Millions of Ikea customers to get their hands on meatballs for just £1 next week
IKEA fans will be delighted to hear that they can snag eight meatballs – for just £1 – across UK stores.
The multinational furniture company, founded in Sweden, has launched this offer to celebrate the opening of its new Oxford Street location.
From the 1st to the 5th of May, IKEA Family Members can enjoy the following discounted meatball/ plantball Meals from 11:00 to close:
- 8 piece meatball meal for £1
- 8 meatballs & chips for £1
- 8 piece plant ball meal for £1
- 8 plantballs & chips for £1
- Children’s meatball meal for £0.50
- Children’s plant ball meal for £0.50
The offer is available at the following stores:
- IKEA Birmingham
- IKEA Bristol
- IKEA Cardiff
- IKEA Croydon
- IKEA Edinburgh
- IKEA Exeter
- IKEA Gateshead
- IKEA Glasgow
- IKEA Greenwich
- IKEA Hammersmith
- IKEA Lakeside
- IKEA Leeds
- IKEA Manchester
- IKEA Milton Keynes
- IKEA Nottingham
- IKEA Reading
- IKEA Sheffield
- IKEA Southampton
- IKEA Warrington
- IKEA Wembley
Important: The offer is not available at IKEA Oxford Street itself.
The deal runs from 11am until close each day and is only available in the restaurant – not the café, bistro, or Swedish food market.
You’ll need to show your IKEA Family membership to claim the offer.
The Swedish chain acquired the seven-floor site in London’s Oxford Street in 2021.
The retailer announced in Autumn 2023 that it would be opening its site in London’s Oxford Street.
On Thursday May 1st, shoppers will be able to set foot in the beautiful Grade II listed building, which has been completely renovated.
It comes as IKEA shoppers have voiced their anger over a big change made to the brand’s menu.
Shoppers could previously pick-up a pot of its iconic meatballs with jam from food counters.
The counters are handily placed near the checkouts, offering tired shoppers a quick bite before they head off with their new buys.
But fans hoping for a quick cup of meatballs before hitting the road have been left disappointed – the popular snack has been pulled from the bistro menu.
One customer wrote on the social media platform Reddit: “Went for a hotdog and a pot of meatballs at the bistro. They have stopped selling them. WTAF.
“Apparently you can only buy them as a meal in the restaurant now. Who has time for a sit down meal when doing diy etc.
“I have also lost my bargaining chip with the missus of “we can get some meatballs on the way out.”
More fans have noticed the change on X and asked for meatballs to return to bistros.
Facts about the IKEA Oxford Street city store
- Total retail space of 5,800 square meters over three floors.
- The store will be of similar size as IKEA Hammersmith.
- About 6,000 IKEA product lines will be showcased. Half of these, about 3,500 IKEA products, will be available for immediate take-away.
- Checkouts will be located the ground floor and –2.
- Larger furniture can be purchased / ordered for home delivery, for click and collect, or for collection off site. Within the M25 customers can collect from IKEA Hammersmith, 19 lockers in partnership with Shift, 11 pick up points in partnership with Tesco, as well as at 1,907 DPD pick up points.
- There will be focus on sustainable solutions, supporting people to live a more sustainable life at home. It will have a small Re-Shop and Re-Use section selling second-life, second-hand and discontinued IKEA products.
- IKEA is creating 150 new jobs at the Oxford Street store, with the retailer receiving a record 3,730 applications in just five days when recruitment opened earlier this year.
- IKEA will introduce the first Changing Places Toilet at Oxford Street / Regent Street, the only available facility in a 4,000 feet / 1.2 km radius from Oxford Circus.