IKEA Is Giving Away Meatball-Scented Candles
SOMMA VESUVIANA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Meatballs with tomato in a pan while preparing a meal inside the operations center on November 28, 2020 in Somma Vesuviana, Italy. The Municipality of Somma Vesuviana, a town of 35 thousand inhabitants in the province of Naples, to oppose the increase of covid-19 positive patients, has established, in collaboration with the Misericordia of Pollena Trocchia, a home assistance service, consisting of doctors, nurses and volunteer rescuers. The service provided health and nursing assistance to the residents of Somma Vesuviana found to be positive both in the emergencies relating to the covid-19 course, and to assist sick people with previous pathologies. The ambulance made available by the Municipality of Somma Vesuviana by decision of the mayor Salvatore Di Sarno, carried out interventions in support of the 118 service, proceeding to transport patients in red code to the hospital and in some cases intervening in emergencies of non-covid patients. (Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images)
Here’s a good way to trick your family into THINKING you cooked something delicious . . .
IKEA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its loyalty program by giving away thousands of scented candles that smell like MEATBALLS.
They’re supposed to smell exactly like the Swedish meatballs from their food court that everyone loves. And they’re giving away almost 3,000 of them.
Just under 2,000 people will win the candles. And another 1,000 will win gift boxes that have the candle and a bunch of other stuff.
They’re called “Store in a Box.” So everything inside is supposed to give you the “sensory experience” of being at IKEA. But they haven’t revealed anything else that’s in it yet.
You have to sign up for their free “IKEA Family” loyalty program to enter. The contest runs through August 22nd.
If you don’t win one, you could also just buy their meatballs and cook them. They sell two-pound bags of them frozen.

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