This explains why I always had the urge to neigh after eating lunch at the IKEA store for all those years. Here is an actual picture of the chefs at IKEA preparing lunch.
IKEA stops sales of nearly all meatballs in Europe
(Reuters) – Furniture giant IKEA said on Monday it had stopped sales of nearly all meatballs across Europe after Czech authorities found traces of horsemeat in one specific batch.
An IKEA spokeswoman said the group had decided on a temporary sales stop in Europe for all meatballs produced by their main supplier of the product, Swedish Familjen Dafgard.
IKEA earlier in the day stopped sales of meatballs from a specific batch from Familjen Dafgard after Czech tests found horsemeat in a sample.
The sales stop did not affect meatballs in Norway, Russia, nor some in Switzerland or Poland, which were made by other suppliers, she said.
LUNCH AT IKEA
moekinz says:
I signed on to the site purely to see what you had to say about IKEA!
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25th February 2013 at 1:55 pm
Administrator says:
Did you like what I had to say?
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25th February 2013 at 1:59 pm
moekinz says:
It was as much as I expected! I chuckled!
Remember it’s Dad’s birthday today….
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25th February 2013 at 2:00 pm
treemagnet says:
Never been, they serve food?
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25th February 2013 at 2:03 pm
Thunderbird says:
Swedish meatballs made with horse meat? What is the big deal? Europeans have been eating horse meat for centuries. Actually Taco Bell, Burger King, and McDonald’s should try it… it would be an improvement for them. It might even bring me in after years of not eating their garbage.
Nothing wrong with horse meat.
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25th February 2013 at 2:17 pm
Administrator says:
Should I give him a call?
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25th February 2013 at 2:17 pm
Administrator says:
There’s a restaurant in every IKEA store in the world. Just their restaurant sales make them one of the biggest restaurant chains in the world.
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25th February 2013 at 2:19 pm
TPC says:
IKEA meat found in Mr. Ed’s balls.
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25th February 2013 at 2:21 pm
AWD says:
Wow, you can eat and buy crappy furniture in the same place? I don’t know what the big deal is. They use horse meat for dog and cat food. When the ponzi SS system goes belly up, the geezers will be eating dog and cat food, hence might as well get used to the taste now.
Burger King selling horse meat also.
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25th February 2013 at 2:36 pm
Dorkus Maximus says:
I suspect that half of the things in fast food meat are WAY more disturbing than horsemeat.
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25th February 2013 at 3:16 pm
Administrator says:
I understand that in the early days of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad preferred Jews in his meatballs.
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25th February 2013 at 3:44 pm
Wyoming Mike says:
Kind of makes my IKEA meatball eating championship more impressive, eh Jim?
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25th February 2013 at 4:02 pm
KaD says:
Who cares? I’d eat dog if they were allowed to cook it in Chinatown. Why not use unwanted animals for something useful?
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25th February 2013 at 4:10 pm
Administrator says:
They forgot the horsemeat.
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25th February 2013 at 4:26 pm
Administrator says:
If you only knew what was in the IKEA hotdogs
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25th February 2013 at 4:29 pm
Stucky says:
People complain about horse meat ……. yet have no qualms about eating a nasty assed PIG.
Weird.
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25th February 2013 at 4:38 pm
Llpoh says:
Pigs are not nasty. Humans keep them in nasty conditions.
I love an Ikea thread. Admin foams at the mouth. Don’t know what he would be like if he did not have such fond memories of his time there.
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25th February 2013 at 4:44 pm
Administrator says:
LLpoh
I even sent the thread to some of my old friends at IKEA to get their reaction. The funniest part is that my mother in law works in the IKEA Restaurant at their Conshohocken store.
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25th February 2013 at 4:47 pm
eg says:
Why is everyone so furious about horsemeat? I tried kazy and horse sausages in Kazakhstan few years ago – they were just awesome.
