Ben on why Jerry is leaving Ben & Jerry's
Evan Davis speaks to co-founder Ben Cohen.
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has left the ice cream maker after almost half a century at the firm, deepening a dispute with parent company Unilever.
In his letter Mr Greenfield said leaving the firm was "one of the hardest and most painful decisions" he had ever made but he could no longer "in good conscience" work for a business that had been "silenced" by Unilever.
Speaking to Evan Davis, co-founder Ben Cohen says Unilever has not "been abiding by the terms of acquisition" it signed when it bought the company in 2000, and has "muzzled" the company when it has tried to speak out on social issues.
A spokesperson for The Magnum Ice Cream Company, which is being spun off from Unilever, said it was grateful to Mr Greenfield but disagreed with his stance.
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