Growth
Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop against its category
The biggest tracked US candy shop chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | See's Candies | +12.1% |
| 2 | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | - |
| 3 | IT'SUGAR | -14.4% |
| 4 | Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop | +11.1% |
| 5 | Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop | -0.5% |
| 6 | Malley's Chocolates | -1.3% |
| 7 | Sarris Candies | - |
| 8 | Gertrude Hawk Chocolates | +5.7% |
| 9 | Lindt | -14.9% |
| 10 | Candy Kitchen | -9.5% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
15 tracked Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop locations across 6 US states. California, Florida, and Illinois hold 80% of them.
Customer overlap
Who shops at Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop
Tracked chains Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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