IKEA is the Swedish furniture giant that became an unlikely global food institution — the in-store café serves roughly 150 million meatballs (köttbullar) per year worldwide and is consistently cited as one of the most-visited restaurant concepts on Earth. The Swedish meatball plate with cream sauce, mashed potatoes, and lingonberry jam costs $5–7 at most US locations, making it one of the most accessible sit-down meals in American retail.
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