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	Ben & Jerry's - Timeline
		Ben’s memories of his childhood include watching his father put away an entire half-gallon of ice cream at the dinner table, eating directly from the carton with a soup spoon.
		Ben’s first professional contact with ice cream came in his senior year of high school, when he worked as an “ice cream man,” driving a truck, ringing bells, and selling ice cream pops to kids.
		Ben interned as a craft therapist at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx and at the Grand Street Settlement House on the Lower East Side.
	www.benjerry.com /our_company/about_us/our_history/benbio.cfm (670 words)

	Ben Cohen, Founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and TrueMajority, to Give Babson Students "Scoop" on ...
		Cohen is President of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities and its TrueMajority (www.truemajority.com) campaign, a grassroots education and advocacy enterprise to promote American values of compassion, charity, and justice for a safer home and world.
		Cohen expects his nonprofit venture to harness the power of some 50 million members to better help them understand and influence major Congressional issues on everything from civil rights and the environment to feminism and world peace.
		Cohen is also the Chairman of two social venture capital funds: The Barred Rock Fund, and Hot Fudge Ventures, which started SwearX, a sweatshop free clothing factory in Los Angeles that is unionized and pays a livable wage.
	www3.babson.edu /Newsroom/Releases/BenCohenAcademy.cfm (510 words)

	Cohen, Ben - Early Ice Cream Days, Knocking Around
		Ben Cohen was born in 1951 in Brooklyn, New York.
		Cohen's first childhood memories include watching his father eat an entire half-gallon of ice cream at the dinner table, scooping directly from the carton with a soup spoon.
		Cohen's first professional contact with the ice cream business came during his senior year at Calhoun High School in Merrick, when he sold ice cream novelties to neighborhood kids from a musical truck.
	www.referenceforbusiness.com /businesses/A-F/Cohen-Ben.html (685 words)

	Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream:
		Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, long viewed as one of the most socially active, countercultural companies in America, faces increasing competition in the premium ice cream market, where they remain a high-cost, inefficient producer paying high wages and using expensive, chemical-free milk.
		Ben and Jerry's had already abandoned its policy of limiting the top manager's salary to no more than seven times that of the average total compensation (including benefits) of the lowest level employee, in anticipation of hiring a new CEO.
		Ben Cohen, co-founder and Chairman of Ben and Jerry's, announced the selection of Perry D. Odak as Chief Executive Officer.
	www.edenhigh.ca /COMPC/businesstheory/bennjerry.htm (1362 words)

	The Daily Athenaeum Interactive
		Just ask Ben and Jerry, former hippies turned ice cream makers who sold their business to the giant conglomerate Unilever at their shareholders’ insistence.
		Now, Ben Cohen, ice cream magnate and social activist, along with his partner Jerry Greenfield, are finding out what it’s like to truly be part of corporate America — and Cohen, for one, is not happy about it.
		Cohen also revealed that what he had understood to be legally binding agreements for Unilever to continue pursuing Ben and Jerry’s social agenda had turned out not to be legally binding.
	www.da.wvu.edu /archives/000112/news/000112,04,01.html (483 words)

	Top Ice Cream Franchise - Ben & Jerry's - Top Rated Sweets Franchises
		Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., the Vermont-based manufacturer of ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, by childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
		Ben and Jerry's products are distributed nationwide and in selected foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, franchised Ben & Jerry's scoop shops, restaurants, and other venues.
		Ben & Jerry's franchisees deliver on those expectations and more, serving up euphoric flavors of ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet in an atmosphere enhanced by a genuine commitment to outstanding customer service and to community involvement.
	www.dreamfranchises.com /icecreamfranchise/icecreamfranchise.asp (776 words)

	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory Tour, Waterbury, Vermont
		The Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory is one of the few tourist attractions in Vermont that stays open after 5 pm, and for that we are grateful.
		A plaque marking the site of Ben and Jerry's first store, an old gas station in downtown Burlington, Vermont, is embedded in the sidewalk at the SW corner of St. Paul and College Sts.
		The Graveyard exists because of Ben and Jerry's never-ending experimentation with odd ice cream flavors; some are just too odd for their own good.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/VTWATbenjerry.html (641 words)

