Ben & Jerry 's - Wikipedia Ben & Jerry 's `` B&J '' redirects here. For the beverage company, see Bartles and Jaymes. Ben & Jerry 's Homemade Holdings, Inc. Type Subsidiary Industry Food processing Founded Burlington, Vermont, U.S. ( May 5, 1978 ; 39 years ago ( 1978 - 05 - 05 ) ) Founders Ben Cohen Jerry Greenfield Headquarters South Burlington, Vermont, U.S. Key people Jostein Solheim CEO Ben Cohen co-founder Jerry Greenfield co-founder Products Ice cream Parent Unilever ( 2000 -- present ) Website www.benjerry.com Ben & Jerry 's Homemade Holdings Inc, trading as Ben and Jerry 's, is a United States - based ice cream business that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet sweet foods. It was founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont by one Ben Cohen and his friend Jerry Greenfield, but they sold the company by the end of the 1990s and today it operates globally as a subsidiary of the Anglo - Dutch conglomerate Unilever without any input or influence from either Ben or Jerry. Its headquarters, however, is still in South Burlington, Vermont and its main factory is in Waterbury, Vermont. Like its competitor Haagen Dazs, most Ben & Jerry 's ice creams are available globally. Among many other initially left - wing policies that were later reversed or watered down, Ben & Jerry 's once had a internal mandate that no employee rate of pay shall exceed five times the rate of pay of an entry - level employee. In 1995, entry - level employees were paid $12 hourly, and the highest paid employee was President and Chief Operating Officer Chuck Lacy, who earned $150,000 annually. When Ben Cohen resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Ben & Jerry 's announced the search for a new CEO in 1995, the company ended the five - to - one - ratio policy. Contents 1 History 2 Original flavors and sundaes 3 Controversies 3.1 Commercial 3.2 Political 3.3 Social 3.4 Product safety 4 Global locations 4.1 Former markets 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links History Jerry Greenfield ( left ) and Ben Cohen ( right ) in 2010. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were childhood friends from New York. While Greenfield finished college, he found himself unable to make his way into medical school. Cohen dropped out of school. In 1977, Cohen and Greenfield completed a correspondence course on ice cream making from The Pennsylvania State University 's Creamery. Cohen has severe anosmia, a lack of a sense of smell or taste, and so relied on `` mouth feel '' and texture to provide variety in his diet. This led to the company 's trademark chunks being mixed in with their ice cream. On May 5, 1978, with a $12,000 investment, the two business partners opened an ice cream parlor in a renovated gas station in downtown Burlington, Vermont. In 1979, they marked their anniversary by holding the first - ever free cone day, now an international annual celebration at every Ben & Jerry 's store. In 1980, they rented space in an old spool and bobbin mill on South Champlain Street in Burlington and started packing their ice cream in pints. In 1981, the first Ben & Jerry 's franchise opened on Route 7 in Shelburne, Vermont. In 1983, Ben & Jerry 's ice cream was used to build `` the world 's largest ice cream sundae '' in St. Albans, Vermont ; the sundae weighed 27,102 pounds ( 12,293 kg ). That same year, the cows on their cartons were redesigned by local artist Woody Jackson. In 1984, Häagen - Dazs wanted to limit distribution of Ben & Jerry 's in Boston, prompting Ben & Jerry 's to file suit against the parent company, Pillsbury, in its now famous `` What 's the Doughboy Afraid Of ? '' campaign. In 1987, Häagen - Dazs again tried to enforce exclusive distribution, and Ben & Jerry 's filed its second lawsuit against the Pillsbury Company. In 1985, the Ben & Jerry 's Foundation was established at the end of the year with a gift from Ben & Jerry 's to fund community - oriented projects ; it was then provided with 7.5 % of the company 's annual pre-tax profits. In 1986, Ben & Jerry 's launched its `` Cowmobile '', a modified mobile home used to distribute free scoops of Ben & Jerry 's ice cream in a unique, cross-country `` marketing drive '' -- driven and served by Ben and Jerry themselves. The `` Cowmobile '' burned to the ground outside of Cleveland four months later, but there were no injuries. Ben said it looked like `` the world 's largest baked Alaska ''. In 1988, the two men won the title of U.S. Small Business Persons Of The Year, awarded by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Also that year, the first brownies were ordered from Greyston Bakery, which led to the development of the popular Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavor. In 1992, Ben & Jerry 's joined in a co-operative campaign with the national non-profit Children 's Defense Fund ; the campaign goal was to bring children 's basic needs to the top of the national agenda. Over 70,000 postcards were sent to Congress concerning kids and other national issues. In 1995, they hired Robert Holland, Jr. as CEO after holding a `` Yo ! I 'm your C.E.O. '' essay contest as part of the search. Holland left after 20 months following philosophical differences and was replaced by Perry Odak in 