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Marcus Theatres has FOOD!
Yes, they have lots of food. At a price. A very HIGH price.
Pricing for everything is sky high, but that is according to my "paycheck" and not yours. Judging by how many people I saw scarfing down a LOT of this high priced food, my family is definitely not in the class that can afford Marcus food pricing, but, if you can, more power to you. You have definitely won the battle of my wallet capacity vs. your wallet capacity.
Here are some examples, as of July 2015, of the Marcus food pricing:
Sorry that the pricing is not all that clear, but it also makes you wonder why Marcus puts the pricing in a Font that kind of makes it hard to tell a 9 from an 8. Maybe that is on purpose and maybe not.
Yes, the Bavarian Pretzel sticks are $8.59 and Mozzarella sticks are $9.99.
A "loaded" Mac and cheese is $12.99.
An "Ultra Screen Chicken Burrito" is $10.59
Jambalaya Risotto is $14.59
Classic "Big Boy" hamburger is $9.99
Wisconsin Burger is $12.59
Large Pepperoni Pizza is $19.50.
Hey. Wait until after the show and walk 50 yards over to Costco and get their huge, not THIN, pepperoni pizza for $9.99. It is delicious.
But, popcorn has got to be fairly inexpensive, right? Not so much.
How about a hotdog and small drink? $8.75.
Lets see: you can get a huge, 12" hotdog and a refillable soft drink at Costco for $1.50. That is $7.25 profit for you to walk 50 yards. Are you that freaking hungry? Maybe.
But, the popcorn is the icing on the cake. $17.50 for an "Ultra Combo" large popcorn and 2 large drinks.
Popcorn and soda Markups:
$8.15: The average cost* of a large bucket popcorn (with free refill)
90¢: The estimated cost of the raw goods needed to make it, per McKenzie’s research
That’s a markup of nearly 806 percent from kernel to consumption.
Soda
$6.31: The average cost* of a large soda
40¢: The estimated cost of the raw syrup that goes into a 50.5 oz. large Coke.
Adding in the cost of cups (say from Costco, $.07 apiece), lids (half a cent each), straws (about a penny per), and soda water (about 2 cents a serving) it’d be more like 51 cents a cup. Tack on another 40 cents if the moviegoer gets a free refill, and it’s still an 593 percent markup.
"Why is it so damned expensive? Well, it kind of has to be if you want movie theaters to exist. According to McKenzie, theater owners need these concessions profits to cover the dozens of hidden house costs — employee wages, installation of snazzy sounds systems, energy bills, for example — since most of the actual ticket money gets sent back up the ladder to the movie studios. “If movie theaters didn’t make as much off concessions, they’d want to charge more for tickets,” says McKenzie. But raising ticket prices is complicated because movie studios “put contractual controls on theaters in terms of prices they can charge.”
(Info from https://www.yahoo.com/movies/just-how-big-is-the-markup-on-movie-food-87128526582.html)
So, if you are like me and my family, you are getting a free ride at Marcus if you are only paying for the movie tickets. Lets hope there are plenty of people that can afford the high prices of food at the movie theatres because they are paying for the rest of us to enjoy the movies as well as their own food. Thank you generous movie theater expensive food eaters! We who are about to not eat at a movie theater salute you.