Taking own food / drinks into cinema

ancasta_2

kynky_kyta_23 wrote: »

what are they spending here money on!!

what a joke!!

Rent, building maintence, staff, bills, utilities, advertising, stock etc. :rolleyes:

With downloading films on the increase and the dreaded credit crunch they have to make their money somewhere.

As long as you dont take the p**s with what you take in, i always take in a bottle of pop or a bag of crisps, just pop them in my handbag and away i go.

But then again, i go on orange 2 for 1 days and use my 'saved' ticket fee to buy OH a hot dog or some popcorn.

belfastgirl23

The main reason I take something in is that they only have those HUGE bags of sweets etc. My problem is that if faced with something like this I keep on eating till I feel slightly sick. And I hate paying £2 when I only really want a quarter of what's in the bag.

Mostly no healthy choices either

January20

Why do people feel the need to eat at the cinema?

I go to watch a film, not to eat junk food and sweets, and sometimes all the munching that goes on can be quite irritating. It looks like people are having a whole meal there: jumbo size cola, nachos and huge cartons of popcorn.

Why can't people just seat there and watch the film?

~Chameleon~

Some of you might not know this but if you are in receipt of DLA, AA or are registered blind you can apply for a pass that will admit a "carer" FREE of charge.

http://www.ceacard.co.uk/

There's no onus to prove the person going with you is actually your carer so basically anyone accompanying you to the cinema will get in free

keelykat

I like to eat a few sweets while watching a film, either at home or at cinema.

I take my own pick n mix in with me though, from morrisons or asda-a hell of a lot cheaper. I usually put them inside my handbag or something.

Was going to say i wouldnt take hot food in with me, but have just remembered when i was 15 me and a mate took a macdonalds in with us (oops) i wouldnt do it now though! i did feel rather guilty!

Nicolefury

You can be asked to leave for taking smelly food in. At the end of the day, they have to protect their own property.

Myamoth

My DD is six, and as far as she's concerned the cinema without popcorn is like Christmas without Santa! We go quite often - making full use of Vue's kiddy screenings for £1.50. I always take my own popcorn and a drink for DD because I simply can't afford the price the cinema charges. As a few other posters have said, I just have a very large handbag :-) I think that's ok as long as you're not taking the mick with hot food etc. If I have to start buying the cinema's popcorn etc. we'll stop going.

basketcase

Nicolefury wrote: »

You can be asked to leave for taking smelly food in. At the end of the day, they have to protect their own property.

True, they do. So why do they also sell (exceedingly) smelly (and horrendously priced) hot dogs? Oh, wait a minute, I think I know the answer to that one!:rolleyes:

My DD occasionally treats us both to a small (also horrendously priced!)popcorn - which is definitely big enough for 2 - but we do take Coke with us. The rest of the time we zap a microwaveable popcorn and stick it in my bag.

If they charged less I'd be more likely to buy their stuff. But £3.50 for a bag of popcorn??!!

Very occasionally I meet up with my DS and we go to the cinema straight from work. In this case we take sandwiches or similar (no wheat for me!) and a drink. I'm not willing to wait till 2100h for my tea and DS can't - he's diabetic. Neither am I willing to eat over-priced junk.

choccybuttons

I wirked for UCI and we did confiscate food not purchased on the premises but only if it was really ob like a carrier bag or mc d's takeaway. I always just take a big bag and stash my sweets and stuff in that.

CB1979_2

people moaning about the price of food, etc.

it's no different to anywhere else out & about, the person up there saying 2 x drinks, 2 x popcorn, 1 x hot dog, 2 x bags of sweets is a rip off at £18 that's about the same as it'd cost for a McDs.

when i go i just buy a drink & popcorn/sweets, can't be bothered carrying anything around (also i don't have a handbag! lol)

also as with any other "family orientated" place, you enjoying yourself is always 2nd on their list of priorities, number 1 for them is ripping you off as many times as they can.

oh and of course they have the right to search you, just as much as you have the right to reject their REQUEST to search you, you can leave.

when i worked as a doorman, the rules were simple, we will ask to search you, if you refuse you can leave. am assuming the same rule applies everywhere.
obviously the only people who can force you to a search are the old bill.