APlus

APLUS is a new franchise opportunity that offers convenience stores with or without a fuel station. APLUS' success is fueled by the commitment to provide customers with an outstanding shopping experience and service.

Owning and operating a convenience store can be a profitable business venture, but it can also be time consuming and difficult to get started. Convenience stores are often seen as a high-risk investment, because they require a lot of up-front capital and there is no guarantee that you will make a profit. APLUS is a well-established franchise with over 25 years of experience in the convenience store industry. We provide our franchisees with all the training and support they need to run a successful business. In addition, our stores offer a wide variety of products and services that cater to the needs of today's consumers.

We were formed on December 18, 2015. Our principal business address is 8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75225. We do business under our corporate name. Our agents for service of process are listed in Exhibit E to this disclosure document. We have been offering APLUS franchises since May 1993. We or our affiliates have operated a similar business as the one being offered for over 27 years. We franchise the right to operate a business as a part of the APLUS franchise system which consists of full-line retail grocery convenience stores, with or without gasoline facilities, that offer fast foods, prepackaged foods, beverages, sundries, and other convenience store goods. You may purchase an APLUS convenience store franchise with or without a fueling station. You are not restricted from converting a fueling station to a SUNOCO fueling station after purchase of an APLUS convenience store franchise, or purchasing the rights to an APLUS franchise after initially only purchasing a SUNOCO fueling station franchise. If you choose to operate a SUNOCO fueling station, you will receive a separate SUNOCO fueling station agreement. You must independently qualify to operate each brand, and we reserve the right to deny your application to purchase the remaining brand even if you qualify to franchise the other brand. Our franchisees conduct business primarily under the trade name 'APLUS' and may acquire the right to use the trade name 'SUNOCO', and use other related service marks, trademarks, and logos (collectively, our 'Marks') and our standards, methods, procedures, and specifications as related to each franchise system (our 'System').

We currently offer four types of APLUS franchise options. A leased premises option, which is an APLUS Store leased from the Franchisor, a non-leased option, which is an APLUS Store that you either own or you lease from a third party, and a captive market option, which is an APLUS Store located in a specific venue such as a turnpike, thruway, or toll road. At your option, you may choose to operate a gasoline fueling station that dispenses Sunoco or other branded gasoline at your APLUS Store, but you are not required to do so. The total investment necessary to begin operation of a leased APLUS Store is $229,950 to $427,600. The total investment necessary to begin operation of a non-leased APLUS Store is $490,750 to $1,342,400. The total investment necessary to begin operation of a captive market APLUS Store is $232,450 to $1,639,000. Each investment of a non-captive market franchise, regardless of type, includes the $15,000 that must be paid to the franchisor or an affiliate. With respect to a captive market franchise, regardless of type, may include the supplemental $15,000 to $300,000 that must be paid to the franchisor or an affiliate. We also offer the opportunity to develop multiple APLUS Stores within a specified area. If you are acquiring development rights under a development program, you will sign our development agreement and pay us a development fee equal to $15,000 for the first APLUS Store, plus a deposit of $7,500 for each additional APLUS Store to be developed under the development agreement. The totals described in Item 7 reflect your estimated initial investment for each type of APLUS Store you may develop.