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25th February 2013 at 5:22 pm
Jeebus, Son of God says:
llpoh, my wayward son
I have given you humans the Bible and Koran so that My Will is clear. I don’t like pigs! The only reason I created them is so that a gazillion Chinkeroos could eat something other than dogs, which I really like. I know stuff you don’t so believe when when I say pigs are unclean.
If you’d spend more time reading my Book, instead of jerking off to old hags on youporn then you might actually have the IQ of a whale fart. You have been warned, capitalist pig.
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25th February 2013 at 5:28 pm
Mary Malone says:
@Admin When I heard the news report on the radio today – my first thought was, “What will Admin say?”
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25th February 2013 at 5:32 pm
Llpoh says:
Jeebus – has that damn David Pierre switched from banging goats to doing pigs? Ewwwwww.
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25th February 2013 at 5:43 pm
Eddie says:
I drove right past IKEA today on my way back from a real restaurant at lunch time. Who eats at IKEA anyway?
My guess is that the only people who eat there are those who are trapped for some extended length of time because they can’t find their way to the exits, which is plenty hard.
I don’t dislike their merchandise but I’d rather be horsewhipped than to go through the process it takes to actually buy something there and make it out alive.
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25th February 2013 at 6:26 pm
Zarathustra says:
Never having stepped foot into an IKEA store, I was also unaware that they contain a restaurant.
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25th February 2013 at 6:37 pm
beast rudolfo says:
horsemeat is going to be gourmet compared to future living conditions. think more of this is on the way:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/montana-bill-legalize-roadkill-dining/story?id=18549790
b.r.
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25th February 2013 at 6:41 pm
Administrator says:
Zara
I helped pick the site of the IKEA store in Portland.
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25th February 2013 at 6:44 pm
Zarathustra says:
Admin, I had to look up the location on google maps. I have driven past it hundreds of times, either going 205 north or to the airport and I can’t recall ever noticing it was there. By the location, I guess you were aiming at the Vancouver folks who come to shop in Oregon to avoid sales taxes, but if I were you, I’d have placed it in Beaverton.
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25th February 2013 at 6:57 pm
Thunderbird says:
Do any of you remember when the US military served horse meat? Not bad rations…um um.
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25th February 2013 at 7:19 pm
fool on the hill says:
NO TBIRD
But I will never forget BEANS AND MOYHERFU__ERS in C rats.
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25th February 2013 at 8:53 pm
Skinny says:
The old man was shocked. Shocked they weren’t using horse meat all along. Do you realize how much beef costs in Europe? Much better margins on Mr. Ed and even a bad horse can deliver itself at about 30 miles per hour.
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25th February 2013 at 8:09 am
Administrator says:
Skinny
If people would just learn how to speak Swedish, they’d know that Kottbular is Swedish for Horsemeat.
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25th February 2013 at 8:33 am
Administrator says:
The IKEA chef enters the corral and a stampede ensues
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25th February 2013 at 8:35 am
Bostonbob says:
Zara,
I opened aq specialty woodworking store in Beaverton for a company out of Minnesota. Seemed like a little city, nice folks. Sunny and warm 11 out of 12 days. I was told it is never like that. It poured the last day I was there like a monsoon. Fun times working retail.
Bob.
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25th February 2013 at 9:43 am
TeresaE says:
Stucky, funny you mentioned pigs.
Last week I caught an article on the HORROR of horse dna in BK’s Italy & Spanish (funny those are two broke ass countries, think there is any correlation? nah, me neither, anyway) food.
The article further talked about the FACT that in “cheap, prepackaged, meat labeled “beef” products ALL OVER Europe that nearly 85% tested with trace PIG dna.
So, being the sick individual that I am, I took it one further, if ANY Muslim in Europe has consumed these “cheap, prepackaged, meat labeled “beef” products THEY ARE GOING TO BURN IN HELL.
Or wherever it is that they go instead of heaven with the virgins.
Why does that little factoid fill me with such joy? I’m sure it has nothing to do with my belief that following laws written thousands of years ago by another culture in another geographic location is irrational.
