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Revision as of 19:13, 30 October 2017
| Applegreen | |
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| Locations: | 5 motorway service areas |
| Headquarters address: | Applegreen plc. 17 Joyce Way Parkwest Business Park Dublin 12 Ireland |
| Phone number: | +353 1 512 4800 |
| Website: applegreenstores.com Facebook Page Twitter: @goapplegreen | |
In Ireland, Applegreen is the public name of Petrogas Ltd, who own a large number of petrol stations of varying sizes, many of which have taken over from previous providers. They later introduced into the UK.
Applegreen provide the fuel at many Irish motorway services, and are currently the only operator in Northern Ireland.
As of 2016, they are keen to break into the UK mainland, planning two small motorway services in suburban areas and a safer bet with an a-road service area.
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Irish Roots
Applegreen's main presence as a major operator is in Ireland.
Brand Names
Applegreen franchises include Burger King, Subway and Costa. Previously, Wimpy was a common sight.
aCafé is Applegreen's own brand of restaurant, found in some SuperStops. They also use The Bakewell and Freshii (previously Food to Go) at most services.
SuperStop
The optimistically-titled SuperStop is a consortium of Applegreen, TOP Oil and Pierse Contracting, with Applegreen being the most publicly active partner. SuperStop won the contract to design, build, finance, maintain and operate Ireland's first six motorway services in 2010. After the first three of those opened, the rest were postponed indefinitely.
Applegreen have objected to the recent decision to award several services to Topaz, instead of their own consortium.
SuperStop services follow the peculiar Irish design of having the filling station before the car park.
Balbriggan
Before Applegreen won the contract as SuperStop, they were unhappy with the delays to opening motorway services in Ireland, and built a large petrol station and Subway at M1 J5, Balbriggan. They claimed it was Ireland's first motorway service area, but it was never and still isn't signposted as such.
Applegreen have since set up a number of similar sites which have been signed.
International Expansion
Applegreen has had its sights on forecourts beyond Ireland, and in July 2017 they purchased 34 filling stations in South Carolina, USA.
In August 2017, Applegreen purchased seven forecourts in the UK for £21m. These were purchased from the Carsley Group and are mostly on the A1. This marks a major opportunity for Applegreen to start appearing along major roads in England, with some busy sites, where they will be introducing their food-to-go range in an effort to raise their profile before any potential motorway services open.
The transaction will be completed later this year.
Applegreen Services
Applegreen operate both of Northern Ireland's motorway services, and a number of privately developed sites on the Irish motorway network.
- Lisburn (M1 Northern Ireland)
- Templepatrick (M2 Northern Ireland) (northbound only)
Ireland (Republic Of.)
SuperStop Services
SuperStop (branded as Applegreen) own the following services in Ireland:- Castlebellingham (M1)
- Enfield (M4)
- Lusk (M1)
UK Mainland
Of the A-road services listed on this site, Applegreen operate at the following:
Applegreen fuel is also provide at:
- Darrington (A1)
Planned Services
The following services appear to still be actively considered by Applegreen:
- Kempshott (M3)
- Kirby Hill (A1(M))
- Rotherham & Sheffield Gateway (M1)
- Solihull (M42)
- Spaldwick (A14)
Unbuilt Services
- Dromoland (M18)
- Dunshaughlin (M3)
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