IKEA is coming to Idaho? Here’s what the Swedish furniture giant has planned, and where

“IKEA is coming to Idaho!,” exclaimed the headline on a news release. 

Well, not quite. 

The Swedish furniture giant is dipping its toes into the Gem State not with a retail store, but with a service center that it says will bring more affordable delivery options to Idahoans.

Previously, it could cost hundreds of dollars to ship hefty items from the nearest IKEA over 350 miles away in Draper, Utah, to your doorstep. Or you could make the five-hour drive to pick them up. Now, customers can pick up home furnishings in person or have them shipped from a new service center near Meridian.

“Our new delivery and pickup services are designed to offer flexibility and affordability, ensuring that more people can enjoy our wide range of home furnishing solutions without having a long commute to one of our stores,” Andrea Rivers, IKEA Draper loyalty manager, said in the news release Wednesday.

But the release did not say where the pickup site near Meridian is located, and it didn’t appear on the company’s store locator on its website. A spokesperson for the company did not immediately respond to a question about the location. 

Delivery prices start at $19 and pick-up options at $10, the release said.