York cinema prices are ‘madness’! Dad’s angry blast goes viral

When York dad Dean McQuade bought this portion of nachos with cheese at Vue Cinema, it left him with a bad taste in his mouth.

And his blast at the “madness” of the cost of taking his family to the cinema at Clifton Moor has gone viral – and even appeared on a national newspaper website.

In his Facebook post to Vue Cinemas, Dean wrote:

Since he posted his complaint on Saturday afternoon (April 2) it has received more than 7,000 times and attracted more than 400 comments.

It even led to the story appearing in the Mail Online.

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Dean is married with three children aged six, five and six months. He told YorkMix said that he takes his family to the cinema to see most of the new children’s films. This time it was Kung Fu Panda 3.

He runs his own business, Crystal Clean Windows.

“I’ve recently taken on a member of staff he earns more than minimum wage but not a great deal more,” Dean said.

“He also has kids so was thinking how long he’d have to work to do what we did that’s why I posted.”

His post drew a response from Vue Cinemas, who wrote:

The spokeswoman added: “Please note that you are able to bring your own food and drink into the cinema rather than purchasing from our confectionary stands. This is with the exception of hot food or alcohol.”

Dean wasn’t massively impressed. He said: “Vue’s response is probably a template that’s already set up for things like this.

“In their response they say people can bring there own food so if that helps others that’s good.”

‘Costs an absolute fortune’

Dean’s post attracted a lot of support from other cinemagoers who felt they were being ripped off…