I got a mention from Karen Datko on Donna Freedman’s “Smart Spending” about my Secret Food Increase. Thanks a lot!
So is it cheap or frugal to take food/drinks into a movie theater? I’m putting in a poll. Right now I’m going to say I’m pretty torn but my answer is yes. However, I happen to live next to theaters next to ice cream stores and they allow food in! So DH and I will occasionally bring in food because I guess they have an agreement with the coldstones, etc.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Lashawn // Jun 27, 2008 at 12:59 am
I do it all the time. The costs for the items at the refreshment stand are really high. So I normally take a beverage in the movie with me, but I purchase the popcorn from them.
2 JoeTaxpayer // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:28 am
Here’s a ‘try this at home’ experiment; go buy a bag of unpopped popcorn, not jiffy pop or any pop in the pag kind, I mean just a bag of kernals. Should be 99 cents for one pound, tops. Next, cook it all up, hot air machine works best and no added fat. Next, stare at this huge mess of popcorn and ask yourself what it would cost in the theater. A hundred bucks? More? It boggles the mind.
3 devil // Jun 27, 2008 at 2:29 am
If it can fit in my large purse, I should be able to bring in whatever food I want. I pick up after myself and don’t create any work for the staff.
As if the movie admission prices aren’t ridiculous enough, the cost of refreshments is just unacceptable.
4 Jim ~ mydebtblog.com // Jun 27, 2008 at 9:38 am
Ticket prices are already too high to see half the crap Hollywood is producing. Sometimes we break down and buy ‘movie theater popcorn’ just to indulge. I frequently hit up a Walgreens and buy a bottle of pop and box of candy for less than half the price it would cost at the concession stand. The largest money producer for a theater is what they can sell you after you pay for admission into the theater.
5 dogatemyfinances // Jun 27, 2008 at 9:47 am
It’s most frugal to just get Netflix and skip the theater.
I’m a constant multitasker and never liked the theater much. With Netflix I can work, blog, and watch stuff! And I can eat what I want.
6 timesaretight // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I take candy and water in…but I still my popcorn and sometimes a diet coke. Best of both scenerios!
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