IKEA stores include restaurants and cafés serving typical Swedish food. They also have small
food shops selling Swedish groceries, everything from the famous meatballs to jam. Stores are
located worldwide. In August 2008 the IKEA group had 253 stores in 24 countries, with a
further 32 stores owned and run by franchisees. It welcomed a total of 565 million visitors to
the stores during the year and a further 450 million visits were made to the IKEA website. IKEA
sales reached 21.2 billion Euros in 2008 showing an increase of 7%. The biggest sales
countries are Germany, USA, France, UK and Sweden. In 2008 IKEA opened 21 new stores in
11 countries and expects to open around 20 more in 2009 as part of its strategy for growth.