Trends · data through September 2026

Salads & Healthy Bowls in New Jersey

Iceflower tracks 195 stores from 101 salads & healthy bowls in New Jersey. Alfalfa grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Veggie Heaven and Muscle Maker Grill.

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
101
Tracked stores
195
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked salads & healthy bowls

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. Alfalfa and Veggie Heaven sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Alfalfa logo Alfalfa ▲1 +15.2%
2 V Veggie Heaven ▲2 +14.6%
3 M Muscle Maker Grill logo Muscle Maker Grill - -0.5%
4 S Sweetgreen logo Sweetgreen - -7.1%
5 C Chopt Creative Salad Co. logo Chopt Creative Salad Co. - -8.9%
6 S Salad House logo Salad House - -12.9%
7 S Saladworks logo Saladworks - -17.6%
8 H honeygrow logo honeygrow ▼3 -53.3%
  • Saladworks
  • Just Salad
  • Salad House
  • The Blonde Shallot
  • Sweetgreen
  • Greens and Grains
  • Chopt Creative Salad Co.
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

195 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Saladworks (24)
  • Just Salad (12)
  • Salad House (20)
  • The Blonde Shallot (1)
  • Sweetgreen (8)
  • Greens and Grains (5)
  • Chopt Creative Salad Co. (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Saladworks logo Saladworks 24
  • 2 S Salad House logo Salad House 20
  • 3 J Just Salad logo Just Salad 12
  • 4 H honeygrow logo honeygrow 9
  • 5 S Sweetgreen logo Sweetgreen 8
  • 6 C Chopt Creative Salad Co. logo Chopt Creative Salad Co. 7
  • 7 G Greens and Grains logo Greens and Grains 5
  • 8 A Alfalfa logo Alfalfa 4
  • 9 M Muscle Maker Grill logo Muscle Maker Grill 3
  • 10 V Veggie Heaven 3
  • 11 J Juice Hub 2
  • 12 W Worldflats 2
  • 13 T True Food Kitchen logo True Food Kitchen 2
  • 14 J Jerrell's BETR BRGR 2
  • 15 F Freshii logo Freshii 2
  • 16 M Melonhead 2
  • 17 M Mahana Fresh 2
  • 18 F fresh & co 2
  • 19 T The Nutrition Store 2
  • 20 C chicken station 1
  • 21 T The protein corner 1
  • 22 F Freakin' Vegan 1
  • 23 V Vibez Juice & Vegan Cafe 1
  • 24 F Fresh Twist 1
  • 25 T The Squeeze Juice Bar 1
  • 26 G Green Cuisine 1
  • 27 N Nature's Plate 1
  • 28 T The Clay Pot 1
  • 29 H Happy Vegans 1
  • 30 B Breezy Bowls 1
  • 31 L LevelUp Nutrition 1
  • 32 C Cats Luck 1
  • 33 R Roscoes Eatery logo Roscoes Eatery 1
  • 34 F Fitness Grill NJ 1
  • 35 G Grounded For Life Cafe 1
  • 36 A Acai Ya Later 1
  • 37 T Toss'd 1
  • 38 T The Hidden Chickpea 1
  • 39 S Savory Leaf Cafe 1
  • 40 P Planted Plate 1
  • 41 N Nori 1
  • 42 M Montclair Nutrition 1
  • 43 H Heavy Onda Salads 1
  • 44 G Gray Leaf Cafe 1
  • 45 F Fresca Bowl/Poke Mahi 1
  • 46 B Burlington Nutrition 1
  • 47 B Blended Bowls 1
  • 48 D Dale and Dollops 1
  • 49 N Natures Cafe and Juice Bar 1
  • 50 V Veganica 1

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