Ben & Jerry’s said its parent, Unilever (ULVR.L), decided to oust the ice cream maker’s chief executive, Dave Stever, escalating a battle over the subsidiary’s independence on social policy issues.
In a Tuesday night filing in Manhattan federal court, Ben & Jerry’s said Unilever advised on March 3 it was removing Stever without consulting directors because of his commitment to the ice cream maker’s social mission and brand integrity, not because of concerns about his job performance.
It said Unilever chastised Stever in a January performance review for “repeatedly acquiescing” to Ben & Jerry’s promotion of social goals, and has repeatedly warned personnel not to defy its efforts to “silence the social mission.”
Ben & Jerry’s also said Unilever’s attacks on its social mission have reached “new levels of oppressiveness.”
If you wanted to retain control, you should never have sold it to Unilever.
Why these companies keep selling themselves to giant corporate overlords I’ll never understand.
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and has repeatedly warned personnel not to defy its efforts to “silence the social mission.”
I can’t imagine ever saying anything like that. I often think bad people think they’re the good guys in their own eyes but…damn…that’s just plain evil.
It would be nice to understand what these social policies are otherwise this means nothing.
The one I know is their pro-Palestinian position. They tried to divest from Israeli settlements and in return Unilever created another subsidiary to handle sales in Israel IIRC.
Well you’re supposed to just know that it means diversity, anti-war, societal health…anything that isn’t pushing towards total wealth concentration and power of the elite just be eliminated. It’s literally the machine from fern gully
If they’re against wealth consolidation, why did they willingly come under a larger corporation? Hypocrites and sellouts.
Tale as old as time. Money, lots of money, and promises about people not being affected, the company not changing, etc. 99% of the time it’s bs.
It might be higher than 99%. But not quite 100.
B&J’s enshitified a while ago. There are better ice creams.
Name names. I want the lowdown on underappreciated ice cream.
Tillamook. Farmer owned Co-op. Great ice cream, can find at any grocery store.
