Taking Your Own Food/Drink Into Cinemas?

[Jamz]

I remember a few years back there was some big hoo-harr about whether you were 'allowed' to take your own food and drink into cinemas - rather than paying their horrendously extortionate prices.

I thought cinemas bugrudgingly admitted that it was fine to take your own food in - and I've certainly done that many times since.

Last Thursday I went to the new cinema that's opened in Redditch town centre. £6.50 per ticket already makes it more expensive than other local ones, but then I was told I couldn't take my own food or drink in!!!

Being the quiet, calm type, I immediately questioned Desk Rat Boy as to whether this was even legal - but when he started squirming and looking so uncomfortable he might have a stroke, I decided to let it drop.

A cup of warm Coke there costs around £3, as oppsed to the 50p it would cost from the Wilkinsons shop next door.

Is this justifiable in any way???

Should I just walk in with 3 Tesco's carriers full of munchies, and if I did, would they have any rights to stop me?

[deviant]

carry it in in a rucksack. They aren't exactly going to search you are they.

and in the dark, they aren't going to know what you are eating.

[rene]

havent been able to do it round here for years now. Dosent bother me to much as normaly when i got cinima i go with a bird and you dont want to 'impress' her by wipping out your 14p tesco value coke

[RedexRobB]

Me and my girfriend take stuff in her handbag, they have no right to search it. I dont think its illegal but i expect they have every right to refuse someone onto the premises if they wanted.

[deviant]

exactly. I don't know about the finer details of the law, but at the end of the day it is private property so they are able to refuse you entry.

[rene]

they can stop you taking your own stuff just like you cant take your own drinks into a club