A local retailer is celebrating after scooping £25,000 for his store – as well as £25,000 for a charity close to his heart – through Mondelez International’s independent-only Win-Win campaign.
Kandasamy Mugunthan, who runs Chart Downs News in Dorking, Surrey, found the winning ticket in a case of Curly Wurly that he bought from Booker in September.
Kandasamy has owned Chart Downs News for just over a year and will invest the prize money in the store.
He explained: “We’ve been planning a full refurbishment of the shop since March, but because of Covid-19 we haven’t been able to get it started. This prize will pay for most of that, which is great! We’re now planning to start the refurb in two weeks’ time.”
The Win-Win competition offered independent retailers the chance to win prizes totalling £140,000 by finding special golden tickets inside cases of participating Mondelez products.
As part of the prize, Kandasamy donated £25,000 to Mannar Welfare Association UK, a charity that provides relief to people affected by the war in the Mannar region of Northern Sri Lanka.
A spokesperson for the charity said: “We are very much humbled by this gift. We will be able to expand our projects thanks to this timely donation, helping so many more needy people in the Mannar district of Sri Lanka. We thank Mr. Kanadasamy Mugunthan for nominating our charity and we wish him success in his business.”
In addition to the overall £25,000 winner, a further four retailers walked away with prizes of £2,500 for themselves and their stores, and £2,500 for charity.
Susan Nash, Trade Communications Manager for Mondelez International, commented: “It’s fantastic to see our amazing Win-Win competition won by a forward-looking independent retailer who will use the cash prize to improve his store for his customers.”
“It’s also great that so many brilliant and worthy charities, close to the hearts of great local retailers, will benefit from their share of the prizes from all of our winners.”
