A Message from Ben and Jerry

[Fearless]

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I can't think of better company to have for the primary season than the support of these two!

[sadoldgirl]

1. K&R

Now I have to out and get some of their
ice cream, which is really very good.

[BrotherIvan]

4. Sadly, they sold their company to a large corporation

So buying their ice cream doesn't support them anymore. They have spoken publicly about their disappointment in some of the corporate decisions for their namesake.

[tymorial]

2. How can that be?

Just yesterday someone was posting that corporations don't give money to campaigns, the people who work for them do. So its totally okay.

[onehandle]

3. Ben And Jerry's Parent company: Unilever N.V. An international conglomerate based in the Netherlands.

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Unilever makes solvents and 'specialized chemical agents.'

They've had a number of run-ins with the Rainforest Alliance and Greenpeace in recent years over deforestation and chemical disposal.

[BrotherIvan]

5. Under bus!

They were forced to sell the company by the board of directors and fought it. So the misinformation campaign is not necessary.

Wiki:

In April 2000, Ben & Jerry's sold the company to Anglo-Dutch multinational food giant Unilever.[12] Unilever said it hopes to carry on the tradition of engaging "in these critical, global economic and social missions". Although the founders' names are still attached to the product, they do not hold any board or management position and are not involved in day-to-day management of the company.

[progressoid]

6. And they have been commended by Greenpeace for "taking rainforest conservation seriously."

What run-ins with the Rainforest Alliance have they had?

[99Forever]

8. Hillary says she'll do something about it once...

.....she finishes filling her coffers. Or something like that.