The company is pushing ahead, however, with technology that lets sales representatives create their own Tupperware sites where clients can order products.
In order to stimulate sales, manufacturers had to create new features giant flat screens and 3D TVs, for example just to get their customers back into the stores.
"We've decided to stop all sales of meatballs in most European countries in order to not create worries for our customers pending the results of our own tests, " IKEA spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said.