Jordan Laidler got an early birthday present from Co-op as the grand winner of a 2024 Chevy Colorado in the Lloydminster and District Co-op's 110th anniversary truck giveaway.
The lucky rancher from Frenchman Butte was the most fortunate of the12 finalists on hand who each walked away with fabulous prize packages at the draw finale at the Southview Car Wash and Liquor store. The fun took place outdoors the evening of Oct. 16 with lots of spectators on hand.
"I feel like I'm kind of dreaming still. I don't know, I'm just shaking," said Jordan as reality set in.
He fell to his knees the moment his name was called covering his head with his hands in disbelief.
"I'm a rancher so...I'm in shock," he blurted out.
Meanwhile, his wife Meggan with the couple's four kids at her side was just as excited, calling it a great 40th birthday present for her husband.
He turns 40 in two weeks," she said.
She also noted they currently drive a Dodge and joked, "so we switched over" to a Chevy.
"We can put it to good use and we really appreciate it. It's been so exciting and for a local business like this to put it on, we really appreciate it. What a cool community thing to get excited about," she said.
The grand prize draw was a nail biter with Jordan and Doris Hillgardner from Lloydminster being the last two remaining entries in the draw prize bin.
Co-op CEO Peter Brown outlined the process in advance, explaining the second last prize is the truck and last prize is fuel for a year worth $5,200.
As for Hillgardner, she was holding out hope for the truck, but thankful for the year of free fuel too.
"That's so awesome, eh. That's a lot. I might not be able to use it all, but I might give some of it away," she said.
As for her fleeting dreams of the truck she said, "Ooh that's a pretty red, but this is good. This is awesome. All the gifts are great."
Brown says the event started on Sept. 1 with anyone who bought $25 or more groceries from Co-op food stores in Lloydminster and Neilberg having a chance to enter.
Brown estimated the Co-op averaged about 800 entries a day.
"It was an amazing response after the cyber incident we experienced (in July) with some of the shortages in our food store," he said.
He noted the draw helped to rebound sales quite a bit too.
"Each week, it reset," he said.
"We drew two names each week and ended up with 12 finalists. We have 12 prize packages that we're going to be going through," he told the outdoor gathering.
He said they range from $1,500 in value and they get bigger and bigger including a $4,000 patio pack as the third prize up the second last prize — the truck valued at around $57,000.
Brown noted the Co-op purchased all of the prizes and the truck from Ulmer Chevrolet.
Read more: Co-op’s Fuel Good Day Tuesday
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