Ben & Jerry’s said its parent, Unilever (ULVR.L), decided to oust the ice cream maker’s chief executive, Dave Stever, escalating a battle over the subsidiary’s independence on social policy issues.
In a Tuesday night filing in Manhattan federal court, Ben & Jerry’s said Unilever advised on March 3 it was removing Stever without consulting directors because of his commitment to the ice cream maker’s social mission and brand integrity, not because of concerns about his job performance.
It said Unilever chastised Stever in a January performance review for “repeatedly acquiescing” to Ben & Jerry’s promotion of social goals, and has repeatedly warned personnel not to defy its efforts to “silence the social mission.”
Ben & Jerry’s also said Unilever’s attacks on its social mission have reached “new levels of oppressiveness.”
If you wanted to retain control, you should never have sold it to Unilever.
One capitalism rock please.
Why these companies keep selling themselves to giant corporate overlords I’ll never understand.
Because somebody on the top found an opportunity to make money on it. That’s how the corpo world works
Align with the devil…
Unilever plans to spin off Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Magnum and other ice cream brands later this year.
What’s even the point of getting rid of their CEO then?
It would be nice to understand what these social policies are otherwise this means nothing.
Well you’re supposed to just know that it means diversity, anti-war, societal health…anything that isn’t pushing towards total wealth concentration and power of the elite just be eliminated. It’s literally the machine from fern gully
Look it’s amazing the company last this long. Just stop buying it and got to your local gelato place after checking Facebook to make sure you’re not supporting a neo Nazi.