Shopper picks up free car with groceries

Dorothy Monaghan, the winner of a Mazda 2, collects her new car from Masterton Pak'nSave owner Paul de Lara-Bell. PHOTO/LYNDA FERINGA

A Masterton woman has walked away with the keys to a new car worth almost $25,000 after winning a Pak'nSave competition.

Dorothy Monaghan said she could not believe her luck when Pak'nSave staff told her she had won a Mazda 2.

"[I was] amazed, I didn't know what to say. I thought they were having me on -- it was unreal."

She did not usually enter competitions and was shocked to discover she was the winner, she said.

The owner of Masterton Pak'nSave, Paul de Lara-Bell, said he hoped to run a similar competition again.

"It was a joint venture between Unilever and ourselves -- to enter the competition they [customers] had to buy some Unilever products and spend some money in the store," Mr de Lara-Bell, said.

"It was great to see it go to a Masterton person, one of our regular shoppers."