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Old Posted Apr 16, 2012, 7:49 PM
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Old Posted Apr 16, 2012, 8:37 PM
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^LOL! I remember that commercial! It's going to be that, x100000!
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Old Posted Apr 17, 2012, 3:22 AM
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people drive 8 hours or so from ft st john bc to shop in edmonton often, IKEA was a draw for some - people plan shopping trips and IKEA is a good draw/excuse to make that trip
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Old Posted Apr 17, 2012, 5:50 AM
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People come from even further to visit the Edmonton IKEA. It is hugely popular with Saskatchewanians (maybe not in the South, where Calgary IKEA is closer). But if you want to talk about going long distances to go to an IKEA, every so often the Edmonton IKEA (especially in the summer) will have NWT license plates.
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Old Posted Apr 17, 2012, 6:51 AM
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 5:28 AM
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Umm ... Did a quick Google search, and found that Ottawa's IKEA will expand to 37k square metres (398.3k sf), ever slightly larger than Winnipeg's 395k sf -- essentially the same size! Meanwhile, Richmond's IKEA (Vancouver) will expand to 32k s.m., which was Winnipeg's original size!
Just back from montreal, their IKEA is being expanded to over 400,000 sq ft making it the largest in Canada.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 12:31 PM
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Just back from montreal, their IKEA is being expanded to over 400,000 sq ft making it the largest in Canada.
Not really a big deal. Most of the difference is in the warehouse areas.

The layouts inside are pretty much the same cookie cutter mouse mazes.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 1:34 PM
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Not really a big deal. Most of the difference is in the warehouse areas.

The layouts inside are pretty much the same cookie cutter mouse mazes.
That part pisses me off alot. Got lost in the Calgary one WAY too many times...

Only place I figured out was the cafeteria, and even the microwaves we're like searching for needles in a haystack...
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 2:11 PM
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Lowe's is coming to the site to join Ikea.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bus...147880715.html
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 2:27 PM
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Yeah,
I had found this news days ago (by chance) on the Montez website.
I guess my post got deleted... heres the link with no copy-paste of text this time.

http://www.montezcorp.com/SeasonsofTuxedo_detail.html

Anyways, its in the WFP now, so yay.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 2:37 PM
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Lowe's is coming to the site to join Ikea.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bus...147880715.html
Meh. Just another Home Depot/Rona clone.

There is nothing at Lowes that you haven't seen before.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 2:39 PM
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I'm a little dissapointed; was hoping that maybe Menards would make the border jump. But, this doesn't surprise me as Lowes has set up shop in several other Canadian Cities already.
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Yeah,
I had found this news days ago (by chance) on the Montez website.
I guess my post got deleted... heres the link with no copy-paste of text this time.

http://www.montezcorp.com/SeasonsofTuxedo_detail.html

Anyways, its in the WFP now, so yay.
Do you post on the IKEA forum? It's still on the Winnipeg Retail forum.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2012, 7:07 PM
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Do you post on the IKEA forum? It's still on the Winnipeg Retail forum.
D'OH!
You're totally right. My bad... i was wondering what happened to it!
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How's the big blue box progressing, I don't get into deep south Winnipeg very often.
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Old Posted May 16, 2012, 4:01 PM
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How's the big blue box progressing, I don't get into deep south Winnipeg very often.
About what you could imagine. It is more that pretty big now, and becoming very blue with each passing day. They are over half way being enclosed. Think of it what you will but i have to admit it is pretty impressive just how large it is.
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Old Posted May 16, 2012, 5:55 PM
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About what you could imagine. It is more that pretty big now, and becoming very blue with each passing day. They are over half way being enclosed. Think of it what you will but i have to admit it is pretty impressive just how large it is.

Yep, looks like they're on about page 4 of the assembly instructions. Lets hope that they aren't missing any pieces. The Coquitlam IKEA was my local 'hometown' ikea before I moved to Winnipeg; that one is 350,000 sq/ft, and was impressive to walk though. This one will definitely be more-so.

Someone noted that costco LOWERED the price of their hot dogs recently. I wonder if this is a move to better match IKEA's checkout cafe prices. Maybe not; just a coincidence.
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Someone noted that costco LOWERED the price of their hot dogs recently. I wonder if this is a move to better match IKEA's checkout cafe prices. Maybe not; just a coincidence.
How much cheaper can they get - isn't it already only $1.99 for a hotdog AND a pop. Any lower and you're approaching McCafe extra value menu prices
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Old Posted May 17, 2012, 12:49 AM
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I was checking careers at IKEA, no jobs yet in Winnipeg yet. But Winnipeg is included in the drop-down menu for locations in Canada

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CA/the_ike...kea/index.html
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How much cheaper can they get - isn't it already only $1.99 for a hotdog AND a pop. Any lower and you're approaching McCafe extra value menu prices
I think the IKEA hotdogs are 49 cents each.

$1.99 gets you 2 hotdogs and a pop.
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