A WIDNES woman has won a £50,000 Mercedes thanks to her local SPAR and a famous YouTuber.

Nicola Poland, an NHS 111 telephone operator, was ‘stunned into silence’ when she found out she had won the grand prize.

She first spotted SPAR’s promotion with MrBeast, who is the most subscribed individual YouTuber globally with 204 million subscribers, at the Ditchfield Road store which is just a few minutes away from her house.

Nicola’s nephews are fans of MrBeast and watch all of his YouTube videos, so when they found out the store was stocking his range of Feastable chocolate bars, Nicola’s visits became more frequent.

As the launch of Feastables in SPAR stores resulted in huge demand for the sweet treats, Nicola was one of many also playing the digital Spinner Winner game daily on their smartphones trying to win instant prizes and entries to the grand prize draw.

Runcorn and Widnes World: Nicola in her new car

There were almost 500,000 spins of the digital wheel from SPAR customers, with more than 250,000 entries to the grand prize draw.

A Spinner Winner roadshow also toured the country creating theatre around the campaign, visiting participating SPAR stores where customers had the chance to spin the wheel to win a range of prizes.

Nicola said: “I am absolutely made up to win the car! I don’t really do many promotions, and I only did this because I saw it in the SPAR and thought I would have a go.

"I played daily and most of the time I won grand prize entries never thinking this would happen.

“I had forgotten about it after the campaign came to an end to be honest. I was completely shocked when I received the email, and I thought it was a scam as I had put the wrong mobile number into the form.

“When I took the call, I couldn’t believe it. I think I just went silent on the phone. I then rang around all my friends and family, and they couldn’t believe it either.

“I wouldn’t say I am a car fanatic, but I cannot wait to have a drive in it. It’s such a lovely car.

"Thank you SPAR and thanks very much MrBeast.”

Fiona Drummond, company stores director at James Hall & Co. Ltd, SPAR UK’s primary wholesaler and distributor for the North of England, said: “I would like to congratulate Nicola for being the winner of the grand prize in SPAR’s Spinner Winner campaign with MrBeast.

“The Mercedes is a beautiful car and I really hope Nicola enjoys driving it and getting from A to B in luxury going forward. It was lovely to present her with it in front of her family and be part of such an exciting occasion.

“Spinner Winner was a hugely successful campaign for SPAR, particularly with the younger demographic. It really did bring a point of difference to our stores and enabled us another avenue to connect with the communities that we serve.”