Applegreen
Choose New Jersey initially met with Applegreen executives on an economic mission to Ireland in 2019. In 2021, the company acquired service stops along major highways in states including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Choose New Jersey worked with company officials to locate their headquarters in New Jersey. In 2022, the major petrol forecourt company made a $126 million investment in New Jersey by relocating its Travel Plaza Headquarters to Glen Rock, New Jersey. The Irish-founded company is redeveloping 21 key service plazas across the state and installing electric vehicle infrastructure throughout the Northeast. The relocation added over 100 new jobs to the state, and the plaza redevelopments will create 800 jobs. Choose New Jersey initially met with Applegreen executives on an economic mission to Ireland in 2019.