"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

- Location

Edmonton

- Employment type

Part Time Permanent

- Department

Food & Restaurant

- Deadline

2026-10-12

Candidate profile (title) What you'll need to have

Candidate profile (text) - Default language At IKEA, every meal is part of the customer experience. As a Food Co-Worker, you'll help create a welcoming, enjoyable setting where customers can relax, refuel, and feel at home. From preparing food behind the scenes to serving guests and keeping the restaurant spotless, you'll be a key part of a team that brings the IKEA vision to life through great food and exceptional service.

- Previous experience in a hospitality or food service role preferable, but not required

Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us

Key responsibilities (text) • Deliver an exceptional customer experience by warmly welcoming customers, actively understanding their needs, asking thoughtful questions, and providing tailored food and menu recommendations. Resolve customer inquiries and concerns professionally to ensure satisfaction.

- Drive food sales and presentation excellence by applying merchandising best practices that enhance the appeal of food offerings, maximize sales opportunities, and create an engaging customer experience. Maintain food quality, availability, and visual presentation at all times.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized environment by ensuring food production, service, and dining areas meet cleanliness, safety, and operational standards throughout the entire shift. Accurately process customer transactions using Point-of-Sale (POS) systems.
- Prepare and serve high-quality food offerings by planning daily menus, organizing production activities, and using ingredients and equipment to prepare, cook,



and serve meals in compliance with food safety and operational standards
- Manage inventory and stock efficiently by receiving, storing, replenishing, and monitoring inventory to ensure product freshness and availability. Support waste reduction initiatives and inventory management processes to optimize operational efficiency.

Team vision ( title) About this work area

Team vision (text) Thanks to us, customers, co-workers and people at home can have a better everyday life through food that’s good for both people and planet. Together we serve more than 660 million customers yearly at the IKEA restaurants worldwide, underlining our Scandinavian heritage by offering a modern taste of Sweden. We also offer a variety of foods in our bistros and in the “Swedish Food market”. We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!

Local section (title) Why you will love us

Local section (text) Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

- Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
- RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
- Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance




- Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
- Parental leave
- Bereavement leave
- Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Food Co-worker

The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 19.5 CAD to 22 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

- Living our values
- Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
- A passion for home furnishing
- Performing & delivering while learning & developing
- Having fun!

Your uniqueness makes Ikea better

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact [email protected]

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.

📌 Food Co-worker (Edmonton)
🏢 IKEA
📍 Edmonton