About Ben & Jerry’s Ben & Jerry’s produces a wide variety of super-premium ice cream and ice
cream novelties, using dairy products from a Vermont dairy cooperative and
high-quality ingredients. The company is committed to using milk and cream from
cows that have not been treated with the synthetic hormone rBGH, and states its
position on rBGH on its labels. Ben & Jerry’s products are distributed
nationwide and in selected foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores,
convenience stores, franchise Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops, restaurants and other
venues. Ben & Jerry’s, a wholly-owned autonomous subsidiary of Unilever, operates its
business on a three-part mission statement emphasizing product quality, economic
reward and a commitment to the community. Ben & Jerry’s contributes a minimum of
$1.1 million annually through corporate philanthropy that is primarily employee
led.