Youngsters have been queuing up to cash in on Kelvin Bygrave's KitKat bonanza - as the wacky businessman is giving away 27,000 of them.
Dig in - Kelvin Bygrave gives some of his KitKats to pupils from Ranvenscroft Primary School, Clacton. Picture: STEVE BRADING 40927-b
Entrepreneur Mr Bygrave bought £3,000 of the chocolate bars in the hope of driving off in a new £12,000 car in Nestle's latest promotion KitKash.
Bidders fight it out on the internet with points allotted with each pack of bars.
But Mr Bygrave, who doesn't even like KitKats, decided rather than eat them all or try to resell them, he would give the bars away to youth groups, schools and nurseries.
Mr Bygrave, 43, of Frinton, who is chairman of Walton Town Football Club, said: "This way everyone is a winner."
Mr Bygrave and his wife, Katrina, 49, spent much of the weekend taking off the main wrappers to see how many points they had been allotted. The result of the next auction should be known by the end of the week.
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Published Tuesday, February 8, 2005
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