Trends · data through August 2026

Casual Eateries in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 164 stores from 99 casual eateries chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Einstein Bros. Bagels and Dunkin'.

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
99
Tracked stores
164
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard and Einstein Bros. Bagels sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard - +10.9%
2 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - +2.9%
3 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' - +2.0%
4 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - -4.0%
5 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt - -11.1%
6 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's - -13.8%
7 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins - -16.0%
8 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme - -17.7%
9 T The Skinny Dip Frozen Yogurt Bar - -18.1%
10 D Duck Donuts logo Duck Donuts - -31.3%
  • Dunkin'
  • Krispy Kreme
  • sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Duck Donuts
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • Gelati Celesti Ice Cream
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

164 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dunkin' (22)
  • Krispy Kreme (6)
  • sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt (8)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (7)
  • Duck Donuts (7)
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (7)
  • Gelati Celesti Ice Cream (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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