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Multinational conglomerate Unilever, the owner of some 400 brands, announced Tuesday it is spinning off its ice cream business — including major names like Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Magnum, Popsicle and Klondike — after more than a century. The consumer goods giant said the move is part of a growth strategy to create a leaner business. At the same time, by shedding Ben & Jerry's, Unilever is ridding itself of a longtime headache. Since its founding in 1978, Ben & Jerry's has been known for its left-leaning advocacy, and the Vermont-based ice cream maker was able to maintain an independent...

President Joe Biden babbled about his belief that Israel would reach a ceasefire agreement with Palestinian terrorist group Hamas by next Monday, as he prepared to take a bite of his ice cream. “My National Security Advisor tells me that we’re close. We’re close. It’s not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a ceasefire,” said President Biden. Biden delivered his remarks as he stood with a blank expression, about to take a bite of his ice cream. Statements from Hamas and Israeli leadership suggest that a ceasefire is further away than Biden indicated between licks...

Fox News host Jesse Watters criticized President Joe Biden and his affinity for ice cream on Tuesday after the president was seen in a New York ice cream parlor the day before. Ahead of Monday’s airing of Late Night with Seth Meyers, on which Biden was a guest, the president patronized a shop with Meyers and told reporters he hopes there will be a ceasefire in Gaza “by next Monday” as Israel continues its invasion and bombing campaign in the territory after the Oct. 7 attacks. The right has fixated on Biden’s famous hankering for ice cream, with some suggesting...

He only takes “soft serve” questions. President Biden stumbled in his latest interview when asked about what food he likes — with first lady Jill Biden prodding the 81-year-old commander in chief to remind him he enjoys ice cream. “I’m curious, what sorts of holiday foods have you been enjoying over the last few days?” former “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest asked the president for ABC’s Sunday night New Year’s Eve programming.

In what may be the most disturbing story I have ever read about a tragedy happened in Pennsylvania when a semi-truck was hit and tipped over. The driver suffered minor injuries, but the ice cream tragically didn’t make it. Several ice cream containers spilled out on the turnpike after the truck was hit in a hit-and-run incident by another semi. It took several hours to clean up and had the freeway closed. Can you imagine what it would be like to drive into an ice cream slick? Probably similar to hitting a bunch of ice and slush on the road...

He made it awkward with one fell scoop. President Biden raised eyebrows Wednesday when he invited children to join him on an ice cream run, telling the youngsters that “Daddy owes you.” “I want to say one thing to your children. I know some really great ice cream places around here and Daddy owes you, so talk to me afterwards,” Biden, 80, told a packed crowd in the East Room of the White House, according to a clip shared on X (formerly Twitter) by RNC Research. The seemingly off-script remark came during the octogenarian’s speech marking the first anniversary of...

President Biden made an off-the-cuff remark Wednesday involving children and ice cream, just before touting his administration's accomplishments.The president was about to begin his speech in front of an audience in the East Room of the White House on the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act when he briefly deviated.

President Biden said Friday that the economy is continuing to grow despite Labor Department data released earlier in the day showing weaker-than-expected growth in the employment market. “Unemployment near a record low and the share of working-age Americans who have jobs at a 20-year high: that’s Bidenomics,” the president said in a statement. The report also found that unemployment dipped slightly to 3.5% last month from 3.6% in June and average hourly wages grew 4.4%, slower than last year. Mr. Biden‘s positive rhetoric on the economy followed the release of a relatively modest July jobs report, which showed that U.S....

As stores struggle with retail crime, a Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco has appeared to chain up its freezer section in an attempt to thwart shoplifters. Chains have been spotted in front of freezers at the Walgreens location on Geary Boulevard and 15th Avenue in the city's Richmond District. Store workers said Monday that they made the move within the past two weeks. According to employees, the store sees more than 20 shoplifters every day, with items such as pizza and ice cream being cleared out every single night. Video of the freezers has gone viral, even capturing the attention...

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida appeared to take a page out of former President Trump’s campaign playbook on Friday with a visit to a Dairy Queen in Des Moines, Iowa. However, unlike Trump’s rallies, which drew large crowds, DeSantis’ stop at the ice cream chain drew a muted response. n an attempt to connect with Iowa voters, DeSantis visited the Dairy Queen at Des Moines, ordered a Blizzard ice cream treat, and answered questions from the few present journalists. His visit seemed a clear nod to a Trump tradition – the former president was known for his fondness for fast-food...

Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, lost billions in market cap after the ice cream brand celebrated July 4th with an unpatriotic tweet about American history. Unilever’s share price went from $52.32 per share to $51.37 per share, erasing an estimated $2.5 billion in market cap as social media users called for a boycott, according to Google finance data. The packaged goods conglomerate saw its market cap drop from roughly $133 billion to $131 billion because its share price. Ben & Jerry’s marked July 4th by tweeting that “the US exists on stolen Indigenous land.” It also included...

A supermarket in New York City is protecting $6 ice cream cartons with bolted plastic tops to prevent shoplifters from stealing them this summer, the New York Post reported. The Upper West Side’s Fairway supermarket is protecting its Häagen-Dazs pints with locked lids that can only be removed with a device at the cash register. The theft prevention lids are to “help maintain the lowest possible cost,” according to a sign posted in the market’s freezer section.

With a combination of savory and sweet, a local Massachusetts ice cream shop will be offering the unique flavor of everything bagel for the month of June or until supplies last. J.P. Licks which has 17 stores throughout Massachusetts, will sell its new flavor at all its locations for those who want to enjoy the taste of garlic, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, dried onion, salt, and pieces of everything bagel, combined with J.P. Licks’ signature sweet ice cream, according to J.P Licks. “When we say everything bagel, we mean it,” said J.P. Licks’ founder and owner Vincent Petryk. “Our new...

May 18 (UPI) -- A Japanese ice cream company assembled some of the world's rarest ingredients to create an ice cream flavor that costs $6,696 per serving. Guinness World Records announced Japanese brand Cellato earned the record for the world's most expensive ice cream with its new flavor, dubbed Byakuya. The pricey treat's ingredients include a rare white truffle grown in Alba, Italy, that costs about $6,905 per pound. It also includes Parmigiano Reggiano and sake lees. Cellato developed the flavor with Tadayoshi Yamada, the head chef at Osaka restaurant RiVi. The company said it sought to combine European and...

(Last Updated On: May 12, 2023) NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY On May 15th, we recognize a morsel of a thing on National Chocolate Chip Day! #ChocolateChipDay Have you ever wondered how a single ingredient would change a recipe? If it weren’t for one curious baker, it would be hard to imagine where we would be without the invention of chocolate chips. In 1937, Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman Massachusetts must have been curious about what a little bit of chocolate would add to her cookies. While working at the Toll House Inn, she added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestle...

The internet got icy with this couple. A Virginia couple was slammed online after a video of the pair licking an ice cream container at a grocery store and then putting it back went viral. In a now-deleted Instagram post, the couple, identified as Tequan and Asia Hines, walk down the freezer section of a grocery store when Tequan encourages Asia to open a tub of Blue Bunny Soft Vanilla ice cream and lick the top. “Let me taste it. Let me taste it,” Tequan can be heard saying as he films his wife. Asia then lifts the tub up...

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is well-known for its quality ice cream and some seriously out-there flavors. After all, this is the brand that brought the world Grey Poupon Ice Cream and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Ice Cream. The brand is at it again — this time, with everyone’s favorite dressing, ranch. On Thursday, the brand announced seven new spring flavors, which are set to be sold exclusively at Walmart locations nationwide. One of them is Hidden Valley Ranch Ice Cream. “We’re so excited to debut this new series of flavors and unveil what is possibly our most surprising ice cream...

President Biden joked Monday that he only showed up to a White House event because he heard there would be ice cream — before addressing the horrific mass shooting that left six dead at a Nashville elementary school hours earlier. “My name is Joe Biden. I’m Dr. Jill Biden’s husband,” the 80-year-old president began his remarks at an East Room gathering of women-owned businesses. “And I eat Jeni’s ice cream — chocolate chip. I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream,” he said. “By the way, I have a whole refrigerator full upstairs,” Biden added at...

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President Joe Biden on Monday boasted he has a “freezer full” of one of the most expensive ice cream brands in the White House — all while American workers continue to suffer under his soaring inflation. “My name is Joe Biden. I’m doctor Jill Biden’s husband, and I ate Jeni’s ice cream. Chocolate chip. I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream,” Biden told the audience during an event held at the White House. “By the way, I have a whole refrigerator full upstairs.”