1997. In 1989, Ben & Jerry 's revealed their opposition of the use of rBGH ( recombinant bovine growth hormone ) in all their products. This genetically engineered hormone is sometimes given to cows in order to boost milk production, but Ben & Jerry 's does not support this practice and is in favor of utilizing less chemically intensive ingredients for the safety of consumers and the environment. In 1994, Ben & Jerry 's : The Inside Scoop, written by Fred `` Chico '' Lager, former CEO of Ben & Jerry 's Ice Cream, was published. This book tracks the history of how Ben & Jerry 's Ice Cream got started. The book focuses on `` How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor. '' Ben & Jerry 's ice - cream branch at the United Square Shopping Mall in Singapore. In April 2000, Ben & Jerry 's sold the company to Anglo - Dutch multinational food giant Unilever. Unilever said it hopes to carry on the tradition of engaging `` in these critical, global economic and social missions ''. Although the founders ' names are still attached to the product, they do not hold any board or management position and are not involved in day - to - day management of the company. In 2001, Ben & Jerry 's U.S. completed the transition to `` Eco-Pint '' packaging, which packaged all pint flavors in environmentally friendly unbleached paperboard Eco-Pint containers, a decision it later reversed. The use of brown - kraft unbleached paperboard had been a critical first step toward a totally biodegradable pint made without added chlorine. Due to what they described as increasing supply, quality, and cost challenges, Ben & Jerry 's discontinued their use of the Eco-Pint in 2006, transitioning to a pint container made out of a bleached paperboard that it said was more readily available. On Earth Day in 2005, when a vote in the U.S. Senate proposed the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, Ben & Jerry 's launched a protest by creating the largest ever Baked Alaska, which weighed 900 pounds ( 410 kg ), and placed it in front of the U.S. Capitol Building. In March 2009, `` CyClone Dairy '' launched an advertising campaign and a website to promote its milk products, which purportedly came exclusively from cloned cows. On April 1, 2009 ( April Fool 's Day ), Ben & Jerry 's announced that it was behind this fake company. Ben & Jerry 's had created the tongue - in - cheek hoax to raise awareness of the increasing presence of products from cloned animals within American food and to campaign for a tracking system of cloned - animal products. The hoax was revealed on April Fool 's Day with the message : `` We believe you should have the right to choose which foods you eat -- and not to eat cloned foods if you do n't want to. And that 's why Ben & Jerry 's believes we need a national clone tracking system, so people and companies can know where their food is coming from. '' In 2010, Jostein Solheim, a Unilever executive from Norway, became the new CEO of the company and had this to say about the transition : `` My mantra that I 've repeated a hundred times since starting at Ben & Jerry 's is : ' Change is a wonderful thing, ' '' he said. `` The world needs dramatic change to address the social and environmental challenges we are facing. Values led businesses can play a critical role in driving that positive change. We need to lead by example, and prove to the world that this is the best way to run a business. Historically, this company has been and must continue to be a pioneer to continually challenge how business can be a force for good and address inequities inherent in global business. '' On February 24, 2012, Ben & Jerry 's released a new Greek Frozen Yogurt line, which came in several flavors : `` Strawberry Shortcake '', `` Blueberry Vanilla Graham '', `` Raspberry Fudge Chunk '', `` Banana Peanut Butter '', and `` Vanilla '' ( scoop shop exclusive ) : On April 12, 2013, `` Pineapple Passionfruit '', `` Vanilla Honey Caramel '', and `` Liz Lemon '' were added to the Greek Yogurt line. The Liz Lemon flavor was inspired by a character of the same name created by actress Tina Fey as the main character on the NBC television sitcom 30 Rock. In 2013, Ben & Jerry 's committed to making their products GMO - free in support of mandatory GMO labeling legislation. Original flavors and sundaes A pint of Ben & Jerry 's ice cream The `` Vermonster '' is a large ice cream sundae served in a `` Vermonster Bucket '' in Ben & Jerry 's `` scoop shops. '' Its ingredients are 20 scoops of ice cream, 4 bananas, 4 ladles of hot fudge, 3 chocolate chip cookies, 1 chocolate fudge brownie, 10 scoops of walnuts, 2 scoops each of any 4 toppings, and whipped cream. It contains 14,000 calories ( kcal ), and 500 grams ( 17.64 oz ) of fat. Since 2009, the Vermonster Challenge is an annual charity event held by Ben & Jerry 's in which teams of four compete to finish a Vermonster and win free ice cream for a year. `` Chubby Hubby '' consists of vanilla malt ice cream swirled with fudge and peanut butter, and containing pretzel nuggets covered in fudge and filled with peanut butter. During the month of September 2009, Ben and Jerry 's, in partnership with Freedom to Marry, renamed `` Chubby Hubby '' to `` Hubby Hubby, '' in celebration of the legalization of