When they came for Jerry, I didn't even blink for I wasn't Jerry.
When they came for Ben, I started to get anxious, but was sure it'd pass.
But when they went for &, there wasn't anyone to care about guys with bad posture like me.
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We have to take an amper-stand.
American conservatives even canceled woke Ice Cream.
He can start a new ice cream company. There's got to be at least a dozen national brands and dozens of regional ice cream
Ben's
I already got a rice guy named ben
In 2000, Unilever acquired Ben & Jerry’s for about $326 million.
Well that’s what you get for being a bunch of greedy capitalist pigs and selling your company. Maybe you should start another company called Jerry & Ben’s and not sell out this time
You do realize you're referencing something from 25 years ago right?
This isn't the traditional "big corporation buys something and then makes changes" situation. For 25 years Unilever has been fine with B&J doing their thing.
Something has changed, that's notable. Dismissing it as traditional big corpo shit is stupid.
Really doesn't matter that it was 25 years ago. During the war on terror plenty of people were being cancelled for not being pro war. This shits been going on for centuries.
This isn't the traditional "big corporation buys something and then makes changes" situation. For 25 years Unilever has been fine with B&J doing their thing.
Yeah, well, they're making changes now. So Ben and Jerry didn't lose their autonomy right away, but they lost it nonetheless.
They wanted the ability to maintain their social stances through the business. They put it in the contract.
According to Jerry, the contract isn't being honoured.
...I imagine, according to Jerry's lawyer, it's just barely being honoured by the legal definition.
Yeah, this is a bit of a shocked Pikachu moment here.
Is shocked Pikachu a flavor yet because it needs to be.
Get on it Ben.
or just remove the ampersan, and call it benjerries.
Just call it BJs. The ads would be hilarious. “Stay at home and enjoy a BJs” “Can’t beat the soft and creamy sensation of BJs”
I like the sweet cream and pineapple flavors.
In April 2000, Ben & Jerry's sold itself to British multinational food giant Unilever for $326 million ($607 million in 2025 accounting for inflation).[16] In the acquisition agreement, Unilever agreed to carry on the company's tradition of engaging "in these critical, global economic and social missions".[17] Following the acquisition, both founders remained employed at the company, though not in a position of operational or managerial responsibility,[18] though Cohen remained on the governing board of directors.[19]
In the acquisition agreement, Unilever agreed to carry on the company's tradition of engaging "in these critical, global economic and social missions".
Well, obviously Jerry has reached the limits of what Unilever is willing to tolerate. Or, Unilever has just reneged. Those kinds of things can happen when you sell away your independence and autonomy.
It was an optimistic view on Ben & Jerry’s part, I would agree. 24 years of apparently unimpeded activism isn’t a bad run though, and I’ve never heard of another contract like theirs. As I see it, Unilever violated their contract, but they probably are willing to spend the GDP of Paraguay on lawyers to win that one.