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Canadians shared the best cheap products at IKEA and so many essentials are less than $5

Don't skip the food court either! 🌭🍦

exterior of an ikea store in canada with trees

IKEA store in Canada.

Senior Writer

If you want to save money at IKEA, people have revealed what the best cheap products are and so many essentials are under $5.

Plus, it's not just furniture and home decor — it's food too!

Recently, Narcity posted on Facebook and asked Canadians to comment with the cheap IKEA products they think are the best.

A lot of products have been shared, including many essential items at IKEA Canada that you can get for less than $5!

According to Canadians, the best cheap kitchen and dining products at IKEA are glass food containers, cheese graters, glasses, cups, napkins, plastic food bags, food clips, plates, bowls, and bottle brushes.

  • IKEA 365+ food container with lid — $4.99
  • UPPFYLLD grater with container, set of four — $4.99
  • IDEALISK grater — $4.99
  • UPPFYLLD handheld grater — $2.99
  • POKAL glass, 12 ounces — $0.99
  • ÄNKEBLOMSTER wine glass, 8 ounces — $0.99
  • REKO glass, pack of six 6-ounce glasses — $2.99
  • STORÄTARE paper napkin, 150-pack — $1.49
  • FANTASTISK paper napkin, 100-pack — $3.99
  • SVARTSENAP cloth napkin, four-pack — $4.99
  • ISTAD resealable bag, 50-pack — $3.99
  • BEVARA sealing clip, six-pack — $0.99
  • OFTAST plate — $0.99
  • OFTAST bowl — $0.99
  • MEDELVÅG bottle brush — $1.49

"Most kitchen stuff is decently priced," someone commented.

When it comes to home items, the top cheap products are towels, shoe horns, and rechargeable batteries. Here are the prices:

  • LUDDVIAL washcloth, four-pack — $1.99
  • LUDDVIAL bath towel — $2.99
  • STJÄRNBUSKE hair towel wrap — $3.99
  • SNÖSKYFFEL shoehorn — $0.79
  • OMTÄNKSAM shoehorn — $4.99
  • LADDA rechargeable battery, four-pack — $4.99

The only home decor products that Canadians said are the best cheap items are candles and tealights. These are the prices:

  • LUGNARE scented candle in glass, 12 hours — $0.99
  • HEDERSAM scented candle in glass, 20 hours — $1.99
  • FENOMEN unscented pillar candle — $2.99
  • SILKESTRÄD scented tealight candles, 30-pack — $4.99

Also, someone said that the blue IKEA reusable bags are the best cheap products to buy at the retailer. These are the prices:

  • FRAKTA bag, medium — $1
  • FRAKTA bag, large — $1.29
  • FRAKTA cooler bag — $2.99
  • FRAKTA storage bag — $3.99

IKEA furniture is more expensive than the kitchen and home essentials but a few people did say these furniture items have good cheaper options:

  • Billy furniture — $50 to $470
  • day beds — $249 to $677
  • bookshelves — $20 to $799

Someone else said bookshelf speakers — $149 to $298 — are cheaper items that are the best.

But the most popular cheap IKEA products are actually the food at the Swedish Restaurant and Bistro.

The top choices for Canadians are hot dogs, meatballs and ice cream cones.

Other cheap food items that people think are the best include veggie dogs, cinnamon buns, coffee, potato medallions and soup.

So, don't skip the food court when you shop at IKEA because that's where the best cheap products are, according to Canadians!

  • Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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