	Ben Cohen's New Anti-Sweatshop Efforts
		Even though Cohen sold his company, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., to Unilever two years ago, and could retire with a lifetime supply of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, he's still using his creative powers to change policy on the issues he cares about.
		Cohen hopes his new nonprofit will draw the power of some 50 million Americans who are too busy to follow each and every issue in Congress that concerns them.
		Cohen's goal includes getting money out of politics, ensuring equal treatment under the law for all, and persuading U.S. leaders to sign world treaties.
	www.organicconsumers.org /clothes/0822_sweat_shop.cfm (792 words)

	Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder to speak at Grinnell
		Co-founder with Jerry Greenfield of the highly successful Ben and Jerry's ice cream brand, Cohen is also founding member of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities.
		The honor was presented to Cohen and Greenfield for fostering their company's commitment to social responsibility.
		Cohen is on the boards of various organizations and in demand as a speaker, appearing several times a year at various academic institutions, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.
	www.collegenews.org /x6230.xml (270 words)

	Ben & Jerry's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ice cream brand Häagen-Dazs, at the time a subsidiary of Pillsbury, tried to force independent distributors to choose one of the brands, and Ben and Jerry's filed a lawsuit against the Häagen-Dazs subsidiary saying that it had acted illegally in its operation and was trying to put Ben and Jerry's out of business.
		In August 2006, Ben and Jerry's came under criticism from the Humane Society of the United States for using eggs in its ice cream that come from hens confined in battery cages.
		Ben and Jerry's was the first brand-name ice cream to be taken into space aboard the Space Shuttle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben_&_Jerry's (1336 words)

	Ben & Jerry's Factory Tours
		Nestled in the heart of the Green Mountains our ice cream factory sits on a rolling pasture overlooking the Worcester Range, just north of the small town of Waterbury.
		Ice cream factory tours are 30 minutes long.
		The Ice Cream Factory is about a mile up the road on the left - you can’t miss it.
	www.benjerry.com /our_company/about_us/tours (374 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ben Cohen et al - Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book at Epinions.com
		Ben and Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and Dessert Book claims the two ice cream gurus actually started off in the bagel delivery business, in a company they called U.B.S. (United Bagel Service), until the time came to purchase the pricey bagel machine.
		The cookbook follows the introductory "how we got started" bit with a brief section on ice cream theory, covering the basics of ice cream: the sweet cream base, eggs, air, ice crystals and flavorings.
		In addition to the popular favorites, the book includes recipes for various fruit ice creams, cookie and candy-based ice creams, sorbets and special flavors from their downtown Burlington, Vermont, store (including Honey Apple Raisin Walnut) and Kahlua Almond Fudge.
	www.epinions.com /book-review-36C4-D81FE86-3927639A-prod3 (548 words)

	Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Ice cream, schemes to "increase profits" by supporting a cop-killer. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ben Cohen cites former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark as one of the "legal scholars" who believes that Mumia did not receive a fair trial.
		Cohen's claim that he took this position as a concerned citizen, not as an officer of any company, is an outright lie.
		When the ice cream is thickened and frozen, scrape it into a plastic container, cover and freeze for at least 1 hour.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1256980/posts (2725 words)

	Ice cream mogul puts Bush in hot seat - Politics - MSNBC.com
		The co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream is on the road, towing a 12-foot-tall effigy of President Bush with fake flames shooting out of the pants.
		Ben and Jerry’s pioneered “mobile promotions” when Cohen and co-founder Jerry Greenfield took a recreational vehicle across the country and doled out ice cream on a nationwide “scooping tour,” in lieu of expensive national advertising.
		Cohen flies to a town to train a crew of drivers, teaching them things like how to crank up the smoke machine.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5473067 (589 words)

