Apache Pizza
Irish pizza chain
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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 Pizza is the trading name of The Good Food Company.[2][3] As of 2025, it has over 200 restaurants throughout the island of Ireland. Apache is Ireland's largest pizza chain. Its managing director is Derek Mulligan.[4][3]
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| Industry | Restaurants |
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| Founded | October 10, 1996 in Dublin |
| Founders | Robert Pendleton |
| Headquarters | Balbriggan, , |
Number of locations | 200+ restaurants[1] (2023) |
Area served | Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland |
Key people |
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| Products | Pizza |
Number of employees |
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| Website | apache |
Expansion
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 disenfranchised 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]
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