Sunshine Market history

In 1932, Sercl opened his second Sunshine location at the corner of 11th Street and Grange Avenue.

The new building was opened in October 1934 and featured a lamella roof — an arched roof made up of criss-crossing timbers.

The fourth Sunshine store opened at 12th Street and First Avenue in November 1937.

Of little note at the time, but of great importance to us, it was also in 1938 that Peter Parley Wynn moved to Naples and purchased the small Bayview Inn, located in what is now the Crayton Cove business district at the base of the Naples City Docks.

In 1944, they had Harold Spitznagel design a warehouse for them near 15th Street and Sixth Avenue.

There were no new Sunshine stores in Sioux Falls until 1952.

Sunshine Suprex was opened in 1953 next door on 5th Avenue.

In 1964, Don Wynn brought even more convenient shopping to Naples with the construction of a large building on the entire block between 1 st Ave and 2 nd Ave, fronting on the west side of US 41.

In 1977, shortly after The Empire Mall was built, Sunshine opened a store at 41st and Louise.

As the years went by, the Wynn's expanded their businesses to include grocery and hardware stores in Naples , Bonita Springs , and Golden Gate . In 1985, Don Wynn sold several of the grocery stores to the Kroger company and shifted more of his time and attention to golf and fishing.