Gunnar Dafgård AB (GDAB) was founded 1937 by Gunnar Dafgård and is

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's largest private food producer with an annual revenue of more than US$300 million. GDAB has customers throughout Europe with the main market being

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. GDAB produces all kinds of foods but the biggest selling products are Swedish meatballs,

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and

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s. GDAB's own brands include Billy's Pizza, Familjen Dafgård and Gorby's. Internationally, GDAB is best known for producing the

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for

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in all the European markets.

References

Dafgårds i Källby : Sagan om Gunnar Wickbom, Ulf,

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: GullersBild, 2001, ATL – Lantbrukets Affärstidning. 2012. Lantbruk , Ikeas köttbullar enbart från Dafgårds , ATL – Lantbrukets Affärstidning. NLINEAvailable at: http://www.atl.nu/lantbruk/ikeas-kottbullar-enbart-fran-dafgards. ccessed 4 June 2012

External links

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