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Jerry resigns from Ben & Jerry's because parent company won't let them be woke anymore
Not The Bee ^ | September 17, 2025 | Wolfgang Ramsay

Posted on 09/17/2025 11:27:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, has resigned because the company they sold to back in 2000, Unilever, doesn't want them to be woke anymore.

I have to give you the full text because it's hilarious. Grab your popcorn.

It's with a broken heart that l've decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry's. I am resigning from the company Ben and I started back in 1978. This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions l've ever made.

This isn't because l've lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry's. Quite the opposite.

The folks who show up every day in our factories, scoop shops, and offices are some of the most passionate, caring, and values-driven people you'll ever meet. They are the soul of Ben & Jerry's.

What has made their work so important to me, and what allowed the company to be more than just an ice cream company, was the independence to pursue our values, which was guaranteed when Unilever bought the company. For more than twenty years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry's stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice, and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world.

That independence existed in no small part because of the unique merger agreement Ben and I negotiated with Unilever, one that enshrined our social mission and values in the company's governance structure in perpetuity. It's profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone.

And it's happening at a time when our country's current administration is attacking civil rights, voting rights, the rights of immigrants, women, and the LGBT community.

Standing up for the values of justice, equity, and our shared humanity has never been more important, and yet Ben & Jerry's has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power. It's easy to stand up and speak out when there's nothing at risk. The real test of values is when times are challenging and you have something to lose.

Love, equity, justice. They're part of who Ben and I are, and they've always been the true foundation of Ben & Jerry's. From the very beginning, Ben and I believed that our values and the pursuit of justice were more important than the company itself. If the company couldn't stand up for the things we believed, then it wasn't worth being a company at all.

It was always about more than just ice cream; it was a way to spread love and invite others into the fight for equity, justice and a better world. Coming to the conclusion that this is no longer possible at Ben & Jerry's means I can no longer remain part of Ben & Jerry's. If I can't carry those values forward inside the company today, then I will carry them forward outside, with all the love and conviction I can.

With love,

Jerry


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: benandjerrys; disease; homosexualagenda; icecream; shj; sodomy; tds; terroristleft
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To: Red Badger

The millionnaire communists don’t get to cosplay as revolutionaries any more? Horrors.

Someone should have seized THEIR means of production 45 years ago.


21 posted on 09/17/2025 11:55:19 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: Red Badger

Forget kirk, this guy is the martyr!

And a billionaire! he did it all.


22 posted on 09/17/2025 11:56:23 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Red Badger

Well bye Jerry.


23 posted on 09/17/2025 11:57:21 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: tennmountainman

So, now the Brand is “Ben & Whoever”?............


24 posted on 09/17/2025 12:01:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
Jerry resigns from Ben & Jerry's because parent company won't let them be woke anymore

I believe Jerry resigned from Humanity about thirty years ago, so it's no loss.

25 posted on 09/17/2025 12:01:43 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Red Badger

Peanuts! Cashews! Almonds! Pistachios!

Our newest flavor!

BEN & Jerry are;

ABSOLUTELY NUTS!


26 posted on 09/17/2025 12:01:58 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: Red Badger

What’s the matter Jerry, Unilever didn’t hate Israel enough to suit your little commie ass?
Shove a cone in it MF’er.


27 posted on 09/17/2025 12:02:50 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah well, that was then Jerry. Everybody has to renegotiate their deal. Yours lasted 25 years. That run is longer than most.


28 posted on 09/17/2025 12:02:56 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Red Badger

Crap ice cream. If the product is good then you don’t have to fill up with Chinese candy. The ice cream part will speak for itself.


29 posted on 09/17/2025 12:04:23 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Probably because Unilever took a boutique specialty ice cream only available at certain outlets and only outlets in the USA and took them global. That takes a lot of capital. Capital that Ben & Jerry didn’t have.


30 posted on 09/17/2025 12:05:23 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Frank Drebin

I like Häagen-Dazs better.


31 posted on 09/17/2025 12:05:59 PM PDT by Ben Dover (Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with massive doses of radiation.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s still Unilever.

And Unilever is still Deep State.


32 posted on 09/17/2025 12:06:08 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

;-)


33 posted on 09/17/2025 12:07:14 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Red Badger

I’m still not going to buy their ice cream.
Never.


34 posted on 09/17/2025 12:19:29 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: sjmjax

It’s not ‘theirs’ anymore! 😁....................


35 posted on 09/17/2025 12:20:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

We don’t need Jerry.


36 posted on 09/17/2025 1:14:02 PM PDT by Freeleesy
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To: Red Badger

If I wasn’t at the dentist, I’d be ROFL.


37 posted on 09/17/2025 1:26:18 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Red Badger

Jerry, you sold your company. Sold. You took money for it. Lots of money. Others are the bosses. Now you’re complaining. Nobody cares. Go start another company and be the boss of it.


38 posted on 09/17/2025 5:15:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (RIP, Charlie. Say hi to Andrew Breitbart. God protect your family. Justice for Charlie Kirk!)
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To: Red Badger

Socialism always eventually eats its own.


39 posted on 09/17/2025 6:59:53 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Frank Drebin
I hope they hire a guy named Dover to replace him. I’m working on the new logo in case it happens.

Yeah but bending over is an honored tradition on the left. They would take "Pride" in it. Lots of good ice creams out there - I'm not about to buy any of theirs just because one of the moonbats in the asylum has left.

40 posted on 09/17/2025 7:01:54 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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