Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) & Pub Sector 

Apache Pizza to open 20 new Irish stores as takeaway business booms 

Business Post – 02.06.2021 

Apache Pizza said it planned to create 300 new jobs across Ireland in the next six months as it opens 20 new stores. The expansion will bring the total number employed by the chain to 2,740 across 190 stores and comes following the opening of 13 new stores and 195 new jobs in 2020. The new jobs will include roles as supervisors, managers, customer service representatives and delivery couriers, with Apache also seeking new franchisees. “Our online sales have grown by 12 per cent because we invested in making online ordering easier and more accessible prior to Covid-19,” Martin Lyons, Chief Executive, said. “We capitalised on that throughout the pandemic as people spent more time at home and ordered-in.” 

JD Wetherspoon to start work on €3.8m Waterford pub 

Propel Info News – 15.06.2021 

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to start development work on its new pub in Waterford. Work will begin on the new pub in Arundel Street/Broad Street on Monday, 28 June, with the pub set to open on Tuesday, 14 December. A total of €3.8m will be invested in the development of the pub, which is being built on the site of a former bank and ladies’ clothing shop. The site had been empty since December 2014. The pub, which will be named The Arundel Gate, will create 70 jobs. The two-storey pub will feature two enclosed courtyard terraced gardens, as well as an open kitchen.