Ben Cohen
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1,024 appearances
9 recordings
7 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 19 Jun
Ben Cohen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's the number one ice cream by sales in the US.
You know, I guess so.
You know, some people said, you know, like to kind of cheer me up when I was so down that it got sold.
They said, well, maybe you'll influence Unilever.
And I said, yeah, right.
You know, we're a pimple on Unilever's butt.
But I think...
I think that Magnum is mostly concerned that actions...
that Ben & Jerry's takes, political stands that it takes, will harm the whole Magnum business.
They own about 100 brands all over the world.
Yes, there is.
The independent board has sued Unilever and Unilever tried to dismiss it.
Unilever tried to say, well, the independent board doesn't have any standing to sue Unilever, that the only one who can sue Unilever is Unilever.
That didn't hold up.
The judge threw that out and the case is proceeding.
Yeah, I think that's exactly right.
The very values-led business structure that enabled Ben & Jerry's to become –
What it is today, so profitable and sell so much ice cream is exactly the thing that Magnum is eroding, is trying to kill.
So about two years ago, Unilever announced that they're going to spin off their entire ice cream business.
And at first, they were looking to sell it to PE or other conglomerates.
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