Tell us: do you bring your own snacks to the cinema?

We’d like to find out people’s views about taking snacks into the cinema or movie theatre. There are different rules with some cinemas encouraging people to bring their own food and drink and others definitely not.

According to the New Zealand Herald two women took their own snacks into a cinema which led to them being ejected and the police arriving. It is standard policy in New Zealand for cinemas to ban food brought in from outside.

We’d like to know whether you’re aware of any rules in bringing snacks to the cinema, where you are. What, if any, do you think are acceptable food and drink items to bring in? Or do you feel it’s important to try and support your local cinema by buying from them?

With audience numbers are down, cinemas need all the help they can get. Most of the ticket price goes to the film studios, and a cinema financially benefits from the snack stand.

However, in a cost of living crisis, cinema food options can be very expensive and it’s more cost efficient to bring your own. Most UK cinema chains allow people to do so – but what is it like where you live? Do you tend to go to a chain or an independent cinema, and does this affect your views on bringing in snacks?

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