All Applegreen articles – Page 6
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Applegreen UK buys 68th site
Applegreen UK, which is currently ranked fifth in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, has acquired its 68th forecourt, in Bath. The latest acquisition is Farleigh Service Station, which was sold by the Bristol office of Christie & Co on behalf of Anthony Ball and his sister Suzanne Rawlinson. Anthony’s ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Applegreen Swaythling Road, Southampton
LOCATION: Swaythling, to the east of Southampton, has lots and lots of households with lots of motors, but only a few superstores, service stations and convenience stores. So, great potential for the Applegreen-branded service station near West End and close to a roundabout on the busy A27 that threads through ...
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Mad Max claims dismissed by Applegreen
Media claims that a masked biker gang rampaged over Applegreen’s forecourt site in Streatham, south London, in scenes likened to a Mad Max film, have been dismissed by Applegreen’s UK boss Michael O’Loughlin. Although some fuel and drinks and snacks were stolen he described it as “a storm in ...
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Applegreen pushes sales up 16%
Applegreen has revealed sales up 16% to 517m in its first set of results since its flotation in June. For the six months ended June 30 it also pushed up EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) up 42% to 10.7m. During the period it added 23 sites across ...
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Applegreen sales up 16% for half year
Applegreen has revealed sales up 16% to €517m in its first set of results since its flotation in June. For the six months ended June 30 it also pushed up EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) up 42% to €10.7m. During the period it also added 23 sites ...
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Applegreen adds noodle bar
Applegreen has opened a Chopstix Noodle bar at its site at Jobstown, in the suburb of Tallaght, in the Republic of Ireland, taking the total on Applegreen sites to five. The opening means there are now 51 Chopstix Noodle Bars across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. ...
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NewsApplegreen flotation raises £66.9m
Applegreen plc has raised £66.9m through the flotation of the company. At the end of the May Applegreen announced that it intended to float the business to raise funds for expansion and upgrades to existing sites.At the same time it renamed the company, using its Applegreen brand name, so Petrogas ...
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NewsApplegreen flotation raises £66.9m
Applegreen plc has raised £66.9m through the flotation of the company. At the end of the May the company announced that it intended to float the business to raise funds for expansion and upgrades to existing sites. At the same time it renamed the company, using its Applegreen brand name, ...
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High demand at Applegreen motorway site
Applegreen’s new service station on the M2 motorway in Northern Ireland has proved such a success since it opened on April 8 that they have had to increase staff by 25% to cope with demand. Since it opened an average of 3,500 people have visited the £6.25m development on the ...
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Noodle bar opens at Applegreen site
Petrogas Group has opened an Oriental quick service restaurant chain franchise at an Applegreen site in Ireland, and has confirmed it will be opening at one of its UK sites too. Chopstix Group UK, which has a current UK estate of 45 restaurants, has launched its first restaurant in Galway, ...
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Applegreen opens 50th site and plans for more
Applegreen has now grown to 50 sites in the UK following the acquisition of the lease on a petrol station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.The deal means it has more than doubled the number of its UK sites since the 2013 Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, when it had 23 sites.Michael O’Loughlin, ...
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NewsApplegreen reaches 50 sites in UK
Applegreen has now grown to 50 sites in the UK following the acquisition of the lease on a petrol station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The deal means it has more than doubled the number of its UK sites since the 2013 Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies when it had 23 sites. ...
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NewsApplegreen lines up 10 new sites for 2014
Applegreen is due to add a further 10 sites to its estate during 2014, according to managing director Michael O’Loughlin. Writing in the annual report of its parent company, Petrogas Global, O’Loughlin said the company had also commenced a site development programme that would comprise a number of innovations associated ...
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Applegreen development under way
Petrogas Global, trading as Applegreen, has started work on the first two of its four motorway service areas in Northern Ireland which, when completed, will represent a total investment of £25m and the creation of 250 permanent jobs.The first two ’super service areas’ are between junctions four and five on ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Applegreen, Petrogas, High St, Uckfield, East Sussex
LOCATION: At the southern end of Uckfield is a Petrogas Applegreen site. This was the first Applegreen to introduce a Subway store and a new store design. I was interested to see it now, after about a year of trading. FORECOURT: The pole with the distinctive Applegreen logo shows ...
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Applegreen sites receive high-speed rebranding
Sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata has carried out a rebranding programme for 12 Co-op sites acquired by Applegreen and says the contract set new UK standards. "A normal site rebranding will take maybe a week to 10 days, depending on the size of the site, the scope of ...
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Applegreen reaches 40
Applegreen has nearly doubled the size of its UK operation increasing the number of its sites from 22 to 40, and is already looking for its next 10 sites according to managing director Michael O’Loughlin.He said the acquisitions were not the result of a single deal but of several which ...
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Applegreen adds 18 sites
Applegreen has nearly doubled the size of its UK operation increasing its sites from 22 to 40, and is already looking for its next 10 acquisitions, according to Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of Applegreen’s brand owner Petrogas UK. He said the acquisitions were not the result of a single deal ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month: Applegreen Fairies Cross, Oakpark Road, Tralee, Co Kerry
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Applegreen Fairies Cross is located in the Republic of Ireland on the outskirts of Tralee, the county town of County Kerry. It is a corner site with a lot of passing traffic and is near the Kerry Technology Park and the Tralee Pitch & Putt Club. The distinctive ...
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Opening of first Subway outlet in Applegreen partnership
The Subway brand has announced the opening of its first UK store in partnership with Ireland’s leading independent forecourt retailer, Applegreen. The store has opened in one of Applegreen’s leading service station locations in Uckfield, East Sussex. There are currently more than 1,600 Subway stores in the UK and Ireland, ...