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Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, is resigning. Key Takeaways Ben & Jerry's Co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigned from the ice cream brand, accusing parent Unilever of not living up to its agreement about speaking out on social issues. Greenfield said Unilever violated a promise to give Ben & Jerry's independence to comment on matters important to the company. Unilever said it disagrees with Greenfield's perspective and has tried to hold a dialog with both h ...

There won't be a Jerry at Ben & Jerry's anymore. Jerry Greenfield, one of the ice cream brand's co-founders, said late Tuesday that he was leaving the company.Greenfield criticized the ice-cream brand's parent company, Unilever, in his announcement, saying that it had silenced the brand's speech on social and political issues. "It's with a broken heart that I've decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee at Ben & Jerry's," Greenfield wrote in a statement shared by ...

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Jerry Greenfield said he's quitting the ice-cream company he co-founded with Ben Cohen. ...

The Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has stepped away from the ice-cream brand after nearly 50 years, claiming it has lost its independence and accusing its parent company, Unilever, of having “silenced” its social mission.Greenfield said in a letter posted by his co-founder, Ben Cohen, that he could no longer “in good conscience” remain an employee of a business that he argued had been muzzled by the UK-listed Unilever, despite an agreement protecting its social mission when it was taken over in 2 ...

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the company, as the divide with parent Unilever grew over its stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. His partner, Ben Cohen, shared Greenfield's open letter on X on Wednesday, saying it was a "difficult decision." Greenfield had been with the company for 47 years."This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made," Greenfield wrote in the letter. "This isn't because I've lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry's. Quite ...

Jerry Greenfield said he was leaving the ice-cream brand because it was no longer allowed to stand behind social justice issues that were core to its business. ...

By John Revill and Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle investors are hoping the Swiss food group can draw a line under a period of volatility and sliding shares after the company accelerated the departure of its chairman, hot on the heels of a scandal that toppled its CEO. After the early exit of Chairman Paul Bulcke, 71, former Inditex CEO Pablo Isla will take the reins on October 1, half a year ahead of schedule, challenged to revive the fortunes of the maker of KitKat chocolate and Nescafe coffee by ...

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. ...