# Farewell Ben and Jerry

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/04/12/farewell-ben-and-jerry/
- Published: 2000-04-12T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Philanthropic ice-cream makers Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have sold their company
to Unilever. It appears that the deal involves Unilever committing to maintain some
of the charitable and social provisions that made Ben & Jerry’s Homemade such an
icon in the corporate giving field. For example, they are reported to be committed
to continue paying 7.5% of pre-tax profits to the company’s charity, according to
The Guardian.

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