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• Rain cloud with a silver lining: handheld ice creams took a bath this summer. Thank goodness the market had its tubs

  - 2007-12-15

  The picture of a Unilever ice cream storage facility submerged in water has to be one of the abiding memories of the wettest summer on record. As the River Avon burst its banks, Unilever's nearby Gloucester manufacturing plant also suspended production for two-and-a-half weeks due to the quality of the...

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• Ben Cohen warming to B&J CEO

  - 2006-12-01

  After Ben & Jerry's was purchased by Unilever in 1999, cofounder Ben Cohen distanced himself from his former company. At one point a few years ago he was even openly critical of the company, saying Unilever had done little to foster the unique, altruistic corporate culture that had become as...

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• South Burlington, VT.-based Ben & Jerry's, part of Unilever Ice Cream, Green Bay, Wis., expands its Fair Trade Certified ice cream flavors with Vanilla and Chocolate

  - 2006-12-01

  South Burlington, VT.-based Ben & Jerry's, part of Unilever Ice Cream, Green Bay, Wis., expands its Fair Trade Certified ice cream flavors with Vanilla and Chocolate. The company is the largest ice cream and frozen food manufacturer to offer Fair Trade Certified ingredients. Ben & Jerry's Fair Trade Certified line-up...

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• Chief of Euphoria

  - 2004-12-01

  Ben & Jerry's has appointed Walt Freese to its top executive position, what it calls "chief euphoria officer." Freese, comes from the marketing arena and is replacing Yves Couette, who has become senior vice president for Unilever's Beverages Category.

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• Last licks.

  - 2003-01-20

  Another cutback by Unilever - following cuts at Ben & Jerry's and in the UK and Ireland - this time in Spain where production of its Frigo brand will be lowered from its 2002 level of 39.3 million liters to 36.5 in 2003. The 450 employee count...

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• Unilever announces new grocery sales division.

  - 2003-01-20

  Unilever has announced the formation of a unified Grocery Sales Division that will represent the company's five North American ice cream brands to the retail grocery trade. The announcement of the new division follows by less than four months the cre Unilever has announced the formation...

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• Ice cream for a change

  - 2003-01-01

  Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. follows a unique corporate concept of linked prosperity. There are some companies that make a point of looking beyond the boardroom and into the community, taking an active role in giving something back. At the forefront of this movement is Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.,...

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• Good Humor-Breyers and Ben & Jerry. (Flash! Frozen).(form Unilever Ice Cream)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-10-01

  Good Humor-Breyers and Ben & Jerry's have formed a unified Out-of-Home sales division, named Unilever Ice Cream. Effective October 7, 2002, the new organization will represent the five Unilever North American ... Good Humor-Breyers and Ben & Jerry's have formed a unified Out-of-Home...

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• Ben & Jerry. (Last Licks).

  - 2002-07-20

  Unilever has reported that it will expand Ben & Jerry's presence in Spain beginning this year, reporting that it will invest $14.8 million to open some 100 new franchise shops by the end of 2006. There are currently two Ben & Jerry's shops .. Unilever has...

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• Nestle and Dreyer's and Ben & Jerry's.

  - 2002-06-20

  What does the Nestle's purchase of a majority share in Dreyer's mean for Unilever's superpremium brand Ben & Jerry's? Will Dreyer's continue to be the major distributor for Unilever's recently acquired superpremium or allow contracts to expire a What does the Nestle's purchase of a...

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