A 19-year old from Hadashville was the $35,000 grand prize winner of the Co-op Fuel-Up-Tp-Win online contest.

Mathew Shendroski says he had filled up his truck at the Co-op on the corner of Brandt Street and Reimer Avenue in Steinbach and was driving away when he received a call, which he pulled over to answer.

"It was a Toronto number and I wasn't really sure I should answer it, but then I was like, you know what, I'll just answer it. The guy told me and I was super pumped. I went home, told my sister, she was crying, it was great."

Shendroski says he will give part of the $35,000 prize to his mom and sister, then save the rest and decide how to spend it at a later date.

Ste. Anne Co-op general manager Henry Nickel says there were thousands of entries from across western Canada and it's exciting to see the winner is a local Southeast customer.

Nickel notes there have been several other prizes won in the Southeast of varying values, but this is the biggest prize presented in this area.