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Food Co-worker

IKEA

Burlington, CA

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Food Co-worker

IKEA

Burlington, CA
 
Salary: $20.15
 

Job Description

  • Job ID: 333762

  • Date posted: 06/04/2026

    • What you'll need to have

    • You have an amazing attention for details (like expiry dates) and can effortlessly juggle multiple competing priorities (like making sandwiches and keeping your work station sparkling clean)
    • You are open to learning, have a general can-do attitude and are energized by teamwork
    • You’re not the type to ever be caught cutting corners because you’re so Health-and-Safety-conscious
    • You have at least 6 months of customer service experience in a similar environment (preferred but not required)
    • You are totally cool with working in a physically demanding, fast-paced, environment

    A day in your life with us

    • Meet and greet the customer, identify their overall needs to support and serve them in the best way by asking the right questions, provide advice about food content and menu choices, and ensure that they have everything they need. Handle any customer enquiries and complaints.
    • Implement best practices and actions that enable commercialisation of food dishes and products for competitive advantage in selling points and in meeting with the customer. Merchandise and maintain the food dishes and products to secure food availability, quality, and presentation at the point of service.
    • Ensure that the food production, service, and seating areas are clean, maintained, organised, and safe at the start, during and end of shift. Prepare and operate the Point-of-Sale solutions to take payment for customer orders.
    • Create the daily food menu from preparation and production planning, using the ingredients and equipment to prepare, produce, cook, and serve the dishes/meals in line with operational and food safety requirements.
    • Receive, store, and replenish stock items to secure safe and quality ingredients, and perform operational tasks connected to waste and inventory management processes.

    About this work area

    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!





    Why you will love us

    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 is 20.15 CAD

We are committed to hiring military and Veteran spouses and encourage you to identify your connection with the MSEN when reaching out to us or applying to any of our open roles.

 

Have questions or want to learn more about us? We would love to hear from you!

 

ikeahalifax.jobs.ca@ikea.com

 

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About IKEA

Why work with us?

Because a job with us is so much more than a job. Come work with us and you’ll be part of a team that values you for who you are. A huge, welcoming team working to make a positive impact on millions of people around the world and where we all grow together. With our “happy rebel” spirit we challenge conventions and drive positive changes in our industry and sometimes even in the world. We are restless doers, driven by curiosity, enthusiasm and a desire to create a better everyday life for the many people.

What’s it like being an IKEA co-worker? There are over 200,000 IKEA co-workers worldwide. We value our IKEA culture, togetherness and being part of a high-performing team. Our shared values and culture is a large part of what makes IKEA unique, both as a brand and a workplace. Visit any IKEA unit anywhere in the world and you’ll find co-workers putting their shared IKEA values into practice.

Your IKEA journey can take you in any direction Helping our customers create a better everyday life at home requires a large team with many different jobs. With such a wide variety of jobs we’re confident that you’ll find at least one that interests you.

Please scroll through the following list, apply to the available job(s) that interest you the most and potentially begin an exciting career journey with IKEA.