same - sex marriage in the company 's home state of Vermont. The carton featured the image of two men getting married beneath a rainbow. On March 13, 2012, Ben & Jerry 's announced it would be changing the name of one of its ice cream flavours in the UK in support of equal marriage rights for same - sex couples. `` Oh ! My ! Apple Pie ! '' would become `` Apple - y Ever After '' and tubs would feature a gay couple atop a wedding cake decorated with rainbows. `` Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough '' was temporarily renamed `` I Dough, I Dough '' in the United States during the summer of 2015. This was in celebration of United States Supreme Court 's ruling in support of same - sex marriage. The proceeds from sales were to go to the Human Rights Campaign ( a nonprofit advocacy group for LGBT rights ). Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield appeared on The Colbert Report on March 5, 2007, to promote their new ice cream flavor, `` Stephen Colbert 's AmeriCone Dream '', and Cohen 's progressive advocacy group TrueMajority. The company renamed a flavour, `` Yes Pecan ! '', in reference to Barack Obama 's victory in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. They decided in January 2009 to donate all proceeds made on the sale of that flavor to the Common Cause Education Fund. On March 2, 2011, Cohen and Greenfield appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and unveiled their new flavour of ice cream, `` Late Night Snack '', whose carton features a picture of Jimmy Fallon on it. On February 17, 2015, Cohen and Greenfield appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and unveiled their new flavor of ice cream, `` The Tonight Dough '', which all of its proceeds go to the SeriousFun Children 's Network that supports camps for children with major illnesses. In 2015, Charoset flavoured ice cream became widely available in time for the Passover holiday. In April 2015, the company confirmed that it was working on vegan options, after hearing consumers ' feedback, led by a petition and FARM organization. In early February 2016, the company announced a new all - vegan line with 4 flavors. Two of these are versions of existing flavors - `` Chunky Monkey '' and `` Chocolate Fudge Brownie '' - and two are all - new vegan - only flavors : `` Coffee Caramel Fudge '' and `` Peanut Butter & Cookies ''. Girl in cow costume promoting Free Cone Day outside a Ben & Jerry 's shop in Stockholm, Sweden Free Cone Day is an annual event held between late March and early May, in which Ben & Jerry 's scoop shops give out free ice cream cups and cones. Free Cone Day was first held on Saturday, May 5, 1979, by Ben and Jerry as a customer and staff appreciation event for the first anniversary of their store 's opening. Over one million free cones are given away each year, prompting the company 's ad slogan `` Be One In A Million. '' Charitable organizations are often present at the stores each year and enjoy a significant amount of fundraising success. Often, local celebrities show up at various stores, promoting the day and the charities there. Sometimes the event is scheduled to coincide with Earth Day and sometimes volunteers are on hand with clipboards and voter registration forms to help those who would like to register to vote. Controversies Commercial The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer - advocacy group, urged Ben & Jerry 's to stop labeling their ice cream as `` all natural, '' due to the company 's use of corn syrup, alkalised cocoa, and other chemically modified ingredients. In September 2010, the company agreed to stop labeling their ice cream and frozen yogurt as `` all natural. '' In 2011, Ben & Jerry 's released a flavor named Schweddy Balls, in homage to the Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) skit of the same name. An American group named `` One Million Moms '' protested, saying that the name was too explicit for grocery store shelves -- spokesperson Monica Cole explained to the media : `` I realize it could be a lot worse, but are they going to progressively get worse if we do n't say something ? Maybe they 'll think twice before they come up with another inappropriate name for ice cream. '' However, the expression of disdain was not unanimous among U.S. parents, as mother Gina Ragusa said to The Huffington Post : `` We just think it 's funny, that 's all, and honestly we all really want to try it '', adding that she consistently checks for the item 's availability at her local supermarket. Actor Alec Baldwin, who appeared in the SNL skit as baker Pete Schweddy, hosted the September 24, 2011 episode of the 37th season of the show and responded to the protests by stating that a new flavor called `` Go Fudge Yourself '' had been produced for those in opposition to the tribute. Following the initial release of the flavor, Baldwin informed the media that `` thanks to Ben & Jerry 's, the goodness of the Schweddy family recipe wo n't go with me to the great beyond, '' as he had previously feared that his association with the SNL episode would remain permanent until his death. Political Following rumors that suggested that Ben & Jerry 's supported the defense of Mumia Abu - Jamal -- who was convicted in 1982 of