If you hid food while entering the cinema for fear of not being entered, we have to inform you that this ban is illegal. And he paid a heavy price for it. Basque Consumer Institute fined Yelmo Cines 30 thousand euros To prevent spectators from accessing their facilities with food purchased from outside stores.

The measure was implemented after FACUA – Consumer Action condemned the company in January. The organization assessed that the cinema company was subjected to an abusive clause by banning entry with food and drink.

Bringing food to the cinema from other stores does not violate any laws

FACUA Euskadi stated: The main activity of the cinema is the exhibition of films, not their restoration. For this reason, Yelmo couldn’t justify banning food from outsideBecause consuming food or drinks during movie screenings is optional.

Yelmo Cines fined 30,000 euros following complaint by FACUA Euskadi that entry with food was denied https://t.co/MImJbGWx0r

— FACUA (@FACUA) December 4, 2023

Based on this precedent, FACUA filed another lawsuit in the Community of Madrid against Yelmo Cines for the same reason. He thinks the chain is subject to “an abusive clause limiting the rights of consumers.”

According to the organization, Yelmo is hiding behind the right of admission, but according to FACUA, this is against the law. This procedure is still awaiting trial and resolution.

In the chain’s cinemas there are posters with the following texts: “The company does not allow food and/or beverages purchased outside of Yelmo to enter these facilities, and therefore reserves the right to enter.”. A warning he also made on his website when selling tickets.

Additionally, the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (Aecosan), now known as Aesan, published a report on the ban in cinemas in 2016 and concluded: There was an “abuse substance” because he is a consumer “Considering that the main activity of the company is not sales and catering, unfairly depriving the main service and beverage distribution by paying the entrance fee, based on the unilaterally imposed limitation on an additional service that was not requested.”.

As we see, in the tech world, not only consumer lawsuits against giants like Apple are successful, but also lawsuits against anyone who violates their rights in some way.