BIZARRE: 7 - What They Never Told You

Ben & Jerry's Disagrees With Unilever Divesting Brand To Israel Local Licensee: FT

Yesterday Unilever plc (NYSE:UL) sold its Ben & Jerry’s business in Israel to Avi Zinger, the current Israel-based licensee.  Under the terms of Unilever’s acquisition agreement of Ben & Jerry’s in 2000, Ben & Jerry’s was granted rights to make decisions about its social mission. Still, Unilever reserved primary responsibility for financial and operational…

Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022

Unilever sells local Ben & Jerry’s business to Israeli firm

Deal means that the ice cream will be sold in settlements in occupied Palestinian land, despite the brand’s opposition.

Al Jazeera · Jun 30, 2022

Unilever sells off Ben & Jerry’s in Israel to avoid West Bank row

Move follows ice-cream brand’s decision to stop selling in Palestinian territories as it was ‘inconsistent’ with its values

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022

Deliveroo giving out free ice cream to make up for missing Leaving Cert weather

Deliveroo has decided to bring us a little bit of summer amid the seemingly missing usual Leaving Cert sunshine

Dublin Live · Jun 9, 2022

Nottingham man who felt hungry after mega Hungry Horse meals sheds 6st

Aged 39, his metabolic age was that of a 75-year-old

Nottingham Post · May 23, 2022

So how do you go from being an engineer to a Tampa Bay Ben & Jerry’s bigwig?

TAMPA, Florida — Eric Taylor seemed to have his life figured out: College (check), start his career as an engineer (check), get a good job with good pay at a good company (check, check and check.)

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2022

Brands can be rewarded for social activism – but they also risk losing customers to apolitical rivals

From Nike to Ben Jerry’s to Airbnb, more and more brands are taking a stand on sociopolitical issues (often called brand activism), to the point it’s arguably become a component of any brand’s strategy.

The Conversation · May 4, 2022

In age of racial reckoning, Ralph Lauren partners with Morehouse and Spelman grads on vintage Black fashion styles

Prompted by George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, major retail companies touted their commitment to racial justice. Some publicly supported the Black Lives Matter movement. The Vermont-based ice cream manufacturer Ben Jerry’s went further and issued a list of actions aimed at “dismantl[ing] white supremacy in all its forms.”

The Conversation · Apr 25, 2022

Ben & Jerry’s and Hellmann’s owner Unilever to stop advertising to under 16s

The owner of Wall’s and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will commit by  the start of 2023

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2022

Ben & Jerry's Urges Senate To Improve Country's 'Half Baked' Approach To Cannabis Justice

Ben & Jerry's, the ice cream giant and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unilever N.V. (NYSE: UL), is calling on the Senate to step up immediately to pass its version of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, and ensure tha

Benzinga · Apr 18, 2022