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[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (14 children)

In rhe UK (at least the part i live in), they dont stop you from bringing your own food in. I think that staff know that no one wants to pay the crazy prices for the food they sell. If i could buy the snacks they sell for the prices that the shops across the road are selling them, then i wouldn't need to go to the shops across the road. Maybe thats not possible for them, maybe they need to find a new revenue stream.

[–] Tekkip20@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, in my entire time of going to the cinema and sneaking snacks in a backpack, not a single member of staff asked me or other movie goers about it.

I think it's only questioned if you openly bring in say, a bag of minstrels of a share bag of doritos.

I mean shit, the smaller hotdogs that VUE sell are like a fiver which is an absolute rip off. You'd think with popular films coming out they'd make a killing with the revenue from the tickets being sold so food prices wouldn't be that shite.

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