New ice cream flavor: Fat Cat Fudge Ripple?

[a kennedy]

By Al Olson

The #OccupyWallStreet protestors picked up a cool supporter on Monday: Ben & Jerry’s have made an official statement in support of the ever-growing movement.

On the company’s website, Woody, the Ben & Jerry cow mascot, is holding a sign reading “Occupy.”

From the statement, signed by the company’s board of directors:

“We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to express our deepest admiration to all of you who have initiated the nonviolent Occupy Wall Street Movement and to those around the country who have joined in solidarity. The issues raised are of fundamental importance to all of us.”

The site then goes on to list a handful of the issues (inequality, unemployment, corporate lobbying, etc).
It then goes on to say:

“We know the media will either ignore you or frame the issue as to who may be getting pepper sprayed rather than addressing the despair and hardships borne by so many, or accurately conveying what this movement is about. All this goes on while corporate profits continue to soar and millionaires whine about paying a bit more in taxes. And we have not even mentioned the environment.”

Probably should mention that Ben and Jerry's is now owned by....British-Dutch conglomerate Unilever, a publicly traded company.

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/10/8255698-new-ice-cream-flavor-fat-cat-fudge-ripple

edit to add info regarding who Ben and Jerry's is owned by.

[Systematic Chaos]

1. I'll hold out for the Groovy Guillotine Pecan Praline, myself.

n/t

[a kennedy]

2. and yes it is pretty stupid of me to post this......

sorry.

[alfredo]

7. No, it wasn't stupid. Not all corporations are evil, some are

just annoying.

A comment on that page:

Gee, if the author really wanted to point out something of significance about the support from Ben & Jerry's they might mention the fact that part of their 'model' is that the highest paid executives are salary restricted to make no more than 7 times the salary of the average employee compared to the average corporate executive who makes about 262 times the salary of their average worker and that's before all the perks and special benefits are added on.

[Missy Vixen]

9. Ben & Jerry's actually had a tough time replacing their prior CEO because of the salary restrictions

After all, the robber barons weren't interested in a job that pays less...

Owned by Unilever or not, we still eat Ben & Jerry's. I'm glad to see they're supporting OWS.

[alfredo]

11. The business always reflect the owners. Salary restrictions

separated the wheat from the chaff.

[Myrina]

3. Waiting for the "Ben and Jerry's Are Sellouts" crowd to arrive ...

la la laaa la la la la la laaa ...

[dipsydoodle]

4. I want one which tastes like

Rasberry ripples. :)

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. What IS in their "Schweddy Balls" flavor, anyway?

Are they into "secret ingredients" now?

[alfredo]

8. Mescaline and broccoli.

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. Okay, THAT explains why I can't find it in my local store!

They hate broccoli around here.

[alfredo]

12. At one time I hated Broccoli, but when GHW Bush said he

hated it, I figured I should reconsider. I like it.

[alfredo]

6. The label graphics