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Customers at IKEA’s sprawling Winnipeg store can now order beer or wine with their Swedish meatballs.
A Manitoba Liquor & Gaming Authority official confirmed Friday the retail giant was issued a liquor licence last month and began serving liquor earlier this week in its 400,000-square-foot Sterling Lyon Way store.
“It took them a little while to get themselves organized in terms of taking their social-responsibility training and getting themselves stocked up and ready to serve,” Elizabeth Stephenson, the authority’s chief administrative officer, said.
“Our inspectors have reported that things are going smoothly and there have been no incidents,” Stephenson added. “Not that we expected any, but we like to keep an eye on things, especially when they’re new.”
IKEA spokesman Daevid Ramey confirmed the store’s restaurant is now offering a small selection of beer and wine in a bid to offer its customers “a more complete selection of beverage choices.”
In applying for the licence earlier this year, the company said most IKEA eateries in Canada serve beer and wine.
Stephenson noted IKEA isn’t the first Winnipeg retail store to obtain a liquor licence. The Bay’s downtown store had one for many years in its Paddlewheel restaurant.
“So that’s one example,” she added.
Ramey also shed some light Friday on why the retailer has “temporarily” removed the giant blue-and-yellow IKEA sign that had towered over Kensaston Boulevard since the store opened in 2012.
“After last winter’s harsh weather conditions, IKEA made the decision to temporarily remove the Winnipeg store’s navigation tower to complete a full survey and engineering evaluation investigating new and improved solutions and materials to ensure the sign can be reinstalled mitigating safety concerns,” Ramey said in an email.
“We have reviewed prototypes and will move into production and approvals before it’s installed in the original location by spring 2016,” he added.
murray.mcneill@freepress.mb.ca