A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived | Stuart Heritage
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Many struggling cinemas depend on sales of pricey food and drink as ticket revenue mainly goes to film studios. But does banning outside supplies really add up, asks Stuart Heritage
  • fubarxEnglish
    143·
    2 months ago

    Raw popcorn kernels are not digestible ‘food.’ Oil is not food. Salt is not food.

    Combine. Add heat. Et Voila! Someone complain, bring in bags of powdered chemicals, beakers, reagents, and bunsen burners, and go to work.

    It’s all in the technical margins.

    • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      2 months ago

      All 3 of those things are tax-exempt where I’m from, because they’re food

      Worth a try though

      • fubarxEnglish
        34·
        2 months ago

        Tax-exemption opens up a whole other promising venue. Hibachi and a chartered accountant at the next movie night.

        This could work.