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Feastables

Feastables is Jimmy Donaldson's confectionery company: launched as a three-bar online promotion in 2022, rebuilt for mass retail in 2024 and reported $215 million of net revenue that year.[1][5]

Public launch
29 Jan 2022[1]
Founder
Jimmy Donaldson[1]
Operating leader
Michelle St. Jacques[16]
Parent
Beast Industries[4]
Last updated
21 Jul 2026

Feastables began as a MrBeast video made physical. Four years later, it is a substantial consumer-goods operation with mass retail distribution, a dedicated team and reported annual sales in the hundreds of millions.

The company's early advantage was immediate demand. Jimmy Donaldson could introduce a product to an audience that most new food brands would spend years and large marketing budgets trying to reach. Feastables paired that reach with experienced consumer operators, contract manufacturing and national retailers. Beast Industries kept majority ownership rather than collecting a licensing fee for the MrBeast name.[1][4][2]

Private investor materials reported by Bloomberg and Business Insider place 2024 net revenue at $215 million, sales at about $250 million and profit above $20 million. More recent internal data show that US unit growth continued at a slower rate through 2025, moving the company's focus from explosive launch demand toward repeat purchases.[4][5]

2024 net revenue
$215M
Investor-deck figure reported by Business Insider[5]
2024 sales
About $250M
Separate investor materials reported by Bloomberg[4]
2024 profit
$20M+
Reported from investor materials by Bloomberg[4]
Initial financing
$5M
Reported direct Feastables round at a $50 million valuation[6]

The product launched as entertainment

Feastables went public on 29 January 2022 with three MrBeast Bars: Original Chocolate, Almond Chocolate and Quinoa Crunch Chocolate. The launch announcement promised more than $1 million of prizes, hid codes in packaging and gave ten winners a chance to compete in a video for a chocolate factory. A purchase was also an entry into a game.[1]

Donaldson was named founder and creative visionary. Jim Murray, previously president of RXBAR, was recruited to lead strategy, and Night's team incubated the business. Initial distribution combined Feastables' own website with Walmart.com and rapid delivery through Gopuff. Reporting later that year said the company sold more than $10 million of chocolate in its first few months.[1][6][7]

The 2024 reset changed the proposition

The launch formula did not survive unchanged. In Night founder Reed Duchscher's account, the team spent eight months rebuilding the brand, recipe and physical mould. He said the original dark-chocolate formula had a restricted supply base and did not test well enough on taste. The replacement was creamier and softer; the bar became thicker to reduce breakage; and the mould used easier break points.[8]

The shelf identity changed with it. Blue Feastables branding became dominant while MrBeast moved from product name to endorsement. The original pitch had centred on a short ingredient list and Donaldson's identity. The new system had to compete on taste, texture and shelf recognition after the first wave of audience curiosity.

Chocolate bars

The core line now includes familiar milk, dark, peanut-butter and flavoured formats under the Feastables shelf identity.

Filled cups

Peanut-butter and hazelnut cups extend the brand within chocolate confectionery.

Sour gummies

A non-chocolate format tests whether the Feastables name can travel across snack categories.

Chocolate milk

A refrigerated beverage adds a different supply chain and retail occasion.

Licensed products

Super Mario Galaxy products show Feastables using entertainment licensing beyond MrBeast's own identity.

Feastables' current US store shows how the business has moved beyond a single chocolate-bar line into cups, gummies and snack products, giving the company more reasons to occupy shelf space and more products to place inside Beast Industries content.[3]

A creator brand with a physical supply chain

Feastables does not publish a complete manufacturing map. Shipping records identify Peru's Machu Picchu Foods as a supplier, and historical Walmart material described the bars as products of Peru. Machu Picchu Foods markets itself as a private-label and co-manufacturing supplier of conventional, organic and fair-trade chocolate.[9][10][11][22]

That model differs from MrBeast Burger, where a licensed ghost-kitchen network fulfilled restaurant orders under Donaldson's name. Donaldson later sued the operator after complaints about food quality. Feastables still relies on outside production and distribution, but its own organisation manages the packaged-goods specifications, inventory and retailer relationships. Bloomberg reported about 100 people working on Feastables in September 2025 and said the division was run from Chicago.[21][2]

Beast Industries' majority ownership gives the parent exposure to Feastables' operating profit and long-term equity value. It also places inventory, commodity pricing, production quality and retailer relationships inside the same company rather than leaving MrBeast as a licensor.[4]

Retail turned a launch channel into a business

Walmart was the first major US bridge between Donaldson's online reach and a physical chocolate aisle. Target, 7-Eleven and other large chains followed. International expansion proceeded market by market, with different retailers and sometimes different product selections.[1][5][3]

MarketNamed channels
United StatesFeastables.com, Walmart, Target, 7-Eleven and other major retailers
United KingdomSPAR and Asda at the 2023 launch
GermanyEDEKA, Netto and Marktkauf from September 2024
CanadaLoblaws-group banners, Shoppers Drug Mart and other listed retailers
AustraliaBig W, Kmart, Coles Express and other listed retailers
[12][13][14][15]

Donaldson can create awareness at a scale few young food brands can match, and Feastables has repeatedly turned product launches into entertainment. Retail made that attention useful beyond a launch day. Walmart and later chains let customers buy without visiting a creator's website, while shelf space made repeat purchase, availability and taste more important than the original promotion.

