cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36143769
By MEE staff Published date: 11 September 2025 22:49 BST
Ben & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company so it can freely speak about the war in Gaza, racial justice, and other issues. Its parent company, Magnum, has refused to sell the iconic ice cream brand.
The war between the ice-cream giants comes as Ben & Jerry’s became part of the Magnum Ice Cream company on Tuesday and Unilever prepares to spin off Magnum into a separate public company, which includes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Walls and Cornetto, in mid-November.
Hate to say it but they made their bed with the decision to sell their names to corporate America. This was to be expected unfortunately and if they want to be a voice for good in the ice cream market, they’ll have to start a new company.
I would buy the hell out of some Jen and Berry’s.
Unilever is British
My bad, multinational Corporation that has a corporate America branch .
I forget that the UK are also full of complete shitheads too.
Hey now… It’s pronounced ‘shitehead’ over there