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Photo: Leah Millis/Reuters Ben & Jerry’s is calling the Gaza conflict a genocide, a rare move for a big consumer brand and one that puts its corporate parent in a difficult position.
Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones said that in tush push debate, he had to ask himself whether he’s really against the play or he just wants to stop the Eagles. Which did he land on?
News Ben & Jerry’s co-founder was arrested this week — it was far from the first time Since the ice cream company was founded in 1978, activism has been (half) baked into the brand’s DNA ...
Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's said late on Friday that billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz, who is on its parent company Unilever's board, has increased his influence over the consumer ...
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's. The Vermont-based company has been giving away free ice cream to its customers annually since 1979, a year after Ben & Jerry ...
In the latest bid to cleave Ben & Jerry’s from its parent company, Unilever, co-founder Ben Cohen is attempting to buy it back. Cohen is making moves to gather investors for a potential buy-back ...
When Unilever acquired Ben & Jerry's for $326 million in 2000, it agreed to let an independent board oversee the brand’s social justice mission. However, that mission has repeatedly clashed with ...
Ben & Jerry’s accused its corporate owner Unilever of ousting the ice cream maker’s chief executive over the brand’s anti-Trump political activism. London-based Unilever allegedly removed ...
Unilever fired Ben & Jerry’s CEO over liberal views, court filing alleges The ice cream maker has clashed with its parent company for years over Ben & Jerry’s public stances on race relations ...
As the relationship between Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever continues to grow tenser, the ice cream maker has alleged that its CEO was removed by Unilever over the company's ...
Ben & Jerry’s accused Unilever, its parent company, of firing its chief executive because he allowed the ice cream maker to speak out on political issues, according to a complaint filed in ...