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Comments (4)
Lindy de Wet
19 Feb 2024And the pricing of tickets and snacks, I like your idea of plush seats and fancy food, but just the standard seat and popcorn is not affordable for a family of 4 anymore. I would reduce all prices to make it easier for families to budget for this rather than have an almost empty cinema with the prices they charge and make a loss, we have since the last movie just said it is not affordable to do this anymore…
Charles Bolland
19 Feb 2024Sadly the price of a movie ticket and snacks has made it really unaffordable for the average middle class family, still feeling the pressure from interest rates, Eskom etc.
Andrew
22 Feb 2024Interesting ideas, but I don’t think food and alcohol is the answer. In fact the sound of someone next to me endlessly chowing popcorn and slurping on a slushie is one of the reasons to avoid the big screen. Alcohol would take this to the next level.
Charles Bolland
28 Feb 2024Judging by the comments made on this article, if the movie houses like Ster Kinekor don’t shape up and have a value offering, their business will go the way of the dodo….