Lottery Winner, 63, Had Three Minutes To Fill His Grocery Cart With Free Goods

Jeff Marsten throws a steak into his cart at the start of the Virginia Lottery’s prize grab. PHOTO: Suzanne Carr Rossi

It’s a novel idea. You have three minutes to fill your grocery cart up to the prize value of $750. But the Virginia Lottery’s Mega Grocery Shopping Dash was a painful time for winner Jeff Marsten of Stafford County. He had injured his back in a car crash on Friday.

The Weis Markets store on Deacon Rd in Fredericksburg, Stafford, VA, where Jeff Marsten won his groceries.

However, it didn’t stop him grabbing $542 worth of groceries in the dash. The game was inspired by “Supermarket Sweep,” a TV game show that featured a live, timed race through a supermarket.

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