Free IKEA Breakfast on Friday

With economic times getting tougher for a lot of us, retailers are trying hard to get us to spend our hard earned dollars by enticing us to their doors with discounts and freebies. A lot of us might find ourselves at a local IKEA this holiday weekend anyway (one of our favourite places for cheap kitchen accessories, so why not get a free breakfast out of it while you're out there beating back someone for that lone BESTÅ ENÖN box you drove ten miles to get. Details below, with a selection of other foods from IKEA cafeterias from around the world...

IKEA is offering free breakfast until 10:30am on Friday, November 28th. It's limit one per customer, with one small breakfast of bacon, eggs, and potatoes, valued at 99¢ and one cup of coffee also valued at the same price, netting you a $2.00 meal. No coupon needed, so just get there early for the lineup. We might see you there (but probably not). We're more envious of the choices at IKEAs in Singapore shown below:

And here are a few more selections from IKEA cafes from around the world (love the IKEA shwerma from Saudi Arabia and the vegetarian selection in Germany):

Comments (8)

Oh darn why am I not in Singapore?!??

posted by carrefour_ny on November 26th 2008 at 4:49pm
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Those prices are insane in Sinapore! I wonder about the prices in China given that most Ikea items are manufactured in the country.

posted by V6B0C5 on November 26th 2008 at 4:54pm
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TEN MILES? QUIT YOUR CARPING - how about 250 miles!

posted by cakekick on November 26th 2008 at 4:55pm
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If they start giving away meatballs, I'm all over it. drool.

posted by valleyval on November 26th 2008 at 5:00pm
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You can get amazing local meals in Singapore starting from US$1.50 -- it's a great country for food. And there are TWO Ikea stores in this tiny island city-state so you're never more than a 20-minute drive from Swedish meatballs. Mmmm...

posted by jeanjean on November 28th 2008 at 10:54am
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Here in Hong Kong we have 3 Ikeas and an Ikea warehouse..but a coffee will cost you US$0.9 and a plate of pasta with tomato sauce is US$2.50..Cost of furniture is about the same as the rest of the world.

posted by HongKonger on November 28th 2008 at 11:27am
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How far would you travel for a free breakfast?

posted by K T G on November 29th 2008 at 11:06am
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Well, you may check out online for the food prices in China:

beijing

http://www.ikea.com/cn/en/store/beijing/restaurant

guangzhou

http://www.ikea.com/cn/en/store/guangzhou/restaurant

shanghai

http://www.ikea.com/cn/en/store/shanghai/restaurant

we have free coffee for IKEA family members during week days, and free refill available.

BTW, the exchange rate from RMB to US dollars is like this: $ 1 = ￥6.8

FYI: There are 7 IKEAS here in China, not so many, tho.