	Ben Cohen \| 20th Century American Leaders Database
		Cohen with his partner, Jerry Greenfield, created a business that was known as much for its socially conscious employment and philanthropy policies as for its high quality, unique ice cream flavors.
		During his tenure as CEO, Cohen ensured that Ben & Jerry's donated 7.5% of its pretax profits to non-profit organizations.
		What began as a small ice cream stand in Burlington, Vermont in 1978 became a $100 million operation with national distribution and franchise stores in 20 states.
	www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/156 (78 words)

	Ben Cohen (ice cream) - {{ᏏᏖᎾᎺ}} (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ben Cohen (ᎤᏕᏅ 1951) Nancy ᎠᎴ Irving Cohen, ᎨᏒᎢ ᎢᏗᎦᏘᎭ-ᎠᏩᏥᎩ Ben and Jerry', ᎨᎳᏛᏍᏗ ᎬᏙᏗ Jerry Greenfield.
		Ben ᎠᎴ Jerry ᏚᎾᏠᏒ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1963 ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ gym ᎢᏧᎳᎭ ᏗᏂᏱᎴᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᏚᏗ ᏧᎾᎵᎢ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏗᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ.
		ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1978 Cohen ᎠᏍᏚᎢᏒ Ben ᎠᎴ Jerry ᎤᏤᎵ Homemade ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎠᎦᏓᏢᏓ ᎤᏔᎾ ᎪᏕᏍᏗ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Burlington, Vermont ᎬᏙᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ-iyuwakodi ᎤᎾᎵᎢ, Jerry Greenfield.
	www.wikigadugi.org /wiki/Ben_Cohen_(ice_cream) (137 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ben and Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and Dessert Book: Books: Ben Cohen,Jerry Greenfield,Nancy Stevens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ben and Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and Dessert Book offers fans more than 90 recipes that are easy to make with even an unsophisticated ice-cream maker.
		I received a Cuisinart ice cream maker last Christmas and, while I have come up with some great ideas on my own, I was looking for some new ideas to try.
		This is one of three ice cream books that I own, but I doubt I'll be making any of the recipes without one major modification -- I just have this aversion to eating raw eggs, you see.
	www.amazon.ca /Jerrys-Homemade-Cream-Dessert-Book/dp/0894803123 (932 words)

	Ben & Jerry's - Timeline
		Ben and Jerry rent space in an old spool and bobbin mill on South Champlain Street in Burlington and begin packing their ice cream in pints.
		Ben & Jerry’s introduces Chubby Hubbyï¿½ -- vanilla malt ice cream with a fudge swirl, a peanut butter swirl, and chocolate-covered peanut-butter-filled pretzels -- a customer-suggested flavor idea that began as a practical joke played by two friends on a coworker.
		Ben & Jerry’s challenges the good citizens of the U.K. to suggest a new ice cream with a “veddy British flavour.” Though there were “Grape Expectations” for “Rolling Scones,” Britons maintained their “Stiff Upper Flip” by proclaiming “Cool Britannia™” the crown jewel of the contest.
	www.benjerry.com /our_company/about_us/our_history/timeline (3832 words)

	Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream: Leading with Values (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ben and Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. was founded and led by Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, who firmly believe in keeping work fun.
		Along with a unique idea for their premium ice cream, Ben and Jerry also decided that they would run their company in a manner that made its employees happy.
		Over the years, however, Ben and Jerry determined that running their corporation was no longer fun, so a search was started for a new CEO who had the same values and beliefs for the company.
	pigseye.kennesaw.edu /~lwerchan/index_files/Ben.htm (1134 words)

	Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers questions \| Grist \| InterActivist \| 14 Jun 2004
		Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers questions
		Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers Grist's questions
		I signed some books, ate some more great food, ate some ice cream, and drove around in a convertible.
	www.grist.org /comments/interactivist/2004/06/14/cohen (863 words)

	Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers questions \| Grist \| InterActivist \| 14 Jun 2004
		Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers readers' questions
		cofounder of Ben & Jerry's and founder of TrueMajority.
		But groups like MoveOn.org and TrueMajority.org are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of people who may otherwise not pay attention to politics at all.
	www.grist.org /comments/interactivist/2004/06/14/cohen/index1.html (1298 words)

