BREAKUP: Ben & Jerry

Pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Ben & Jerry's FILE PHOTO: Ben and Jerry's ice cream is displayed on a shelf at a grocery store on March 19, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. Company co-founder Jerry Greenfield has resigned. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Yup, your fave ice cream guys are offically splitting up.

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 parent company Unilever.

In a letter that co-founder Ben Cohen posted on social media platform X on Greenfield’s behalf, Greenfield said that he felt the independence the brand had to speak on social issues and events was lost to Unilever.

“For more than 20 years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry’s stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world,” he wrote. “That independence existed in no small part because of the unique merger agreement Ben and I negotiated with Unilever, one that enshrined our social mission and values in the company’s governance structure in perpetuity. It’s profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone.”

Hey Jerry...Start your own ice cream brand and make it female friendly. Maybe a Reese-With-A-Spoon, Tayberry Swift, Serena Swirl, Dolly Moon Pie.

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