Trends · data through August 2026

Casual Eateries in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 316 stores from 86 casual eateries chains in Connecticut. Ashley's Ice Cream grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ben & Jerry's and Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard.

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
86
Tracked stores
316
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. Ashley's Ice Cream and Ben & Jerry's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Ashley's Ice Cream - +16.0%
2 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's ▲1 +6.8%
3 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard ▲1 +5.2%
4 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels ▼2 +0.6%
5 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' - -0.8%
  • Dunkin'
  • Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream
  • Ashley's Ice Cream
  • Ben & Jerry's
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • Long Wharf Carts
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

316 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dunkin' (204)
  • Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream (1)
  • Ashley's Ice Cream (5)
  • Ben & Jerry's (3)
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (3)
  • Long Wharf Carts (1)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' 204
  • 2 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 6
  • 3 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 5
  • 4 A Ashley's Ice Cream 5
  • 5 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's 3
  • 6 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 3
  • 7 M Mel's Downtown Creamery 2
  • 8 G Gofer Ice Cream 2
  • 9 F Fancy Bagels 2
  • 10 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 2
  • 11 C Carvel Ice Cream logo Carvel Ice Cream 2
  • 12 V Village Bagels 2
  • 13 1 16 Handles logo 16 Handles 2
  • 14 A Arethusa Farm Dairy 2
  • 15 F Froyo World 2
  • 16 N Neil's Donuts 2
  • 17 D Durham Dari Serv 1
  • 18 U Union News 1
  • 19 S Sweet Cheeks Frozen Yogurt Shoppe 1
  • 20 K Kloter's Ice Cream Barn 1
  • 21 D Dippin' Dots logo Dippin' Dots 1
  • 22 S Speedy Donuts 1
  • 23 G Goldberg's Bagels & Deli 1
  • 24 G Grassroots Ice Cream 1
  • 25 C Club Sandwich 1
  • 26 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme 1
  • 27 M Mystic Park Ice Cream 1
  • 28 B Bagels Plus Deli 1
  • 29 A Ami's Bagels & Deli 1
  • 30 H Honeycone Craft Ice Cream logo Honeycone Craft Ice Cream 1
  • 31 R Rich Farm Ice Cream 1
  • 32 L Liz-Sue Bagels 1
  • 33 I Isaac's Bagel Cafe 1
  • 34 Y Young Buns Doughnuts 1
  • 35 M Main St Gelato 1
  • 36 B Bagel One 1
  • 37 C Cromwell Creamery 1
  • 38 B Between Rounds logo Between Rounds 1
  • 39 T Twisters Ice Cream 1
  • 40 H Haagen-Dazs logo Haagen-Dazs 1
  • 41 G Gelatissimo 1
  • 42 B Bagel Bros & Co. 1
  • 43 S Scooter Bug's Ice Cream Shop 1
  • 44 S Sweet Claude's 1
  • 45 T Tony D's Craft Creamery 1
  • 46 W We-Li-Kit Ice Cream 1
  • 47 G Grounds Donut House 1
  • 48 C Chompers 1
  • 49 S Smyth's Ice Cream 1
  • 50 J J Foster Ice Cream 1

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