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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield quits accusing Unilever of silencing social mission (www.theguardian.com)

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After nearly 50 years, Greenfield says he cannot ‘in good conscience’ continue; Unilever has previously rejected similar claims by Ben & Jerry’s social mission board

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[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

I wasn't a big fan of their politics when I was young.

I always thought that they were just ice cream makers, stfu.

Now that I am older, I have a deep appreciation for what they did and tried to do. They weren't afraid to speak out and their voice made me aware of issues that were not really in my sight.

They sold to Unilever and so it was only a matter of time.

I agree with others though. It could have been employee owned but they wanted that big payout. This was the cost of that.