Posted on 09/17/2025 7:35:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the ice cream brand he started in 1978 amid a dispute with its British owner Unilever, according to a post by the company’s other co-founder, Ben Cohen.
Cohen shared a statement from Greenfield that said quitting was “one of the hardest and most painful decisions” he has made. He accused Unilever of curtailing Ben & Jerry’s ability to speak out on social and political causes – which became synonymous with the brand’s identity.
“It’s with a broken heart that I’ve decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s,” he added.
Greenfield and Cohen sold their Vermont-based ice cream company to Unilever in 2000 and, according to Greenfield, were guaranteed the “independence to pursue (their) values.” But the brand’s relationship with Unilever eroded over the years.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company, which is being spun off from Unilever, said the company has tried to work with the brand’s co-founders.
“We disagree with his perspective and have sought to engage both co-founders in a constructive conversation on how to strengthen Ben & Jerry’s powerful values-based position in the world,” a Magnum spokesperson said in a statement.
Tensions between Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company boiled over in 2021, when Ben & Jerry’s ended its sales in occupied Palestinian territories, saying it’s inconsistent with the values of the socially conscious brand. That triggered backlash from Israel and kicked off a battle with Unilever over the brand’s independence.
Last year, Ben & Jerry’s filed a lawsuit against Unilever, accusing the parent company of censoring its public statements to support Palestinian refugees and resolutions to end military aid to Israel.
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So, will the new name be “Ben and Nobody”? (adapted from a “Sanford and Son” episode)
I have my beef with Unilever. They cheapened the Breyer’s ice cream when they bought the brand. The Breyers Strawberry had been cream, milk, strawberries, salt. Now it looks (and tastes) like any other mass-produced stuff.
Dam’ capitalists!
Not commie enough for him..
Commie Jerry:
“the LGBTQ community”
aka the vicious deranged assassin’s community.
This is why most companies ditch the original owners after a buyout. Letting them go off the reservation is a recipe for disaster.
Jews continue to vote for their own destruction.
I'll bet they smell like pot.
Jerry Seinfeld is available. With 1.1 billions net worth,he can chip in extra money. But alas, he is a Jew... doesn’t mix with Ben.
Seinfeld is a Zionist, not all Jews are Zionists, in fact many Jews despise Zionists.
What an inflated sense of self worth! The idiot needs to realize he is simply an ice cream vendor.
Oh, good. With them gone I might try a flavor.
The brand is in a tailspin, the older hippies that made it a big deal can’t have it now due to sugar.
Go to to the city of Omaha phone book. Pick out the first Jerry to be your second spokesman. He has to be easier to get along with than the current Jerry.
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