killing Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner -- the company confirmed that Cohen did sign a petition, as a private citizen, asking that `` the system of American justice be followed fully in the case. '' Controversy emerged in 2006 after the company released a flavor of ice cream called `` Black and Tan. '' It had named the flavor after the alcoholic drink, which is made by mixing stout with pale ale, but the `` Black and Tans '' are also known as a paramilitary police force of British World War I veterans recruited during the Irish Revolution. At the time that the flavor was released, the Irish nationalist movement was still offended by the historical association of the title. In 2012, Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine / Israel ( VTJP ) contacted Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield and the CEO of Ben & Jerry 's after learning that ice cream produced by Ben & Jerry 's franchise in Israel was being sold in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Leafleting occurred at locations in Vermont, New York and California on ' Free Cone Day ' in April 2013 and April 2014. As of November 2014, 232 organizations across the United States and in seventeen countries worldwide have signed a letter written by VTJP calling on Ben & Jerry 's to end its commercial ties to such settlements. In late April 2014, Ben & Jerry 's signed onto the `` Fight for the Reef '' campaign, a partnership between the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) - Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society ( AMCS ). Premier Campbell Newman and Queensland state senator Matthew Canavan both said in statements that Ben & Jerry 's was making misleading statements that exaggerated the detrimental impact that proposed government programs would have on the Great Barrier Reef, and Environment Minister Andrew Powell said that `` The only people taking a scoop out of the reef is Ben and Jerry 's and Unilever. If you understand the facts, you 'd want to be boycotting Ben and Jerry 's ''. Australian Ben & Jerry 's brand manager Kalli Swaik responded that `` Ben & Jerry 's believes that dredging and dumping in world heritage waters surrounding the marine park area will be detrimental to the reef ecology. It threatens the health of one of Australia 's most iconic treasures. '' In April 2016, Ben & Jerry 's cofounders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, were both arrested at the Democracy Awakening protests on the U.S. Capitol steps in Washington D.C. In May 2017, Ben and Jerry 's announced they would not serve two scoops of the same ice cream flavor in Australia, due to the refusal of the Australian government to legalize same - sex marriage. They said this would encourage `` fans to contact their MP 's to tell them the time has come - make marriage equality legal ! ''. This stance they said will continue for however long it takes for same - sex marriage to be legalized. Social In February 2012, a Ben & Jerry 's franchise near Harvard University created a limited edition frozen yogurt flavor named `` Taste the Lin - Sanity, '' in honor of Asian - American basketball player Jeremy Lin, a Harvard alumnus. At inception, the product contained vanilla frozen yogurt, lychee honey swirls, and fortune cookie pieces, leading to a widely publicized controversy about racial stereotyping due to the association of the fortune cookie ingredient with Chinese culture. The latter ingredient was later replaced with waffle cookies, as the fortune cookies became soggy and the franchise received returns from customers. Ben & Jerry 's general manager for Boston and Cambridge explained to the media : `` we obviously were n't looking to offend anybody and the majority of the feedback about it has been positive. '' Ben & Jerry 's released an official statement shortly after the launch of the product apologizing to those who were offended. In September 2014, anti-hazing activists raised concerns about the ice cream flavor `` Hazed & Confused, '' which had been released earlier that year. The concern was that the name could be perceived as belittling of hazing and bullying problems. The company has noted that the name was based on the word hazelnut and a play on the phrase `` dazed and confused '', which is both a song popularized by Led Zeppelin and a coming - of - age comedy film from the early 1990s. The decision was made in October to not rename the flavor. Product safety The Organic Consumers Association announced in July of 2017 that it found traces of the herbicide glyphosate in 10 of 11 samples of the company 's ice creams. The traces were found to be at levels below the ceiling set by the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental contamination. Global locations Ben & Jerry 's Puerto Rico sidewalk cafe Ben and Jerry 's has locations around the world. Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Brazil Canada Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Kosovo Puerto Rico Romania Serbia Singapore Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Former markets This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. 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Question: when was ben and jerry's sold to unilever
Answer: April 2000