Ben & Jerry’s Demands Out From Parent Firm, Citing Censorship on Social Issues

The cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s published an open letter this week demanding that their parent company allow Ben & Jerry’s to operate independently, saying that the ice cream brand’s founding commitments to social justice are being undermined. In 2000, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield sold their company to Unilever, which is now spinning off the ice cream brand, along with other businesses…

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