Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Iceflower tracks 5,831 stores from 2,422 food & drink chains in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Thirsty Lion grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Handel's Homemade Ice Cream and Charleys Cheesesteaks.

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
2,422
Tracked stores
5,831
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Thirsty Lion and Handel's Homemade Ice Cream sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Thirsty Lion logo Thirsty Lion ▲14 +17.6%
2 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream ▲15 +17.2%
3 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks ▲7 +17.0%
4 E Eggstasy ▲15 +16.0%
5 C Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant logo Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant ▲9 +14.7%
6 W Wetzel's Pretzels logo Wetzel's Pretzels ▲14 +14.6%
7 O Original ChopShop logo Original ChopShop ▲6 +14.6%
8 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲3 +13.9%
9 G Grimaldi's logo Grimaldi's ▲10 +13.8%
10 E El Tataki Sushi - +13.5%
11 V Village Inn logo Village Inn ▲3 +13.2%
12 C Cafe Zupas logo Cafe Zupas ▲15 +11.3%
13 A Arriba Mexican Grill ▲9 +9.9%
14 P Portillo's logo Portillo's ▲3 +9.8%
15 C Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen logo Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen ▲6 +9.7%

Store footprint

Store map

5,831 tracked store locations in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, colored by category.

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