	CNN - The inside scoop on ice-cream sites - Jul 22, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There's a page for senior ice cream lovers (The Golden Cone Club), a page of ice cream trivia and recipes for ice cream desserts, including one which requires no less than four quarts of Edy's ice cream.
		If all this reading about ice cream has made you hungry for a scoop, you can win a free quart of Edy's by surfing the site and stumbling into the randomly generated winner's page.
		Here you can study a schematic of cocoa processing and learn more about ice cream defects, including the loathsome phenomenon of "ice cream shrinkage," in which the dessert pulls away from the walls of its container.
	www.polsci.wvu.edu /Henry/Icecream/cnn.html (684 words)

	Amazon.com: Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book: Books: Ben Cohen,Jerry Greenfield,Nancy Stevens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ben Cohen has been a Pinkerton Guard, a garbage man, and a short-order cook.
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		Toss in a decent ice cream maker, and you have a present that no one else will think of, that the receipients will appreciate, and one that they will use over time.
	www.amazon.com /Jerrys-Homemade-Cream-Dessert-Book/dp/0894803123 (1631 words)

	Ben & Jerry's confirms talks, but no deal - Mar. 29, 2000
		NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Novelty ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc. confirmed Wednesday its board has held discussions with Meadowbrook Lane Capital and European concern Unilever about taking the company private, but a number of "unresolved issues" stood in the way of the transaction.
		Cohen reportedly brokered the compromise that would allow him to retain control of the company, maintain its charitable efforts and tap the business expertise of a well-known packaged goods company.
		Ben and Jerry's (BJICA: Research, Estimates) shares were up more than 20 percent since the beginning of the year heading into Wednesday's trading.
	money.cnn.com /2000/03/29/deals/icecream (1031 words)

	Ben Cohen (ice cream) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		March 18, 1951, Merrick, New York), son of Nancy and Irving Cohen, is a co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, along with Jerry Greenfield.
		Ben and Jerry met in 1963 in gym class and became close friends in high school.
		They almost opened a bagel shop, but due to the high cost of the equipment that was needed, they choose ice cream instead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben_Cohen_(ice_cream) (183 words)

	Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book by Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Nancy Stevens Workman ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In addition to Ben & Jerry's 11 greatest hits, here are recipes for ice creams made with fresh fruit, with chocolate, with candies and cookies, and recipes for sorbets, sundaes, and baked goods.
		I did modify one of the sweet cream base recipes that didn't call for eggs to make a chocolate ice cream.
		We did enjoy the history of Ben and Jerry's and the humourous anecdotes.
	www.perfectcoffeeshop.com /r-6/m-Books/b-4208/a-0894803123/Default.aspx (354 words)

	Ben's Ice Cream Budget Pie
		Business Leaders for Sensible Priorites, founded by Ben and Jerry's Co-founder Ben Cohen, wanted to score national news coverage for its message that federal spending priorities are mixed up, with over 50 percent of Congress' discretionary budget dedicated to the Pentagon and everything else (foreign aid, science, environment, housing, Head Start) getting the scraps.
		So, we suggested creating a giant ice cream budget pie, illustrating the federal government's mixed up spending priorities.
		Ice cream that is not eaten at the event will be given to the DC Central Kitchen and other food banks in Washington, DC.
	www.causecommunications.com /icecream.html (585 words)

	AlterNet: Mr. Ice Cream Sticks It to the Pentagon
		Ben Cohen has built a grassroots organization of half a million to fight the obscene size of the U.S. military budget -- and he uses Oreo cookies to make the case.
		Ben Cohen has an ax to grind with the Pentagon.
		Since departing from Ben & Jerry's after selling the company to Unilever in 2000, the ice cream magnate has spent his days building out True Majority, a nationwide grassroots coalition with over 500,000 members calling for everything from a sensible national budget to withdrawal from Iraq.
	www.alternet.org /story/36437 (4663 words)

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