Unitas competition winners get £5,000 to spend at Dhamecha

Grand prize winners Maria and Agnelo De Souza (centre) with Unitas category controller Mark Langohr (left) and Graham Beach of Dhamecha.

Unitas has announced the grand prize winners of its Plan for Profit ‘Spin to Win’ competition, held in the run-up to Christmas.

On the Plan for Profit website, retailers could spin the wheel every day between 1 and 24 December to win one of six instant prizes, which included £20 and £50 Amazon vouchers, as well as being entered into the draw to win the grand prize of £5,000 to spend at their local Unitas member wholesale depot.

The grand prize winners were husband-and-wife retail duo Agnelo and Maria De Souza, who run Trinity Food & Wine in Basildon. They won a £5,000 spending spree at Dhamecha.

Rather than simply spending the money on stock, Agnelo and Maria decided to use the prize to give something back to their local community. “We will spend the prize money on stock for the store, and to support our customers and the community, we will offer cheaper prices on the products we buy. We will also support our local food banks by buying and donating products,” said Agnelo De Souza.

Claire Taylor, digital marketing manager at Unitas, said: “We’re thrilled to present Agnelo and Maria with their prize. They have been customers of Dhamecha for a long time and they entered the competition every single day, so it is fantastic to hand over their prize.

“To hear that they will be spending the money in a way that benefits their customers and those in the local area is so heartwarming and really reflects the essential role that independent retailers play at the very heart of their communities.”

The ‘Spin to Win’ competition was run in 2025 for the first time and received more than 3,400 entries. A total of 144 instant prizes were won.