Jerry Greenfield, one of the two co-founders of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand, announced on Tuesday that he left the business after relations with their parent company had frozen over.
Ben Cohen, the other half of the longtime frozen confection duo, who sold their company to Unilever in 2000, shared a statement on X for his now-former business partner.
“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,” Greenfield said in the meltdown.
The exiting partner said that for over two decades under Unilever control, “Ben & Jerry’s stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice, and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but
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