Applegreen Limited
Euronext Dublin: APGN
ISINIE00BXC8D038
IndustryRetail
FoundedDublin, Ireland (1992)
HeadquartersPark West, Dublin,
Ireland
Key people
  • Bob Etchingham (co-owner)
  • Joe Barrett (co-owner)
RevenueIncrease €3.1bn (2019)
Websiteapplegreenstores.com
Footnotes / references
[1]
Applegreen petrol station in Forty Hill, Enfield, Great Britain

Applegreen Limited[1][2][3] is an Irish company founded in 1992 that operates 620 petrol stations in Ireland, Great Britain and the US.[4] It is a major petrol retailer in Ireland, and operates convenience stores and motorway service areas. Applegreen's headquarters are based in Park West Business Park in Dublin, Ireland.[5]

In 2018, Applegreen purchased the majority of UK motorway service area operator Welcome Break for €361.8m.[6] In 2021, Applegreen acquired the United States toll road service area operations from HMSHost for $375 million.[7]

Greenwashing controversies

In 2020, Applegreen announced an initiative to offset the emissions from its premium fuels, which has been labelled as a greenwashing effort.[8] While the campaign claimed to offset all the emissions from its fuels, a report from IrishEVs showed that this only included emissions created from cars and did not include emissions from extraction or refinement which typically account for up to 40% of the total greenhouse gas emissions from petrol and diesel.[9][10]

Partnership with Marks & Spencer

In October 2022, Applegreen announced a partnership with Marks & Spencer to sell M&S Food at its locations in Ireland. A new M&S Food “shop-in-shop” will initially be available in five Applegreen locations.[11]

Creeslough explosion

On 7 October 2022, an explosion occurred at an apartment behind an Applegreen petrol station in the village of Creeslough, County Donegal.[12] The explosion killed ten people and left eight hospitalised.[13] The site housed a petrol station, a supermarket, a post office, a hair dressing salon, and an apartment building. The source of the explosion was suspected to be an accidental gas leak in the apartment building behind the petrol station.[14][15] The explosion caused the region's largest number of civilian casualties in decades.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Applegreen Limited". OpenCorporates. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Applegreen Privacy Policy | Applegreen Ireland". Applegreen. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Applegreen Terms & Conditions | Applegreen Ireland". Applegreen. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Applegreen and M&S Food Announce Exclusive Partnership". Applegreenstores. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Irish to the Core". Applegreen. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Hipwell, Deirdre (3 August 2018). "Applegreen reverses into motorway service area". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Higgs, Larry (25 May 2021). "Company that runs Turnpike, Parkway service areas to be sold for $375M". NJ.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Crider, Johnna (7 December 2020). "How PR Agencies Are Greenwashing The Climate Crisis Via Disinformation Campaigns". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Greenwashing Petrol". The Phoenix. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Applegreen-Washing: Separating Action From Marketing Ploys". IrishEVs. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Applegreen to sell M&S Food products around the country". RTÉ News.
  12. ↑ Mooney, John (9 October 2022). "Gardai examine CCTV of Donegal blast that killed ten". The Times. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ten dead, including children, after Creeslough blast". RTÉ News. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  14. ↑ Mooney, John. "The Sunday Times". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  15. ↑ Lally, Conor. "Creeslough tragedy: Explosion experts to be brought in to assist Garda inquiry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "Donegal petrol station explosion described by authorities as 'tragic accident'". EchoLive.ie. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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