Feastables became profitable at scale

Investor materials reported by Bloomberg and Business Insider provide the clearest public view of Feastables' financial development.

MeasureFigureSource and meaning
2024 net revenue$215MFebruary 2025 investor deck reported by Business Insider; after distribution costs, discounts and promotional expenses
2024 salesAbout $250MSeparate investor documents reported by Bloomberg; accounting definition not published
2024 profitMore than $20MSame Bloomberg-reported materials; profit definition not published
2025 net revenue$375M forecastHistorical forecast from the February 2025 deck, not a reported achieved result
[4][5]

Later evidence shows a business that was still growing, but at a slower rate. Business Insider reported from a May 2026 internal deck that US sales volume grew 13% in 2025, after 33% growth in 2024. Units through major retail and convenience channels rose from 7.6 million in 2024 to 8.6 million in 2025 and 8.8 million in the 52 weeks through March 2026. Those figures cover selected US channels, not total global sales.[5]

Beast Industries owns the operating business

Bloomberg identifies Beast Industries as the majority owner of Feastables. That structure distinguishes the company from a celebrity licensing arrangement and gives the wider MrBeast group a direct interest in the consumer brand's profits and value.[4]

Jan 2022

Feastables financing

$5M

Reported direct financing at a $50 million valuation from investors including 776, Shrug Capital and Sugar Capital.[6][7]

Michelle St. Jacques joined in early 2026 as president of Beast Industries' consumer-goods division, which she identifies as Feastables. Jeffrey Housenbold has led the parent as chief executive since 2024.[16][2]

How Feastables changed its cocoa sourcing

Feastables announced in September 2024 that it had joined Tony's Open Chain after discussions beginning the previous October and an agreement signed in March. The programme applies five sourcing principles around traceability, price, long-term relationships, cooperative strength and productivity.[17][20]

In April 2025, Feastables said 100% of the cocoa in its chocolate came from Fairtrade-certified cooperatives. Its current sourcing page says it purchases all cocoa on Fairtrade terms, pays the living-income reference price or the market price when higher, and works exclusively with farms using child-labour monitoring and remediation systems.[18][19]

The sourcing programme gives Feastables an operating commitment that reaches beyond creator marketing. It also links the brand's future margins and supply decisions to the economics of the cocoa producers on which its core range depends.

The next stage depends on repeat purchase

Feastables now has a dedicated operating team, international retail distribution, a multi-product range and reported annual sales in the hundreds of millions. The 2024 reformulation showed a willingness to rebuild the product after launch, while the latest unit data show why that work matters. Its next stage depends on customers choosing the products after the MrBeast promotion has passed.

Sources

22 named records

Figures and consequential claims link directly to the supporting record.

  1. 1
    Feastables via PR NewswireCompany announcement · 29 Jan 2022
    MrBeast launches better-for-you snacking brand Feastables

    Launch date, products, distribution, sweepstakes, founder role, Jim Murray and Night incubation.

  2. 2
    Bloomberg BusinessweekReported · 22 Sept 2025
    MrBeast on his quest to turn YouTube fame into an entertainment empire

    Operating structure, headcount, parent leadership and parent financing.

  3. 3
    FeastablesPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
    Feastables US store

    Current range and naming on the access date.

  4. 4
    BloombergReported · 11 Mar 2025
    MrBeast makes more money from chocolate than videos

    About $250 million of 2024 sales, more than $20 million of profit and majority ownership, reported from investor documents.

  5. 5
    Business InsiderReported · 10 Jul 2026
    Feastables growth slows as the chocolate brand's sugar rush fades

    Investor-deck net revenue, historical forecast, selected-channel unit data and leadership changes.

  6. 6
    AxiosReported · 25 Oct 2022
  7. 7
    The InformationReported · 9 May 2022
  8. 8
    Night LightReported · 1 Jan 2024
    The future of Feastables

    Participant account by Night founder Reed Duchscher of the 2024 product and brand reset.

  9. 9
    ImportGeniusReported · 21 Jul 2026
  10. 10
    Machu Picchu FoodsPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
  11. 11
    RPPReported · 16 Jun 2025
  12. 12
    SPAR ScotlandCompany announcement · 10 Jul 2023
  13. 13
    EDEKACompany announcement · 9 Sept 2024
  14. 14
    FeastablesPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
  15. 15
    FeastablesPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
  16. 16
    LinkedInPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
    Michelle St. Jacques

    Participant-stated current role, corroborated by Business Insider.

  17. 17
    FeastablesCompany announcement · 24 Sept 2024
  18. 18
    FeastablesCompany announcement · 8 Apr 2025
  19. 19
    FeastablesPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
    Feastables ethical sourcing

    Current company commitments, not an independent supply-chain audit.

  20. 20
    Tony's Open ChainPrimary · 21 Jul 2026
  21. 21
    SemaforReported · 6 May 2024
  22. 22
    Walmart BusinessPrimary · 21 Jul 2026