Choppies gives away biggest Big Birthday Bonanza prize
Afirst Choppies Big Birthday Bonanza ultimate prize was won on Friday (January 26, 2024) during the competition grand finale draw held in Gaborone. The competition marked its 20th anniversary and it began October 18, 2023 and ended on January 6, 2024. To mark two decades of massive prize away, the local retail availed just over P6million to be won in prizes.
Choppies’ 20th Big Birthday Bonanza for the first time in the competition history had an ultimate grand prize of a luxurious new Mercedes Benz C-200. This is in addition to the five Nissan Navara cars won. Three customers won P500 vouchers per store each week through duration of the competition. One lucky customer also walked with a P2,000 voucher in each on every month of the competition. On Friday in the grand finale draw, 97 lucky customers walked with P15,000 while 20 lucky staff members pocketed P10,000.
The nation for a moment on Friday glued to various social media platforms while some stood by their mobile phones in anticipation to be called as the grand prize winner or at least among the over 100 prize winners in the grand finale draw. It was one lucky customer, Dimpho Rabasimane from
Molapowabojang was drawn as the winner of the brand new Mercedes Benz C-200 car. A quintet of Kagiso Tshekega, Masego Mashokgo, Taita Tjaja, Constance Mabilo and Onneile Keaboletse, each walked away with brand new Nissan Navara vans. Speaking at the grand finale draw, Choppies’ chief executive officer, Ramachandran Ottapathu said the competition was given a better a flavour this year to express gratitude to the loyal customers. He was delighted that this year’s edition also recorded the highest number as the competition it the 20-year mark. Ottapathu was also thankful to Choppies’ suppliers who had partnered with the retail giant for this edition of the competition. Over 20 brands were in partnership with Choppies for this edition and Ottapathu said this shows the trust and belief they have on Choppies and was grateful that it continues to contribute a lot in to the retail store’s growth and the growth of the competition itself.
The Choppies Big Birthday Bonanza started in 2003 then with just one car to be won. The competition has massively grown over the past 20 years as Choppies has given away 256 vehicles and prizes exceeds the P100million mark in worth.