Ben & Jerry's co-founder
#JerryGreenfield announced his exit from the ice cream maker late on Tuesday, alleging that parent firm
#Unilever had taken away the company’s independence and “silenced” its social activism.
The company’s other co-founder
#BenCohen shared Greenfield’s announcement on X, which said: “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 the
#icecream maker’s “independence to pursue our values,” which was guaranteed to him “when Unilever bought the company…is gone.”
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