Applegreen Limited[1][2][3] is an Irish company founded in 1992 that operates 620 petrol stations in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.[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]
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| Euronext Dublin: APGN | |
| ISIN | IE00BXC8D038 |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | Dublin, Ireland (1992) |
| Headquarters | Park West, Dublin, Ireland |
Key people |
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| Revenue |  €3.1bn (2019) |
| Website | applegreenstores |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
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]
Applegreen operate their own EV charging subsidiary called Applegreen Electric.[citation needed]
Greenwashing controversies
editIn 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
editIn 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
editOn 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
edit- ^ a b "Applegreen Limited". OpenCorporates. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Applegreen Privacy Policy | Applegreen Ireland". Applegreen. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Applegreen Terms & Conditions | Applegreen Ireland". Applegreen. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Applegreen and M&S Food Announce Exclusive Partnership". Applegreenstores. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Irish to the Core". Applegreen. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Hipwell, Deirdre (3 August 2018). "Applegreen reverses into motorway service area". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Higgs, Larry (25 May 2021). "Company that runs Turnpike, Parkway service areas to be sold for $375M". NJ.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Crider, Johnna (7 December 2020). "How PR Agencies Are Greenwashing The Climate Crisis Via Disinformation Campaigns". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Greenwashing Petrol". The Phoenix. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Applegreen-Washing: Separating Action From Marketing Ploys". IrishEVs. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Applegreen to sell M&S Food products around the country". RTÉ News.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ten dead, including children, after Creeslough blast". RTÉ News. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Mooney, John. "The Sunday Times". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Lally, Conor. "Creeslough tragedy: Explosion experts to be brought in to assist Garda inquiry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Donegal petrol station explosion described by authorities as 'tragic accident'". EchoLive.ie. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
