Ben & Jerry’s cofounders push for independence as Unilever’s ice cream spinoff nears
This story was originally published on Food Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Food Dive newsletter. The founders of Ben & Jerry’s are pushing parent company Unilever to allow the popular brand to once again operate independently and exclude it from the CPG giant's upcoming spinoff of its ice cream business in November. In an open letter to The Magnum Ice Cream Company, the ice cream operation Unilever is divesting, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield wrote they agreed to se ...