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Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Quits After 47 Years, Blames Parent Company For Silencing Brand Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Quits After 47 Years, Blames Parent Company For Silencing Brand
Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Quits After 47 Years, Blames Parent Company For Silencing Brand After nearly five decades, Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has resigned, saying the popular ice cream company has been silenced politically under its corporate ownership. Greenfield's resignation letter was posted on the website FreeBenAndJerrys.com on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The 74-year-old Long Island native created Ben & Jerry's with Ben Cohen back in 1978. In his letter, Greenfield said that with a "broken heart," he can no longer work for Ben & Jerry's because it has lost its independence under Unilever. "This isn't because I've lost my love f…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Love At First Pint: Ben & Jerry's Debuts Valentine's Day-Inspired Flavor Love At First Pint: Ben & Jerry's Debuts Valentine's Day-Inspired Flavor
Love At First Pint: Ben & Jerry's Debuts Valentine's Day-Inspired Flavor It doesn't matter if you're single, coupled up, in a "situationship," or anywhere in between, you might find it easy to fall in love with Ben & Jerry's newest flavor for Valentine's Day. Ben & Jerry's has revealed Chocolate Covered Strawberry as its first limited-batch flavor of 2025, the Vermont company said in a news release on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The decadent twist on the romantic pairing was announced just in time for Valentine's Day on Friday, Feb. 14. The new flavor combines strawberry ice cream, a swirl of strawberry jam, and rich chocolate fudge flakes. "When strawberry …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Family Night Ends With Man Gunned Down In Silver Spring Parking Garage Family Night Ends With Man Gunned Down In Silver Spring Parking Garage
Family Night Ends With Man Gunned Down In Silver Spring Parking Garage A night out in Montgomery County ended in tragedy for a Silver Spring family whose patriarch was gunned down in the stairwell of a downtown parking garage. Charles Reynolds, 62, of Silver Spring, has been identified as the victim who was found shot and killed with multiple gunshots at approximately 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21 in the Wayne Avenue Parking Garage. In a briefing on Thursday, Dec. 22, Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones said that Reynolds had dinner with his family in downtown Silver Spring, when he brought the leftovers back to his car before going out for ice cream at…

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by Zak Failla