The complaint--filed Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York--is the latest in a string of legal moves by Ben & Jerry's independent directors against the business's ...

Jerry Greenfield, left, and Ben Cohen scoop ice cream cones during their 20th anniversary party at a scoop shop in Burlington, Vt., in this May 5, 1998 photo. Credit: AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File When I ...

Jerry Greenfield’s exit from Ben & Jerry’s reflects a broader reckoning: socially minded business is struggling to survive in an era where activism is seen as a liability, not a strength. Activism of ...

Corporate America may have lost its way a long time ago. But the cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s have never wandered. Nearly half a century after they started their global ice cream brand in Burlington, ...

Chance the Rapper praised Jerry Greenfield after the Ben & Jerry’s co-founder announced his resignation from the iconic ice cream brand. “Ben & Jerry’s is the only major company I know of that has ...

On September 17, 2025, Jerry Greenfield announced his resignation from Ben & Jerry's, marking the end of an era for the iconic ice cream brand. In a heartfelt letter shared by co-founder Ben Cohen, ...

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by its parent company ...

Greenfield said the Vermont ice cream maker "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, the multinational... Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigns over ...

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the beloved ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's, announced this week that he's resigned from the company he helped create in the late 1970s over an ongoing dispute with its ...