Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in Auburn-Opelika, AL

Iceflower tracks 338 stores from 257 food & drink chains in Auburn-Opelika, AL. Chick-fil-A grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Chipotle Mexican Grill 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
257
Tracked stores
338
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. Chick-fil-A and Chipotle Mexican Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Chick-fil-A logo Chick-fil-A - +13.5%
2 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill ▲2 +10.9%
3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +5.5%
4 B Burger King logo Burger King - +2.9%
5 S Starbucks logo Starbucks ▼1 +1.7%
6 W Waffle House logo Waffle House ▲2 +1.0%
7 D Domino's Pizza logo Domino's Pizza ▼1 +0.8%
8 J Jack's logo Jack's ▲1 -2.6%
9 Z Zaxby's logo Zaxby's - -3.2%
10 P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen logo Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - -4.8%
11 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -7.2%
12 S Subway logo Subway - -11.8%
13 M Marco's Pizza logo Marco's Pizza - -11.8%
14 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -12.3%
15 M Momma Goldberg's Deli ▼1 -13.1%

Store footprint

Store map

338 tracked store locations in Auburn-Opelika, AL, colored by category.

  • Restaurant (136)
  • Fast Food Restaurant (57)
  • Coffee Shop (23)
  • Chicken Restaurant (22)
  • Pizzaria (22)
  • Sandwich Shop (22)
  • Casual Eatery (14)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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