The food hall, called Saluhall (“market hall” in Swedish), opened today. It’s one part of Ikea’s experiment in rethinking retail spaces. Ingka Centres, a subsidiary of Ingka Group ...

It's also one of the largest international restaurant chains. Most IKEA food courts are famous for offering customers meatballs, a nod to the retailer's Scandinavian country of origin, Sweden.

Ikea Australia chief financial officer Ricardo Pereira told NewsWire the food business was outpacing the furniture arm of the business. “Usually, it’s a reaction to when people have less money.