (74)
  • Fast Food Restaurant (50)
  • Pizzaria (20)
  • Chicken Restaurant (13)
  • Coffee Shop (11)
  • Breakfast Restaurant (8)
  • Casual Eatery (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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