When I worked in a movie theater about 40 years ago the way the money worked was that the film distribution company got all of the ticket receipts and the theater got the concession sales.
It’s the theatres’ right to control food and drink brought in from the outside. This has pretty much been the norm with any business that serves food and drink as their main source of income.
This guy has a social problem. Millions of people live with diabetes and would never consider bringing fresh strawberries into a theatre. Likewise, it’s kinda “uncouth” to bring a sack of hamburgers and a 2-litre into a theatre or restaurant.
I and others of my generation wouldn’t dare try to rob the theatre of its profits, but some people today would. Guess they want to always be the “victim” and make the theatre manager look like the bad guy for enforcing the rules of his establishment. I always expected to pay higher prices for food at bought at the theatre. That’s why as a kid mama always told me “be sure and eat before you go to the picture show”. That folks, is the way we were raised when GOD blessed America.
Too bad drive-in theatres don’t exist any more. This guy would have loved them. He could have sneaked a full-course meal and the chef who prepared it into the drive-in in the trunk of his car. If it was half-price night and he would have had the satisfaction of saving even more.
Being diabetic is a poor excuse for his actions. It is a serious condition that does not need to be abused by the MSM and someone with social issues. I would not wish this condition on my worst enemy.