Defining Roadside Hospitality

Applegreen is a leading roadside retailer in Ireland, the UK and the United States.

Founded in Dublin in 1992, we now operate more than 600 locations in our three markets, including 200 larger-scale Motorway Service Areas and Travel Plazas.

Who we are

Sustainability

Fuelled by sustainability

At Applegreen, Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) is embedded in everything we do to drive change and leave a positive legacy for future generations.

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Travelling at scale

We have divisions, covering our three markets of Ireland, the UK and the US and our Applegreen Electric subsidiary, which provides more than one million charging sessions per year to EV customers.

Our businesses include large-scale food and beverage operations, convenience stores, and roadside refuelling, including EV charging options. We also operate several other ancillary businesses, such as hotels, commercial fuel supply and aircraft refuelling.

People: 18,000+

Sites: 600+

Regions: 3

Our Brand Partnerships

We partner with a large number of high-quality international brands, including but not limited to, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King, Shake Shack, KFC, Chick-Fil-A, Subway, Greggs, 7-Eleven, and Chopstix. We also operate our own proprietary brands, Bakewell and Braeburn coffee.

1992

First store opens on Sarsfield Road in Dublin. Steady growth for the first number of years across Ireland

2005

Applegreen brand is born

2008

Applegreen expands to the UK

2009

The Applegreen Charitable Fund launches and our distribution centre opens

2010

First 6 Motorway Service Areas open in Ireland and Applegreen begins partnerships with brands such as Burger King and Costa

2013

Four Motorway Service Areas open in Northern Ireland and Applegreen launches its own food brand offering The Bakewell

2014

Applegreen expands to the US, with first sites opening in New York. Fuel Card and Dealer offers launch

2015

Applegreen goes Public and completes successful IPO on the Irish & London Stock exchange

2017

Applegreen acquires the Joint Fuel Terminal in Ireland, Brandi Group (US), and Carsley Group (UK)

2018

UK Expansion - Applegreen acquires UK MSA operator Welcome Break expanding it’s portfolio to include hotels

2019

10 year anniversary of the charitable fund and the launch of its airline refuelling business in Ireland

2020

Applegreen Graduate Programme is launched

2021

Applegreen is taken private by original founders and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Further expansion to the US Market through acquisition of HMS Host and New York State Thruway Service Areas PPP. Applegreen Electric established as a subsidiary of Applegreen Limited.

2022

Launch of the Marks and Spencer partnership in Ireland

2023

Launch of new own brand, Braeburn Café.