Nah, that ain’t it, but “tee hee” nonetheless
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25th February 2013 at 11:38 am
Hope@ZeroKelvin says:
Who cares about this “what’s in the beef” beef?
As long as it is: 1) edible, 2) digestible, 3) not contaminated by chemicals/abx, etc, who the hell cares?
You are feeding human beings with a perfectly acceptable protein source and using animals that would otherwise go to waste. Additionally, it lowers the cost of food for those on fixed or low incomes that would otherwise be eating actual DOG FOOD.
Geez, this is the same insanity around Pink Slime.
Eat ‘em up, I say and be glad you have the luxury of complaining about where your food comes from.
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25th February 2013 at 12:03 pm
Skinny says:
In classical Swedish, Kottebular means questionable chariable foundations. Its only in recent years its become known as hosemeat.
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25th February 2013 at 2:37 pm
prtrb'd says:
Admin,
I stepped into an Ikea recently and thought maybe you could answer a question for me. A light I picked up had it’s origin as China. Do such items ship from China to Sweden to the US? Do Chinese guys think up those names they put on various things such as “globentrotters”, or how does that work? Can they actually make stuff in Sweden to compete with China slave labor prices, or is it really just a Chinese company? Any light you could shed would be appreciated- the one I picked up dint really do it for me.
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25th February 2013 at 7:08 pm
Administrator says:
prtb’d
The IKEA products are designed in Sweden. The name of the product is often the name of the designer. Nothing is manufactured in Sweden. IKEA has a Trading company that lines up manufacturers in China, India, Eastern Europe, etc where they get the lowest price. The goods are then shipped directly to IKEA warehouses around the world and are then shipped to the stores. Each of these IKEA entities charges a fee and reduces the profit for tax purposes in the country of sale. Most of their stuff is crap and is manufactured in slave labor factories in third world countries.
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25th February 2013 at 8:15 pm
Leobeer says:
Still having a bit of trouble after eating one of the IKEA’s meatballs containing
horsemeat. My condition is now stable, I have had the trots but it didn’t last
furlong. After overcoming a few hurdles, I’m odds on to make a full recovery,
although the doctor said it was a bit like closing the stable door after the
horse has bolted..
IKEA say they’re out of stock on meatballs but they’ve got a fresh delivery
coming in at 10 to 1.
HMV gift cards now being accepted at IKEA. Just tell them HMV stands for Horse
Meat Voucher.
To eat or not to eat a IKEA meatballs?……….That is equestrian.
If you think IKEA’s meatballs are bad, you should try their quarter pandas.
Anyone know what I can do with 100 boxes of IKEA meatballs I’ve been saddled
with?
Just got a batch of 200 IKEA meatballs cheap, it only cost me a pony.
Prices are going through the hoof in my area.
New kids food found in budget supermarket ……..My Lidl pony.
Apparently they’ve now refused to name their mane supplier. IKEA PR department are having a bad mare day!
IKEA scored highly in a recent Gallop Poll.
IKEA meatballs – low in fat – high in Shergar.
I’ve just checked the sell by date on my IKEA meatballs and they’re off.
It’s very stressful working on the meat counter. Sometimes it seems
like I’m flogging a dead horse.
I had a meatball last night and when I woke up this morning I still had a bit
between my teeth.
Despite the recent controversy, IKEA meatball sales remain stable.
Traces of zebra have been found in IKEA bar codes.
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25th February 2013 at 9:07 pm
prtrb'd says:
Admin,
Thanks for the inside scoop. With this new found knowledge I will question my motivation in strolling back through those doors, however saving a buck and tapping into that Swedish ingenuity are two reasons it might happen once again.
As we watch historic US companies drop by the wayside is it possible that the sellers of this slave labor crap are very far behind?
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25th February 2013 at 10:09 pm
Zippy says:
Administrator – (ref your comment about Jews in the meatballs) What’s worse, horse meat in meatballs or priests’ meat in little boys balls?
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25th February 2013 at 9:34 pm