Food & Drink Trends in Fort Wayne, IN 2026

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. Panda Express and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	P Panda Express	-	+19.3%
2	M McDonald's	-	+15.1%
3	A Arby's	-	+14.9%
4	P Papa John's Pizza	▲2	+13.4%
5	C Checkers and Rally's	▲1	+12.3%
6	M Marco's Pizza	-	+10.6%
7	I IHOP	▲1	+10.2%
8	A Applebee's Grill + Bar	▲3	+10.1%
9	J Jimmy John's	-	+8.1%
10	F Fazoli's	-	+6.6%
11	S Subway	▲3	+5.6%
12	P Penn Station East Coast Subs	▲4	-1.6%
13	K KFC	-	-5.8%
14	S Salvatori's	▲1	-16.6%
15	P Pizza King	▲1	-16.8%