Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield founded their namesake ice cream brand in 1978. For nearly the last 50 years, the duo has kept advocacy work for racial justice, voters’ rights, and marriage equality at the center of Ben & Jerry’s. But since 2021, the duo has clashed with parent company Unilever. It all came to a head when Jerry announced in a statement posted on X that he was resigning.
So what happened between the outspoken Ben and Jerry and the juggernaut Unilever? And how does Ben & Jerry’s pump out hundreds of millions of pints a year?
This video includes reporting from 2019.
00:00 – Why Jerry Quit Ben & Jerry’s
2:20 – Inside The Ice Cream Factory
2:40 – Flavors On A Mission
3:08 – History of Ben & Jerry’s
3:28 – Sourcing Ingredients
3:48 – Making An Ice Cream Base
5:23 – The Biggest Chunks In the Industry
6:12 – Cutting Open Pints For Quality Control
6:47 – Spiral Freezing
7:27 – Credits
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