FREEZING OUT BEN & JERRY: CORPORATE LAW AND THE SALE OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ICON Antony Page* & Robert A. Katz**† INTRODUCTION The perfect duo. Ice cream and chunks. Business and social change. Ben and Jerry.1 Nobody wants to end up like Ben and Jerry’s, where soon after a multinational acquired it, key facets of its social mission were cut from the company.2 Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. was once the darling of proponents of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.3 It was a for-profit
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Company Description Ben & Jerry's is an American ice cream company owned by Unilever that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet and ice cream novelty products. Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. was founded in 1978 and is currently based in South Burlington, Vermont. From the company’s inception more than thirty years ago, their plan was to provide quality ice cream while also creating a company that was socially conscious about the world and its environment. Ben and Jerry’s currently
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Justin Sunwoong Choi BUSM 431 Brother Huff 10/18/2012 Ben & Jerry’s - Japan 1. Overview of the case * Perry Odak had meeting with Masahiko Iida who is the president of Seven-Eleven Japan to resolve conundrum of whether to introduce Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to the Japan market and, if so, how. Ben & Jerry’s was established by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who were school mates before, when they were in mid 20s. They were growing between 1982 and 1990 but they had suffered
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Ben & Jerry’s Market Research Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Opening Page ................................................................................................................................................... i Table of Contents............................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction .........................................................................................
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FIN 689 Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Case 3 Ang Xiao Case Study: Ben & Jerry’s Homemade (Case 3) This case focuses on the issues of asset control of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc with the four outstanding takeover offers by Dreyer’s Grand, Unilever, Meadowbrook Lane Capital and Chartwell Investment in 2001. Through the analysis of the four offers, I suggest the Board accept the Unilever’s offer. The advantage and disadvantage of each offer is discussed following. Dreyer’s Grand The offer does not
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Ben & Jerry’s Market Research Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Opening Page ................................................................................................................................................... i Table of Contents............................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction .........................................................................................
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Dippin’ Dots Case Analysis Business Policy-DeVry University COMPANY NAME, WEBSITE, and INDUSTRY Dippin’ Dots is going to be the chosen case for this case analysis. The Dippin’ Dots website is https://www.dippindots.com. As stated in the book it is a company that is in the ice cream manufacturing and scoop shop retailing business (Dess, 2012). This company has made many growth spurts, even throughout the test it was put in. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Dippin’ Dots is a company that mainly sells
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream Inc: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive A Written Case Analysis by Mr. Aristotle Metin CASE BACKGROUND The U.S. Ice Cream Industry The total retail value of ice cream and related products in the United States was about $9.8 billion in 1990. The superpremium ice cream market held about 9.5% of the ice cream industry in the US. By 1990, Ben & Jerry’s was a strong # 2 in the superpremium ice cream market and the fifth largest ice cream maker of any type
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. Case Study Case Summary This case examines issues of asset control for Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., in light of the outstanding takeover offers by Chartwell Investments, Dreyer‘s Grand, Unilever, and Meadowbrook Lane Capital in January 2000. The case requires a discussion of fundamental firm objectives and the implications of a non-traditional corporate orientation; one needs to review the development of Ben & Jerry's strong social consciousness and the takeover defence
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. Case Study Case Summary This case examines issues of asset control for Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., in light of the outstanding takeover offers by Chartwell Investments, Dreyer‘s Grand, Unilever, and Meadowbrook Lane Capital in January 2000. The case requires a discussion of fundamental firm objectives and the implications of a non-traditional corporate orientation; one needs to review the development of Ben & Jerry's strong social consciousness and the
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