Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in Ames, IA

Iceflower tracks 190 stores from 140 food & drink chains in Ames, IA. Casey's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jimmy John's and McDonald'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
140
Tracked stores
190
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. Casey's and Jimmy John's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Casey's logo Casey's - +6.8%
2 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - +3.8%
3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +1.0%
4 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -5.0%
5 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee - -5.0%
6 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -9.1%
7 S Subway logo Subway - -10.3%
8 D Domino's Pizza logo Domino's Pizza - -11.4%

Store footprint

Store map

190 tracked store locations in Ames, IA, colored by category.

  • Restaurant (49)
  • Coffee Shop (30)
  • Pizzaria (29)
  • Fast Food Restaurant (25)
  • Sandwich Shop (13)
  • Bar (9)
  • Pub (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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