PHOTO: Ben From Ben And Jerry's Serves Ice Cream To OWSers

[Hissyspit]

http://boingboing.net/2011/11/08/ben-from-ben-and-jerrys-serves-ice-cream-to-owsers.html

Ben from Ben and Jerry's serves ice-cream to OWSers

By Cory Doctorow at 4:02 pm Tuesday, Nov 8



Boing Boing: Scott Lynch was kind enough to place this photo of Ben "Ben and Jerry's" Cohen scooping up free ice-cream for the Occupy Wall Street protesters in the Boing Boing Flickr pool.

[sakabatou]

1. That's awesome

[nc4bo]

2. Love it all!! Hope they brought some Karamel Sutra :D

Good people still in the world!

[flamingdem]

7. Cherry Garcia

yummmmm

[Romulox]

3. Ben sold out his share of the company to multinational food/chemical giant Unilever.

:shrug:

[piratefish08]

9. some terms of their deal - looks like they did it right.....

Under the terms of the agreement, Ben & Jerry’s will operate separately from Unilever’s current U.S. ice cream business. There will be an independent Board of Directors, which will focus on providing leadership for Ben & Jerry’s social mission and brand integrity.

With this transaction, shareholders will be rewarded for their investment; Ben & Jerry’s employees will be protected; the current social mission of Ben & Jerry’s will be encouraged and well-funded, which will lead to improved performance in this area; and an opportunity has been offered for Ben & Jerry’s to contribute to Unilever’s social practices worldwide.

In commenting on the transaction, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, said: “Neither of us could have anticipated, twenty years ago, that a major multinational would some day sign on, enthusiastically, to pursue and expand the social mission that continues to be an essential part of Ben & Jerry’s and a driving force behind our many successes. But today, Unilever has done just that. While we and others certainly would have preferred to pursue our mission as an independent enterprise, we hope that, as part of Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s will continue to expand its role in society.”


http://www.benjerry.com/company/media-center/press/join-forces.html

[awoke_in_2003]

4. I hope the had some...

"Schweddy Balls" on hand :)

[Hissyspit]

5. I know. I really want to try that and they don't have it were I live.

Bible Belt North Carolina, no surprise.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. babble belt TX...

same thing.

[Gamow]

8. Why is there a background character from a 1980's movie in the photo?

That's a grown man in a tough-guy costume standing on line for ice cream. I find that funny.