Sunshine Gasoline Distributors

Sunshine Gasoline Distributors Inc., owned by Cuban-American Maximo Alvarez, owns 404 convenience stores, up from 395 sites a year ago. A company representative tells CSP all of the company’s new sites came through acquisitions. While most of Sunshine's c-stores are unbranded, its gasoline brands include Shell, Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, Marathon and CITGO.In January 2021, Sunshine Gasoline Distributors began offering a subscription program for unlimited car washes. The Max Car Wash mobile app program was developed and is powered by Liquid Barcodes, a loyalty and digital marketing platform for convenience-store retailers.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2022.