Should moviegoers be able to bring in outside food?

Over at chow.com, there is a article asking this question. I personanly belive that a theate should allow it. Do to they only offering overpriced, stale, and unhealthy foods. What does everyone else think?

No. The theatre is not a restaurant nor a picnic park. If anything, they should stop selling food.Neon-Tiger

Umm... i disagree, but whatever.

as a movie-goer (when i can be assed going to said movie) im of course going to say "yes! i liek bringing in outside food"

but of course if they did it would be Minus profit for them... and possiblly Minus movie cinema for me.

Yes. no theaters sells anything that rivals my special brownies.

Majority of the people tend to bring their own food either way, and plus the theatre food is severely overpriced.

I just bring my own food, they dont search napsacks and purses. I can't go two hours without a drink, and i'm not gonna pay their prices because of that.

No.

Becasue ticket prices would then be $20 instead of $10.

It's their theatre. They can do whatever they want.

It's their theatre. They can do whatever they want.

sonicare

No sooner than you'd be able to walk into a baseball or football game with your own food and drink. I don't know why people always consider movie theaters to be the exception, but it wouldn't be acceptable to bring in your own food anywhere else. Would you walk into a restaurant with a lunchbox?

I already do.

I go w/ the out of sight out of mind philosophy on this. What the movie theater doesn't know doesn't hurt them. I've been to a few theaters w/ decently priced food, and I'll support that, but for the most part I just don't eat, and rarely I happen to have something w/ me already.

if the theater allows people to do that, then sure. but if they don't allow it, then no, if people want something to eat there, they should have to buy it from the concession stand. i used to work at a movie theater, and one of my managers told me the theaters make hardly any money from ticket sales, it's mostly from people buying stuff from the concession stand. if everyone brought their own food, the theaters wouldn't make any money.

I don't want to hear people eating nachos or anything like that.

Just continue to sneak in small food like we've been doing for years. I still sneak in soda and candy. I am not paying for that overpriced crap they have.

If they allow food then my ticket price will go up.

Sneak food in.

I usually watch movies at home, and even then I don't really eat snacks...If I do go to the movie, I just watch the movie, I don't get popcorn, soda, candy or icey's anyway...

I just bring my own food, they dont search napsacks and purses. I can't go two hours without a drink, and i'm not gonna pay their prices because of that.

STAR_Admiral

I do every time I go.

Christ, why do you people need food during a movie at all?! Almost as bad as that yokel that was telling me how he brought Pizza into the cinema. Just watch the damn movie lol ;) biggest_loser

It should be allowed. You pay a ridiculous amount of money to get in, you shouldn't have to buy their overpriced food, as well. You also shouldn't have to sit through 20 minutes of preveiws and commercials. You pay around 9 or 10 bucks a head to see the movie, and putting you through the preveiws is wrong.

It should be allowed. You pay a ridiculous amount of money to get in, you shouldn't have to buy their overpriced food, as well. You also shouldn't have to sit through 20 minutes of preveiws and commercials. You pay around 9 or 10 bucks a head to see the movie, and putting you through the preveiws is wrong.

turtlethetaffer

Well, this is kind of a mixed bag. On one hand you have more expensive tickets, if you reduce the profits from snacks. On the other hand, I really like to not to have to pay $6 for a soda. Depending on the movie, sometimes I don't want a drink/popcorn, some times I do. So depending on what mood I'm in at the movie theater usually is my temporary frame of mind :P

EDIT: It's easy to sneak snacks/soda into a theater this time of year...

If they allow food then my ticket price will go up.

Sneak food in.

hi_im_dave

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If they allow food then my ticket price will go up.

Sneak food in.

TheThinker284

No. Just eat before the movie ....

Where I'm from it's illegal to prevent someone from bringing in outside food, who woulda thunk it!

I would price match the drinks at least. "BK large drink is..." and such

It's bad enough hearing people munch on their popcorn and slurp their soda. If you're hungry, eat before the movie.

yes they should. where i live in canada we can bring outside food to the amc theater. ive brought mcdonalds, subway etc in and they don't care. theater food is way too expensive

I do anyway. The only reason they have that rules is for more money.

I usually bring outside food or have nothing i never have movie food; sometimes i have had KFC in the movies but i dont really go to the movies very often.