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When Ben & Jerry's first started offering benefits to the partners of employees in same-sex relationships, it was truly revolutionary. Why It Matters While the eponymous co-founders no longer oversee the company's day-to-day business operations, they retain an official role and formal voice through its independent board and continue to be viewed as the public face of the iconic ice cream brand.

Product recall. The dispute was later settled, though the terms of the agreement were not publicly disclosed. To celebrate the occasion, and the countless citizens who’ve worked so hard to make it happen, we’re honorarily renaming our Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream I Dough, I Dough for the summer, at participating Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops nationwide.

He added: "If I can't carry those values forward inside the company today, then I will carry them forward outside, with all the love and conviction I can. What To Know The basis of his decision, Greenfield said, was a long-running dispute with Unilever over the company's ability to pursue social justice and activist causes that were important to the founders.

When approached for comment, Unilever told Newsweek that it would be "forever grateful to Jerry for his role in co-founding such an amazing ice cream company, turning his passion for delicious ice cream and addressing social causes into a remarkable success story.

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We caught up with two long-time Ben & Jerry's employees who have been with us through 26 years of championing LGBT rights. Co-founder Ben Cohen wrote on X: "After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together.

If the company couldn't stand up for the things we believed, then it wasn't worth being a company at all. Recommended For You. Related Podcasts. Supreme Court. From the very beginning, Ben and I believed that our values and the pursuit of justice were more important than the company itself.

He added, "It's profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone. Sign In. My Turn All Opinion. Testimony 4 min. Opinion My Turn All Opinion. Jerry's deep belief in our three-part mission—product, economic, and social—has shaped every corner of our business.

In the letter Cohen shared on Wednesday, Greenfield added that the loss of the company's independence was especially concerning "at a time when our country's current administration is attacking civil rights, voting rights, the rights of immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ community.

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Ben amp Jerry 39 : Ben Cohen (L) and Jerry Greenfield (R), co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia during their Scoop The Vote tour to get

Utilizing all Jerry has taught us - along with his business partner, Ben—we will continue to carry his legacy forward. Jerry Greenfield, the co-founder of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand, has officially quit the business after he said he concluded that his core values of spreading love and fighting for equity.

This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made," the statement continued. The basis of his decision, Greenfield said, was a long-running dispute with Unilever over the company's ability to pursue social justice and activist causes that were important to the founders.

While the eponymous co-founders no longer oversee the company's day-to-day business operations, they retain an official role and formal voice through its independent board and continue to be viewed as the public face of the iconic ice cream brand. More recently, the co-founders called for the company to be separated from Unilever and excluded from its plans to float the ice cream division on the stock market.

I Dough, I Dough can also be purchased online through the Human Rights Campaign.