SUPERMARKET staff have scooped £1,000 for being the region's top North Eastern Co-op store.

Manager Tony Robbins of Pelton, near Chester-le-Street, pictured right, picked up the Store of the Year 2000 Award at a conference for Co-op retail staff.

Judges set out to find the top superstore, supermarket and convenience store among 150 operating in the North-East and Cumbria.