Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Iceflower tracks 92 stores from 37 family restaurants & diners in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. Waffle House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Perkins American Food Co. and IHOP.

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
37
Tracked stores
92
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

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. Waffle House and Perkins American Food Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +2.4%
2 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. - +0.1%
3 I IHOP logo IHOP ▲1 -7.9%
4 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ▼1 -18.5%
5 S Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking logo Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking - -18.9%
6 A Abbays - -25.2%
  • Waffle House
  • IHOP
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Perkins American Food Co.
  • Piccadilly Cafeteria
  • Abbays
  • Cozy Corner Restaurant
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

92 tracked store locations in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Waffle House (20)
  • IHOP (11)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (6)
  • Perkins American Food Co. (10)
  • Piccadilly Cafeteria (8)
  • Abbays (3)
  • Cozy Corner Restaurant (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 20
  • 2 I IHOP logo IHOP 11
  • 3 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. 10
  • 4 P Piccadilly Cafeteria logo Piccadilly Cafeteria 8
  • 5 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 6
  • 6 S Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking logo Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking 4
  • 7 A Abbays 3
  • 8 E Edna Diner 1
  • 9 A Alma Jean's Southern Kookin 1
  • 10 J Joann Family Affair 1
  • 11 S SweetPea's Table 1
  • 12 J Jack's Diner 1
  • 13 S Sam's Corner 1
  • 14 C Coney Island 1
  • 15 M Meals For You 1
  • 16 E Ez2Go Chicken and Deli 1
  • 17 T The Burning Bush 1
  • 18 F Fannie Lou's Gourmet Chicken & Waffles 1
  • 19 S Simply Southern 1
  • 20 B Buntyn Corner Cafe 1
  • 21 C Captain JJ's Fish & Chicken 1
  • 22 D Denny's logo Denny's 1
  • 23 J Jackie Mae's Southern Cooking 1
  • 24 H Huddle House logo Huddle House 1
  • 25 A Alcenia's logo Alcenia's 1
  • 26 R Ron's Family Affair Restaurant 1
  • 27 S Southern Girls Catering 1
  • 28 S Sweet Pea's Table 1
  • 29 S Sling Shot Charlie's 1
  • 30 W West Street Diner 1
  • 31 G Gracie's Kitchen 1
  • 32 J JJ's Soul Food 1
  • 33 T The Four Way 1
  • 34 T The Crock Pot 2 1
  • 35 T The Hen House 1
  • 36 I Itta Bena 1
  • 37 C Cozy Corner Restaurant 1

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