Apache Pizza

Apache Pizza

Industry	Restaurants
Founded	October 10, 1996;28 years ago (1996-10-10) in Dublin
Founders	Robert Pendleton
Headquarters	Balbriggan, Dublin , Ireland
Number of locations	200+ restaurants [1]  (2023)
Area served	Ireland
Key people	Martin Lyons (Managing Director John O'Connor (Chief Financial Officer) Jordan Pendleton (Chief Technical Officer) Crispin McLaughlin (Chief Operating Officer)
Products	Pizza
Number of employees	3,000 (2023) 1,000 (2016)
Website	apache.ie

Apache Pizza is a chain of fast food pizza delivery restaurants in Ireland. Founded in 1996 by Robert Pendleton and his wife Emily Gore Grimes, Apache is the trading name of The Good Food Company. ^{[2] [3]} As of 2023, it has 200 restaurants throughout the island of Ireland. Apache is Ireland's largest pizza chain. Its Managing Director is Martin Lyons. ^{[4] [3]}

Expansion

Apache pizza headquarters

In 2015, Apache signed an agreement with Marvin.ie, an online fast food order service similar to Just Eat. ^{[4] [5] [6]} As of 2012, the company employs over 800 people and manufactures more than 160,000 pizza dough balls per month. ^[3]

In March 2018, Spanish restaurant chain Telepizza announced a joint venture with Irish Burger King franchise arm OKR to purchase a majority share of the company. ^[7]

Eskimo Pizza

Eskimo Pizza was formed by a group of ex-Apache franchisees in 2020. ^[8] As of April 2021, there were 18 outlets. Since then, new branches have opened in Galway and Grand Parade, Cork. ^{[9] [10]}

Awards

In 2014, Fox News listed Apache as one of the best pizza chains in the world. ^[11] Just Eat named Apache as Ireland's best takeaway in 2015. ^[12]

References

1. O'Callaghan, Gavin (25 July 2023). "Apache Pizza to create 50 new jobs, opens 200th store in Ireland". RTÉ News . Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. "The Good Food Company Ltd - Irish Company Info". SoloCheck.ie. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
3. "Apache Pizza celebrates expansion which will take place over the next ten months". DundalkDemocrat.ie . Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
4. Murphy, Mark (9 April 2015). "Marvin.ie Takes Pizza The Action With Apache Deal". FFT.ie. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
5. "Bono invests in TPG fund". Independent.ie . 13 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
6. Hynes, Robert (2 June 2015). "Marvin.ie: New online takeaway service launches to rival Just-Eat.ie". IrishMirror.ie . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
7. Staff, Fora (2 March 2018). "A Spanish takeaway giant has splashed out €10.7m for a big slice of Apache Pizza". TheJournal.ie .
8. O'Callaghan, Gavin (20 April 2021). "Irish pizza chain to open restaurant on Cork's Grand Parade". Cork Beo .
9. McCarron, Jamie (27 July 2024). "New Galway pizza shop opens as affordable chain takes over the country". GalwayBeo .
10. Heylin, Liam (6 February 2024). "'Cowardly' assault during row over soccer in Cork pizza outlet results in jail for two men". Irish Examiner .
11. "Best pizza chains around the world". Fox News . 18 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
12. "Ireland's Best Takeaways Have Been Announced - Has Your Local Made The Cut? - Her.ie". Her.ie . Retrieved 3 December 2016.