THE lucky winner of a three-minute trolley dash raced around a superstore collecting £300 worth of food for Christmas.

Linda Watson, of Abbot's Road, Colchester, was the winner of the Gazette’s competition at the Tesco Hythe Superstore this morning.

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Ready - The Gazette’s mascot greeting the lucky competition winner Linda Watson ahead of the trolley dash 

With a shopping list written in ink on her hands Linda ran down aisle after aisle with the Gazette’s mascot, two elves, Mrs Christmas and Tesco staff who cheered her on.

She managed to fill three trolleys full of meat, vegetables, laundry products and festive food treats before her time ran out.

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Helping - The Gazette’s team and elves helping Linda with her shopping 

Linda said she was very pleased to find out she was the winner of the competition on Monday. December 11.

She said: “I wanted to plan my three-minute trolley dash so I wrote a shopping list on my hand .

“I shopped for mostly meat and laundry products and had up to £300 to spend in the three minutes.”

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Dash - Linda dashing through the aisles to grab food

The only items she was not allowed to buy were electric, beauty, alcohol, clothing or tobacco products.

Jo Clarke, Tesco community champion, said: “We came up with our own version of supermarket sweep as we thought it would be great for one of our customers to do and enjoy.

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Tills - Linda Watson putting the goods she grabbed through the check-out till at Tesco Hythe Superstore, in Colchester 

“I think it was absolutely amazing for us to give the products away.

“It took place just in time for Christmas.”