News about Jerry Greenfield

Ben & Jerry's 'free cone day' returns for 2024 - here's how to get as many free ice creams as you can eat

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2024
The annual 'free cone day' for Ben & Jerry's has returned, and the corporation intends to give away 1 million scoops, making it the biggest ever for the festival, which began in 1979 on Tuesday. Ice cream enthusiasts can get as many free scoops as they want, but they can only get one at a time, so they must wait in line each time. This tip from Generous Ben & Jerry: 'It's easiest to jump back in the queue on free cone day with a scoop already in hand.'

After a disastrous Glaxo bid, Unilever chief Alan Jope is expected to resign

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 26, 2022
Following a period in which it has been criticized for 'woke' decision-making and clashed with Ben & Jerry's founders, Alan Jope will step down as chief executive at the end of 2023. Unilever's shares soared 1.8%, or 73.5p, to 4100p on yesterday.

Unilever is accused of breaching a 22-year-old merger agreement, according to Woke Ben & Jerry's founders

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 19, 2022
In a televised interview with MSNBC, Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry's (pictured with business partner Jerry Greenfield), said that Unilever has'usurped their power' by continuing to offer ice cream to the Israeli license holder. Jerry Greenfield, Cohen's business partner, said the deal is legally binding and must be adhered to. However, Unilever has said that it has reserved the right to make operational decisions for Ben and Jerry's families, and that the transaction cannot be undone as it has irrevocably closed.

Ben and Jerry's and Unilever's feud over the Israel controversy has erupted

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 11, 2022
Ben and Jerry's demand that there be no production, exporting, or selling of its products in the Palestinian territories, as well as settler groups in particular. After Ben & Jerry's refusal to enter a settlement bid, Efforts by Unilever to put a stop to the dispute by selling the West Bank's Israeli affiliates ended up in the Manhattan courts.

After the West Bank's founders barred Unilever from eating their ice cream, Ben & Jerry's brought Unilever to court

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2022
Matthew McCarthy, the ice cream company's CEO, said selling products in the West Bank was "inconsistent" with the company's values, and that no products could be sold in the West Bank, as shown above. Ben & Jerry's 'long-term future' is'strongly as part of Unilever,' according to Unilever's chief executive Alan Jope, bottom right.' On three days after an intense conflict erupted between Israel and Gaza, with the Palestinian death toll reaching at least 36 people since the Israeli offensive's start on Friday.