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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield, whose name helped shape the popular ice cream brand, has quit the company, his partner Ben Cohen said on Wednesday, deepening the rift with parent Unilever. In an open letter addressing the Ben & Jerry community that was shared by Cohen, on social media platform X, Greenfield said that the Vermont-based company has lost its independence since UK parent Unilever curtailed its social activism.
Jerry Greenfield has quit the popular ice cream company he founded nearly 50 years ago, his partner Ben Cohen said on Wednesday.Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s have clashed since 2021, when the Chubby Hubby maker said it would stop sales in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The brand has since sued its parent over alleged efforts to silence it and described the Gaza conflict as “genocide,” a rare stance for a major US company. Here's what Publishers Clearing House bankruptcy means for 'forever' winners: 'Going to lose my home' Nearly $3M raised for Charlie Kirk's family following assassination — as Turning Point USA sees upward of 18,000 new chapter requests overnight Fraudster who scammed JPMorgan out of $175M invokes Holocaust survivor grandmother in letter to judge Greenfield said he could no longer “in good conscience” continue working for a company that had been “silenced” by Unilever, despite a merger agreement meant to safeguard the brand’s social mission. “That independence existed in no small part because of the unique merger agreement Ben and I negotiated with Unilever,” he wrote in the letter. A Magnum Ice Cream company spokesperson said that it disagrees with Greenfield’s perspective and has sought to engage both co-founders in a constructive conversation on how to strengthen Ben & Jerry’s powerful values-based position in the world.Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield at the global announcement of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream going 100% Fairtrade on Feb. 18, 2010 in London, England.Last week, Ben Cohen said the brand had attempted to engineer a sale to investors at a fair market value between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion amid tensions with Unilever but the proposal was rejected.Here's what Publishers Clearing House bankruptcy means for 'forever' winners: 'Going to lose my home' Nearly $3M raised for Charlie Kirk's family following assassination — as Turning Point USA sees upward of 18,000 new chapter requests overnightEx-‘Try Guy’ Ned Fulmer and wife Ariel separate 3 years after cheating scandalJerry Greenfield has quit the popular ice cream company he founded nearly 50 years ago, his partner Ben Cohen said on Wednesday.Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield at the global announcement of Ben & Jerry's ice cream going 100% Fairtrade on Feb. 18, 2010 in London, England.
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