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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc., trading and commonly known as Ben & Jerry's, is an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet.Founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, the company went from a single ice cream parlor to a multinational brand over the course of a few decades.
In April 2000, Ben & Jerry's was bought by the multinational food giant, Unilever. [15] Since the purchase, Greenfield and Cohen have continued to be involved at the company but Jerry said in an interview they had "no responsibility, no authority, and very little influence."
The spinoff would end an unusual corporate partnership that began in 2000 when Unilever bought Ben & Jerry's for $326 million. At the time of the purchase, Ben & Jerry's stipulated that it would ...
Ben & Jerry's and Unilever are no longer the perfect match they seemed to be 20 years ago. In 2000, Unilever bought the progressive ice cream company, hoping to bottle some of its feel-good vibes ...
Ben & Jerry's has positioned itself as socially conscious since Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield founded the company in a renovated gas station in 1978. It kept that mission after Unilever acquired ...
Cohen in 2012 with business partner Jerry Greenfield. In 1977, Cohen decided to go into business with his old friend Jerry Greenfield, and in May of the next year, the two men opened Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream Parlor in Burlington, Vermont. They initially intended to start a bagel business, but found the equipment costs prohibitive and ...
From its founding in 1978 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield through 1999, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. was a model of Corporate Social Responsibility, an activist for social causes, and a significant supporter of environmental, community, and peace programs, giving 7.5 percent of their pre-tax profits to charity.
The following year, Unilever sought to sell Ben & Jerry’s Israel business to a partner in the region under tweaked branding, a move which the ice cream maker sued to block, arguing it had been ...