Movie Theater Sells Carrots, Not Tickets, To Avoid Taxas

To Avoid Taxas, Movie Sells Carrots Instead Of Tickets
Organic carrots are displayed on a shelf at a Biocoop, the France's leading network of organic stores, on May 18, 2012 in the French western city of Quimper. AFP PHOTO / FRED TANNEAU (Photo credit should read FRED TANNEAU/AFP/GettyImages)
Organic carrots are displayed on a shelf at a Biocoop, the France's leading network of organic stores, on May 18, 2012 in the French western city of Quimper. AFP PHOTO / FRED TANNEAU (Photo credit should read FRED TANNEAU/AFP/GettyImages)

When new austerity measures in Spain bumped the tax on theater tickets to 21% over the summer, Quim Marcé figured his theater in the small town of Bescanó would go under.

Then he had an idea: Why not sell carrots, plentiful in the farmland that surrounds the village, instead of tickets?

Before You Go

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot