They are big time libs, supporting every lib cause that comes down the pike. Sorry - no Ben and Jerrys in my house. Try Umpqua.
Ben and Jerry's is owned by Unilever which is a large company. The original libs sold out to corporate America years ago. If I remember correctly, one of the founders got very little money from the sale . The founders were a pair of VT libs that made a great product but greed and capitalism won the day. I just hope they donated all the profits from the sale to help minorities in need.
I love it. They have a whole shelf of it in the freezer here in the woods in North Carolina. Honestly it is the best ice cream I ever had. I haven't had any in 4 months because it is so fattening.
I know the two guys are a pair of Yankee libs. I can watch Tombstone with a fantastic performance by Kurt Russell, and I don't let it bother me that Sam Elliot is a Lib. I can eat a pint of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey and not get sick.
For those here who can't see the obvious, this guy's a troll trying to stir up chit by pimping a company that's over the top lefty in their politics.
From a strictly ice cream lover's point of view, Ben & Jerry's is average ice cream, not bad but not exceptional. I've been to their factory in Vermont and taken the tour. I enjoyed seeing it made and hearing the story of how a couple of hippies came to make ice cream, but I rarely buy it because it's overpriced for the quality you get. There is a lot better ice cream out there for the money.
It has been a long time since we had any, and B&J was better than average - good ice cream - but nowhere near the best we have tasted here and abroad, and some made in our own kitchen.
There are many good products available, so we try to consider the origins and bigger factors - good reasons to not support certain companies, especially those with crappy values.
Regardless of the brand you buy, there is no way an itty-bitty carton has multiple servings. I'll buy it and when I eat it, the first thing I do is throw away the lid.
Ben and Jerry were NOT Vermonters! they were a couple of students at UVM, the state university. Brought a couple more flatlanders to help with the business when they started. Make good ice cream, too bad their politics are so far so far left. These guys make Joe Biden look like right winger
My first job after college was an engineer working with Ben and Jerry on the design and construction of their ice cream plant in Vermont. Both of them were great guys but a little goofy at time. More than once we were in ankle deep ice cream when trying to start the plant up. Great memories.
One of them committed suicide using his own "product."
I laughed when in the ice cream section at krogers a hippie and his girl were reading the ingredients and really frustrated at the high fructose corn syrup and garbage that Ben Jerry's had in all of theirs.
My first job after college was an engineer working with Ben and Jerry on the design and construction of their ice cream plant in Vermont. Both of them were great guys but a little goofy at time. More than once we were in ankle deep ice cream when trying to start the plant up. Great memories.
Which one ate too much ice cream andrews? I forget. He died pretty young I recall.
Believe it or not one day when we were starting the plant up with ice cream all over the floor, Ben questioned if he could make a recipe for an ice cream that he could call "Columbian Gold". Will never forget his question
Believe it or not one day when we were starting the plant up with ice cream all over the floor, Ben questioned if he could make a recipe for an ice cream that he could call "Columbian Gold". Will never forget his question
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I used to process ice cream. We had the liberty to come up with our own recipe. We had premium and ultra premium ingredients to choose from. If it was a crowd pleaser it would go on the menu and we'd do large batches. That "Columbian Gold" idea might have turned into a coffee mocha or with ribbons of caramel. I have a lot of other ideas that B & J would make big $ on. We had more flavors than Baskin Robbins and the same quality or better with few exceptions.