If there's a line behind you at concession when you order asking for the fresh the popcorn from the popper. You're going to get 1 of 3 things. 1. I'll tell you we can't give you the popcorn right out of the popper because we have to let it cool. (which is literally a rule at my theater.) 2. I'll pull the popcorn from the popper into the bin and dig under the fresh stuff and give you the oldest popcorn at the bottom of the bin. 3. I'll dig under the fresh stuff in the popper and you'll be getting a bucket full of fresh crumbs. My theater makes our popcorn fresh everyday. If you come in and see people in concession. Trust me when I say that the popcorn you're going get is less than 15 mins. old.