Ben Cohen

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1,024 appearances 9 recordings 7 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 19 Jun

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over the social mission of the company, also over the quality of the ice cream.

And that's how the company was run.

And I felt like at the time, I mean, this was kind of the worst time in my life.

You know, I was severely depressed for, I don't know, at least a year.

And, you know, I felt like it was all over.

You know, yeah, we negotiated this thing.

Yeah, it's on paper, but...

You know, it's probably not going to happen.

And, and incredibly enough, Unilever did abide by their word and by this written legal document and the social mission thrived.

Totally unprecedented.

And, you know, the people from Unilever who negotiated the thing, you know, they eventually left the company, you know, they moved on.

And, you know, whoever replaced them, I mean, lots of them have never read the agreement.

And they're trying to run it like they run all their other brands.

And that's creating some problems.

And eventually there was some kind of legal settlement where they were required in writing to make sure that every one of their executives –

read the acquisition agreement.

And I mean, these executives there at Unilever are saying, whoever's came up with this was crazy.

I mean, this is horrible.

Through all that, it still amazes me every time I say it.

Ben & Jerry's has become the biggest selling ice cream in the country.

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