In the early days of IKEA, the “warehouse” was a shed on Elmtaryd Farm in
the south of Sweden where the founder of the company, Ingvar Kamprad,
lived with his parents. In those days products were despatched from Elmatryd
with the help of the county milk van that visited the farm each day. Things
have changed a bit since then, however. Today IKEA operates 31 distribution
centres in a total of 16 countries. From here IKEA products are delivered to
stores around the world