zabadoh@ani.social to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoJerry quits Ben & Jerry's, saying its independence on social issues has been stifled (after corporate sellout)www.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkJerry quits Ben & Jerry's, saying its independence on social issues has been stifled (after corporate sellout)www.sfgate.comzabadoh@ani.social to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI mean… they sold the company over 25 years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry's#Unilever_era). They apparently had a lot of contractual clauses to let them continue with activism. And 25 years is a real good run. Which is also what makes me really curious why it finally collapsed. Apparently Ben was spewing some real tanky bullshit with respect to Ukraine so it might not even be that Unilever’s lawyers finally found the loophole they needed.
I mean… they sold the company over 25 years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry's#Unilever_era). They apparently had a lot of contractual clauses to let them continue with activism. And 25 years is a real good run.
Which is also what makes me really curious why it finally collapsed. Apparently Ben was spewing some real tanky bullshit with respect to Ukraine so it might not even be that Unilever’s lawyers finally found the loophole they needed.