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[โ€“] enbee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

friendly american here - Ben & Jerryโ€™s is one of the few US brands I support. https://www.benjerry.com/values

[โ€“] Dagnet@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too bad the CEO that actually wanted to keep the company this way was removed by Unilever

[โ€“] Linktank@lemmy.today 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Seems like Ben & Jerry's is one of the companies that you wouldn't be trying to fuck over? Aren't they politically aligned with most of the stuff that Trump is against?

[โ€“] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The founders were some cool dudes it seemed. But at this point it just became another americanised company

[โ€“] Nighed@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

It's actually owned by a British company (Unilever) but they have been going down the pan themselves.

[โ€“] fux@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago

They publicly spoke out against delivering arms to Ukraine, parroting the Russian stance of blaming the west for for the war.

If they pay taxes in the US, they support the US government.

The Aldi version is only out during the summer, I want it year round ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] Easyreever@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Arenโ€™t they owned by Unilever?

[โ€“] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago

Unilever just had the CEO removed for being too much of an activist, and 'aligning with the original owner's views too strongly'.

Means I recently bought my last pint of this icecream, because it no longer is a company I can justify exempting from the US boycott (since, in Canada it is produced in Canadian plants, using Canadian dairy products, and was actively going against the current US leadership).

[โ€“] Patch@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

They are. And their European stock is also manufactured in the Netherlands.

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unilever is British, no? But sure even that would not be European. (I yearn for the UK to come back)

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're still European, just not in the EU.

[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

Still best to not support shitty companies, even if they are European. #1 example: nestle

Fuck nestle

[โ€“] uranibaba@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A quick search indicated that it is.

[โ€“] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It is also a shit company, that should be boycott if there are smaller, independent, local alternatives.

[โ€“] MMNT@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Is it any good?