Ben Cohen (left) and Jerry Greenfield (right), co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia on September 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lisa Lake/Getty Images for MoveOn

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the ice-cream brand amid a dispute with its British owner Unilever, according a post by the other co-founder Ben Cohen.

Cohen shared a statement from Greenfield that said quitting was “one of the hardest and most painful decisions” he’d ever made, as he accused Unilever of curtailing the ice-cream maker’s ability to speak out on social causes.

“Standing up for the values of justice, equity, and our shared humanity has never been more important, and yet Ben & Jerry’s has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting

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