Sunshine Foods

Jitney Jungle
In 1944, L.D. "Sunshine" Lewis, after given the green light by the Jitney Jungle Company in Jackson, Mississippi, founded the Panama City branch of the supermarket, opening seven stores. In 1953, he named his side of the operation "Sunshine Grocery Co., Inc.".

1958-1966
After moving from his first location at Harrison Avenue and 7th Street down to around 1500 Harrison Avenue, a new sign was installed. This location, called the "Sputnik" because of its' mid-century signage. The sign, measuring 52 feet from base to tip, showed an impressive display of lights at night, and not only became a local landmark, but served as the Panama City company's print logo.

Sunshine Food Stores
In 1966, after slowly drifting away from the main Jitney Jungle company, L.D. Lewis decided to rebrand all seven of the stores under the "Sunshine Food Stores" label.

1966-1971
Differently shaded versions of the same logo were used at random in print advertisements.