Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream

About Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream

Ben and Jerry's was acquired by Uni-lever in 2000, butwith the agreement enabling Ben & Jerry’s to join forces with Unilever to create an even more dynamic, socially positive ice cream business with a much more global reach. Under the terms of the agreement, Ben & Jerry’s will operate separately from Unilever’s current U.S. ice cream business, with an independent Board of Directors to provide leadership for Ben & Jerry’s social mission & brand integrity.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield started their first Ice Cream Store in a renovated gas station at the corner of St. Paul and College Streets in downtown Burlington, Vermont, on May 5,1978.