The MrBeast grocery store finale ended with all four remaining contestants completing the challenge. The advertised $1 million was a shared prize pool. Juan Garcia’s reported cash share was $248,346, according to USA TODAY’s October 3, 2026 interviews with contestants and family members.
MrBeast released Eat Everything In A Grocery Store Win $1,000,000 on October 3. This article contains outcome spoilers. It explains the result and prize calculation; our earlier grocery-store sequel release guide covers the announcement and original cliffhanger.
Featured image: MrBeast in an archival video still dated December 12, 2018, by Leon Lush, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 3.0. The screenshot is displayed at a smaller size; it does not depict the 2026 finale.
Who won the MrBeast grocery store finale?
Garcia and his three fellow finalists succeeded together. Ovaciones’ October 3 report, republished by Guillermo Ortega, identifies the others as Jackson, Rayhon and Eldin. USA TODAY identifies the contestant it interviewed as Reyhan Dzeko; the reports use different spellings of his first name.
That team result matters because the original format rewarded the last person to leave. Once the final four accepted the new offer, staying longer than a teammate was no longer the route to the larger prize. Their task became a cooperative one.
Was it $1 million each or a shared prize?
It was shared. Dividing the headline pool equally among four people gives $250,000 per person before adjustments. That arithmetic is a useful starting point, rather than a verified bank payment for each finalist.
USA TODAY’s report by Moises Mendez II gives Garcia’s cash share as $248,346. It also describes a rule that reduced the prize pool when food spoiled. His reported share is $1,654 below the equal-share starting figure.
The reporting does not establish every contestant’s exact cash payment or anyone’s after-tax take-home amount. Garcia’s figure should therefore not be multiplied by four and presented as an independently verified final total. Nor does the headline justify saying he personally won $1 million.
How the challenge changed after 67 days
The first video, Last To Leave Grocery Store, Wins $250,000, appeared in April. Dexerto’s April 18 coverage describes the turning point on day 67: the remaining four could accept a restocked store and try to eat its food for the larger shared prize.
The offer included beds, a shower, a gym, a personal trainer and a nutritionist. Those details explain why the sequel was a different production from a simple last-to-leave contest: the team had to manage a long stay and a collective food target, rather than just endure until someone else quit.
Filming dates and release date are different
Garcia’s son, Angel Martinez, told USA TODAY that his father entered on January 27 and left on August 16. The report describes a 202-day stay. Counting both the entry and exit dates gives 202 calendar days; the elapsed interval is 201 days.
MrBeast’s October 3 announcement called it his longest challenge and said it lasted over 200 days. The October upload date is consequently the finale’s release date, rather than the date contestants left the store. Separating those dates avoids making the completed challenge sound as though it was still running that weekend.
Watch the official finale
If the player is unavailable, watch the finale on MrBeast’s official YouTube channel. For viewers comparing the two videos, the key change to follow is the switch from individual elimination to a shared target: it explains both the four winners and the gap between the million-dollar headline and an individual payout.
