Time for the Swedish chef: Ikea’s furniture profits are down in Australia, but food sales are booming | Ikea newsthirst.

It’s not unusual for a trip through one of Ikea’s labyrinthine stores to end with a $2 hotdog, but more Australians are skipping the flat-pack furniture altogether and heading straight to the dining section. Ikea is seeing more growth from its in-store restaurants and food offerings than its home furnishings, according to its end-of-year results…

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Peter Mandelson must be most important voice in Trump’s ear, says ex-ambassador | Foreign policy newsthirst.

Peter Mandelson will need to make his “the most important voice” in Donald Trump’s ear when the US president-elect returns to the White House next month if he is to best represent Britain’s interests with the potentially chaotic administration, one of his predecessors has said. Kim Darroch, who was the UK’s ambassador to Washington for…

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