Lucky Gulf customer wins unique MINI Cooper

Gulf customer, Ian Jackson, who lives in Denny, Falkirk, recently received fantastic news that he won the star prize in Gulf’s recent forecourt promotion, a brand new Mini Cooper. 

Ian collected his fabulous new Mini Cooper, liveried in the iconic blue and orange Gulf branding, from his local Gulf forecourt - Haugh’s Filling Station - on Glasgow Road, Denny, where his winning entry was purchased.

On Friday 20 November 2015, Ian was handed his keys and official documentation from Gulf representative, Colin Levy, watched by staff from Haugh’s Filling Station.  To enter the competition, Ian purchased £25 of fuel, after which he entered his receipt details into the competition website.  To claim his prize Ian produced the receipt selected in the random draw to validate his win.

Ian commented, “I’ve never won anything before so, when I received the call initially, I almost didn’t believe it.  Haugh's is my local filling station, just half a mile from my home, which I drive past on the way into work.  Once the competition opened, I changed my usual £50 weekly refuel to a £25 twice-weekly refill, just so I could enter multiple times.  I’m so pleased that I didn’t throw away the receipt, as I wouldn’t own this car if I had!  I’ll be chuffed to bits driving around in the Gulf livery; I’ll be the only person in the country with a car like this, which is pretty special. 

“I’m really grateful to Gulf for running this promotion; I’ve been on a high since I learnt I’d won.  Plus, since Haugh’s moved to Gulf, there’s been a noticeable improvement at the site; for me the opening hours are more favourable, plus the staff working there are always friendly.”

Colin Levy, Retail Operations Manager at Certas Energy (which markets fuel under the Gulf brand in Britain), commented, “It’s one of the perks of my job to notify a customer that they’ve won a fantastic prize such as this.  Everyone working at Haugh’s is chuffed that the winning fuel receipt was purchased at their site.  A big ‘thank you’ goes to Londis also, which generously donated this superb hamper to Ian also.

“Since moving from Esso to Gulf last year we’ve introduced a number of benefits to customers such as this kind of competition, which we now run up to four times a year now.  Every time we give away a prize like this we get a great response from customers and a notable increase in fuel and shop sales.  Our next promotion is to win a holiday to California, now that’s one I think everyone in the country would love to win!”

The timing of this competition is particularly relevant to Gulf as it concludes just as the new ‘The Man & Le Man’ film is released in cinemas across the country.  Racing fans will know the original Le Mans film from 1971, where Steve McQueen drives a Gulf car in the infamous 24-hour Le Mans race. Containing new, previously unseen, footage from the 1971 filming, the new film once again highlights the history and significance of the Gulf brand in the fuel industry.

Synonymous with style, this special Mini Cooper is decked out in Gulf’s iconic blue, white and orange livery.  Look out for the next Gulf promotion which launches at participating Gulf forecourts across the country on 23 November 2015, and runs for two months before the winner is selected at random at the end of January.

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