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. Perkins American Food Co. and Waffle House sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
P
Perkins American Food Co.
|
▲1 | +9.3% |
| 2 |
W
Waffle House
|
- | +8.0% |
| 3 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
- | +1.8% |
| 4 |
D
Denny's
|
- | +0.5% |
| 5 |
P
Paula Deen's Family Kitchen
|
- | +0.4% |
| 6 | S Shoney's | - | -4.9% |
| 7 |
I
IHOP
|
- | -7.2% |
| 8 |
S
Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking
|
- | -7.8% |
| 9 |
H
Huddle House
|
▼1 | -8.8% |
| 10 | T The Diner | - | -16.7% |
| 11 |
C
Country Kitchen
|
- | -17.3% |
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- Waffle House
- IHOP
- Shoney's
- Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant
- Perkins American Food Co.
- Huddle House
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
495 tracked store locations in Tennessee. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (56)
- Waffle House (144)
- IHOP (35)
- Shoney's (38)
- Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant (1)
- Perkins American Food Co. (13)
- Huddle House (18)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
W
-
2
C
- 3 S Shoney's 38
-
4
I
-
5
H
-
6
P
-
7
P
Piccadilly Cafeteria 7
-
8
D
-
9
C
- 10 T The Diner 3
-
11
S
-
12
P
-
13
R
Ruby's Diner 2
- 14 B Better Days Diner 2
-
15
B
Bob Evans 2
-
16
M
Mimi's Cafe 2
- 17 S Sunrise Inn 2
-
18
M
Metro Diner 2
- 19 S Southern Star 2
- 20 D Dale's Diner 1
- 21 T Tesha's Apron Strang's 1
- 22 P Penny Man's Diner 1
- 23 J Jane's Diner 1
- 24 K Kountry Kitchen 1
- 25 B Barr's Music City Soul Food 1
- 26 C Cindy's Cafe 1
- 27 C Campbellsville Cafe 1
- 28 T The Homeplace Restaurant 1
- 29 T The Vols Diner 1
- 30 J Joe's BBQ & Diner 1
- 31 C Country Cupboard 1
- 32 T Twister's Diner 1
- 33 L Leah's Country Side Diner 1
- 34 C Calidogs 1
- 35 S Sam's Corner 1
- 36 C Coney Island 1
- 37 B Big Mama's Soul Food 1
- 38 T The Old Lighthouse Restaurant 1
- 39 J Janie's Place 1
- 40 H H & T's Home Cooking 1
- 41 S Simply Southern Cafe 1
- 42 T The Dinner Bell 1
- 43 S Super Suppers 1
- 44 B Belle's Little Country Kitchen 1
- 45 J Jackie Mae's Southern Cooking 1
- 46 B Bobby Gee's Diner 1
- 47 S Southern Kitchen 1
- 48 S Santa Fe Diner 1
- 49 R Rachel's Diner 1
- 50 B Black-Eyed Pea Restaurant 1
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