Trends · data through June 2026

Casual Eateries in California

Iceflower tracks 2,178 stores from 930 casual eateries chains in California. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Golden Spoon and Rose Donuts.

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
930
Tracked stores
2,178
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard and Golden Spoon sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard ▲3 +17.3%
2 G Golden Spoon ▲4 +16.7%
3 R Rose Donuts ▲4 +16.6%
4 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels ▲1 +16.5%
5 L La Michoacana +16.0%
6 S Sunny Donuts ▲3 +14.1%
7 D Donut King ▲2 +14.0%
8 G Gelato Paradiso ▲5 +12.9%
9 M Mariposa Ice Cream ▲2 +12.7%
10 G Granny's Donuts +12.6%
11 B Bushfire Kitchen logo Bushfire Kitchen ▲2 +11.4%
12 R Rori's Artisanal Creamery ▲1 +11.2%
13 M Menchie's Frozen Yogurt logo Menchie's Frozen Yogurt +10.6%
14 M Miss Donuts ▲1 +9.2%
15 R Rolling Pin Donuts ▲2 +9.0%
  • Dunkin'
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Yum Yum Donuts
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,178 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dunkin' (96)
  • Baskin-Robbins (150)
  • Yum Yum Donuts (72)
  • Krispy Kreme (38)
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream (41)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (83)
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels (31)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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