How you can snap up a hearty hot breakfast all over Australia for just $2 every day: ‘I never knew it was a thing’
A Canadian expat living in Australia couldn’t contain his excitement when he discovered breakfast for just $2 at IKEA.
Josiah Hein, who lives in Queensland, and his wife Jess treated themselves to the affordable hot breakfast when they visited the Slacks Creek location this week.
The school teacher was so impressed with the price that he opted for two servings of the small breakfast option, each consisting of two pork sausages, scrambled eggs and baked beans.
‘In Australia, you can get a dollar breakfast at IKEA – that’s taxes included. So it’s not $2.30, it’s just straight up $2,’ Josiah said ecstatically in his video.
Standing in front of the in-store Swedish Restaurant, he read out the breakfast options from a giant menu.
‘We got a $5 medium breakfast, a $2 small breakfast or a $3 cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun.’
The video shows Josiah and his wife Jess tucking into their breakfast spread.
‘This is my $2 breakfast – scrambled eggs, beans and a couple of snags that the Aussies say… Sausages baby,’ he said.
Josiah Hein and wife Jess treated themselves to the affordable breakfast menu items at IKEA
‘Jess went for the $5 one, the big dog… ‘How’s the hashy?” he asked, to which she responded, delightedly: ‘Good.’
The large breakfast option, which cost just $5, included two poke sausages, two bacon rashers, a hash brown, scrambled eggs, tomato, mushrooms and baked beans.
Laughing as Josiah explained his dishes, ‘I actually went for a lazy double up’.
He opted for two plates of the small breakfast, along with two hash browns on the side.
However, not all IKEA locations offer the $2 breakfast, with most stores across Australia selling the small serving for $4 and the large for $10.
The deal, available every day until 11am, is currently only offered at its two Queensland locations: North Lakes and Logan.
IKEA Family members can enjoy breakfast starting at $2.
‘The Queensland breakfast and National Happy Days food offers at IKEA Australia right now are part of our commitment to affordability – not just when it comes to the furniture at IKEA,’ an IKEA spokesperson told FEMAIL.
‘We are dedicated to providing the most affordable meals to our customers who we know love a pit stop for our quality, delicious food offering and uniquely Swedish flavours when having a day out shopping in store at IKEA.’
For the rest of the country, shoppers can get half-price on selected hot meals for lunch or dinner for IKEA Family members with the return of our ‘Happy Days’ offer.
The deal is available now at all 10 IKEA stores around Australia every Friday until August 29.
The school teacher was so impressed with the price that he opted for two servings of the small breakfast option, each consisting of two pork sausages, scrambled eggs and baked beans
Josiah’s video has been viewed more than 360,000 times across his social media platforms, with many saying they couldn’t believe the extremely low price, given the current cost of living.
‘So you are telling me all this time when I was living five minutes away from IKEA, I could get $2 breakfast?’ one said.
‘I’ve lived in Australia for 12 years and didn’t know this,’ another revealed.
‘Damn I didn’t know IKEA did breaky meals. I’ll definitely head down there. Thanks for letting us know,’ one shared.
‘Wow. I’ve just checked their menu in Perth and the prices are $4, $7 and $10. I’m living in the wrong state,’ another added.
Many revealed they had no idea the cheap breakfast menus were ‘even a thing in Australia’.
‘I’m an Aussie and I never knew,’ one said.
Meanwhile, one person joked: ‘Wow that’s a good deal right there. Unfortunately then, you spend three-and-a-half hours trying to find the exit.’
