# @forbes on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtDjQYE8rl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34699207-forbes-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-17T12:51:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Forbes (@Forbes) — https://gondola.cc/Forbes

## Caption

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.”

Read more at the link in our bio. (Photo:  Lisa Lake via Getty Images for MoveOn)

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icecream, bencohen, unilever, jerrygreenfield

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