Founded in 1996 by Robert Pendleton and his wife Emily Gore Grimes, Apache is the trading name of The Good Food Company.

[4][3] 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.

[9][10] In 2014, Fox News listed Apache as one of the best pizza chains in the world.