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Frozen Desserts
St. Albans, Vt., is home to the newest plant in the Ben & Jerry's system, a 92,000-square-foot facility constructed in 1994. The plant manufactures pints, single-serve, 500 milliliter, 24-ounce and quart containers of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Engineering worked especially hard to figure out a way to put variegate...
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Sweet Success
At Greyston Bakery on the grittily industrial and changing Yonkers waterfront, the latest sweet-tooth-sating brand comes packaged with a trademarked slogan for consumers: "Feed Your Conscience." For $2.49 per three-ounce serving, that is, you can help feed profits to the bakery that in turn feed the various community development programs...
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Jerry of ice cream fame at CC Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc. cofounder Jerry Greenfield will discuss social issues, business strategies and ice cream Wednesday at Colorado College. His talk on "Social Responsibility, Radical Business Philosophy and Free Ice Cream" at...
Ben & Jerry's recalling Country Peach Cobbler
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. AP -- Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. is recalling 250,000 pints of its Country Peach Cobbler ice cream because the containers do not list wheat as an ingredient. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat run the risk of temporary health...
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Ice cream mogul to speak at CC Jerry Greenfield will discuss how he and Ben Cohen built Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc. into a successful company that remains true to its socially responsible roots March 28 at Colorado College. The speech,...
new products
Frigo® Cheese Heads® Pepper Jack Snack Sticks Company: Saputo Cheese USA Inc., Lincolnshire, III. Distribution: National. Suggested Retail: Varies per market. Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno peppers, salt, vinegar, enzymes. Nutrition Information: (1 stick) Calories 90, fat calories 60, total fat 7g, saturated fat...
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product and promotion news To celebrate the introduction of The Cone - an all-natural waffle cone - Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., South Burlington, Vt., called on Americans to nominate someone they knew who deserved to be "coned" this summer for the company's Random Acts of Cone-ness...
Et Tu, Ben and Jerry's?
IN ITS MILDLY UTOPIAN mission statement, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, the socially conscious Vermont ice cream maker, testifies to the company's commitment to create "economic opportunities for those who have been denied them." Apparently, the company's former CFO, Stuart "Mickey" Wiles, decided he deserved some economic opportunities, too....
Fair trade java
Coffee flavors by Ben & Jerry's are the first in the U.S. to use ingredients that are Fair Trade Certified. Coffee Extracts & Ingredients offers manufacturers high-quality extracts for use in cold coffee drinks, baked goods, alcoholic beverages and confectioneries, while providing support for fair trade practices which increase the...
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Women's Leadership Summit MADISON, Wis.-CUNA plans to host its first Women's Leadership Summit June 12-15 at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. Prior to the opening session, participants will complete a self-assessment that will serve as the catalyst to explore 20 key areas that impact leadership, relationships,...
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Ben & Jerry's® 'WichTM Company: Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., South Burlington, Vt. Distribution: National. Suggested Retail: $2.29 per ice cream sandwich. Ingredients: Ice cream: Cream, skim milk, liquid sugar, water, fudge chips (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], cocoa, soy lecithin, natural flavors), egg yolks, vanilla extract, guar...
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product and promotion news *South Burlington, Vt.-based Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.'s recipe for responsible business is now employing homeless teens in Portland. The company's social philosophy is reaping benefits for the nonprofit New Avenues for Youth, which recently opened a Ben & Jerry's retail store where every scoop will...
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
PROCESSORS Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. Walt Freese has been appointed chief executive officer of the South Burlington, Vt.-based company. Freese, who has worked as the company's marketing director for more than three years, will replace CEO Yves Couette at the end of the year. PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS Fristam Pumps USA...
Food for Thought
Among the most appetizing academic programs offered by New England colleges this fall has to be Boston University's interdisciplinary program in gastronomy. The master's degree program focused on the impact of food on society, features courses in the Archaeology of Food in Ancient Times, the Geography of Hunger and Poverty,...
The sweet taste of success: Ben & Jerry's gives the scoop on how it serves up information to its customers.(Return on Investment)(Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc.)
Ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry's Homemade works diligently to keep its homespun appeal and personal touch. So one priority is making sure callers to the company's in-house customer service center aren't frozen out when they try to get information. According to Lisa Sholk, the company's consumer...
Major food companies buy organic companies and launch organic products
This summer, Dean Foods completed arrangements to acquire Horizon Organic, purchasing 87 percent remaining interest for $216 million in cash and assuming $40 million in debt. Horizon had revenues of $187 million in 2002, and recently announced the marketing of the first USDA certified organic infant formula. Elsewhere on...
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Announces Changes in Finance Organization
Business Editors WATERBURY, Vt.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 3, 2003 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced today that it has named Frances Rathke interim Chief Financial Officer CFO replacing Bill Hogan. Ms. Rathke is a seasoned financial executive who lives in Waterbury, VT. From 1990-2000,...
Manufacturing Overview: Regulations, efficiencies, recession cost jobs
It's been a tough year for manufacturing in Vermont. IBM, the Blodgett Corporation, Mack Molding, Simon Pearce, and Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. had significant employment reductions of permanent, full-time Vermont workers. Is manufacturing, a significant player in the state's economy, in crisis? Can we expect to lose many more...
Ice cream for a change
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...
More jobs go at Ben & Jerry's - Company News - Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc. cuts 52 jobs - Brief Article
Quirky US-based ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry's has announced 52 job cuts, around 6% of its current workforce. The cut backs at Ben & Jerry's, founded by two socially conscious hippies, and consequently acquired by global food giant Unilever, follows on from further trimmings earlier in the year. ...
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Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing: 311520
