Jerry Greenfield, a co-founder of the ice cream firm Ben & Jerry’s, is quitting, in accordance with a put up on social media.
“After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by @MagnumGlobal,” co-founder Ben Cohen mentioned in a put up on the social platform X Tuesday.
Cohen’s put up included a press release from Greenfield, who mentioned that “it’s with a broken heart that I’ve decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s.”
“I am resigning from the company Ben and I started back in 1978. This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I’ve ever made. This isn’t because I’ve lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry’s,” Greenfield added.
Greenfield additionally said that below greater than 20 years of Unilever possession, “Ben & Jerry’s stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice, and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world.”
“That independence existed in no small part because of the unique merger agreement Ben and I negotiated with Unilever, one that enshrined our social mission and values in the company’s governance structure in perpetuity,” Greenfield continued.
“It’s profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone,” he added.
Again in Might, Cohen was faraway from a Senate Well being, Training, Labor and Pensions Committee listening to that includes Well being and Human Providers (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for protesting.
“I told Congress they’re killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they’re paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US,” Cohen mentioned on the time on X.
The Hill has reached out to The Magnum Ice Cream Firm and Unilever for remark.
