Trends · data through September 2026

Snacks & Specialty Food in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 84 stores from 26 snacks & specialty food chains in North Carolina. The Spice & Tea Exchange grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hickory Farms Holiday Market and The Honey Baked Ham Company.

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
26
Tracked stores
84
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked snacks & specialty food 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. The Spice & Tea Exchange and Hickory Farms Holiday Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Spice & Tea Exchange logo The Spice & Tea Exchange - +17.7%
2 H Hickory Farms Holiday Market logo Hickory Farms Holiday Market ▲1 +12.6%
3 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company - +3.4%
4 S Savory Spice Shop logo Savory Spice Shop - -11.5%
5 E Edible Arrangements logo Edible Arrangements - -25.6%
6 B Beef Jerky Experience logo Beef Jerky Experience ▼1 -74.3%
  • The Honey Baked Ham Company
  • The Spice & Tea Exchange
  • Edible Arrangements
  • Cape Fear Spice Merchants
  • Savory Spice Shop
  • Hickory Farms Holiday Market
  • Doc Popcorn
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

84 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Honey Baked Ham Company (30)
  • The Spice & Tea Exchange (7)
  • Edible Arrangements (13)
  • Cape Fear Spice Merchants (1)
  • Savory Spice Shop (4)
  • Hickory Farms Holiday Market (6)
  • Doc Popcorn (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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