Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever: The Bohemian and the Behemoth FACTS: Ben & Jerry’s success is a direct result of transitioning form a local Vermont-based ice-cream producer into a large multinational corporation as part of an acquisition initiated by Unilever. The company’s three interrelated mission statements stand to complement each other and through history and culture have successfully turned Ben & Jerry’s into a social behemoth. Following a merger with the multinational juggernaut
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History of Ben & Jerry’s Ben & Jerry’s is an American ice cream company‚ a division of the British-Dutch Unilever conglomerate that manufactures ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ sorbet‚ and ice cream novelty products‚ manufactured by Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings‚ Inc.‚ headquartered in South Burlington‚ Vermont‚ United States‚ with the main factory in Waterbury. It is best known as an ice cream brand‚ founded in 1978 in Burlington‚ Vermont. In 1977 lifelong friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
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Ben & Jerry’s in Brazil! MK0389ZNN: Global Marketing and Communication Student ID : W13032776 Word count : 2188 Introduction For this assessment‚ we have chosen to focus on Ben & Jerry’s brand. Ben & Jerry ’s is an American ice cream company‚ a division of the Anglo-Dutch Unilever conglomerate‚ that manufactures ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ sorbet‚ and ice cream novelty products. These are manufactured by Ben & Jerry ’s Homemade Holdings‚ headquartered in Burlington‚ Vermont‚ United
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Ben & Jerry’s: Preserving Mission and Brand within Unilever By‚ Hemanth M udadla Elisa Vanzu lli You Qin Qin Fayas Faro ok “We can build a ice cream plant at 1/3rd of the cost you built yours what we cant do is build a premium brand which is what you did” Strengths: Product quality Why Acquisition Innovation Brand Sensible to Nature Social Mission Opportunities: Good topline but bad bottom line – Financial situation Ineffective operational efficiencies Organizational structure
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Ben & Jerry’s : Marketing case. Helping marginalised people‚ promoting sustainable agriculture‚ economising resources‚ and using organic products… Ben & Jerry’s‚ the American ice-cream maker‚ has‚ since its foundation in 1978‚ included many ethical values in its business practices. Part of the important Unilever group‚ Ben & Jerry’s is now a widely extended company all around the world in constant search of new innovation such as moving into Fair Trade. Indeed in 2005 Ben & Jerry’s
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Executive Summary Ben and Jerrys is a successful ice cream company with many strengths and weaknesses. The company faces serious competition‚ financial struggles‚ economic and social influences‚ all of which are covered in my paper. I also discussed some recommendations I have for the companies success. Ben and Jerry ’s is one of the top ice cream companies around. They have had many ups and downs throughout the history of the company‚ but overall‚ they have overcome most of their hardships
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Culture Ben and Jerry’s corporate culture is one that focuses on the environment‚ its products‚ and people. The corporate culture of “Doing Good by Doing Good” and “Peace‚ Love and Ice cream” establish the guideposts for how employees behave in the business. Ben and Jerry’s hold a deep respect for people both inside and outside the company. Ben believes that “Businesses have a responsibility to give back to the community‚” while Jerry believes that “If it’s not fun‚ why do it?” Both Ben and Jerry
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade – The Unilever Scoop Case With four offers on the table‚ Ben & Jerry’s had quite the decision to make. When it came down to it‚ they chose the most attractive offer which turned out to be with Unilever. As time passed‚ this was shown to ultimately be a very wise choice as the financial results would later show impressive results. These impressive results could be seen by looking at how the operating margins tripled and were able to maintain a 700M operating profit in succeeding
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Ice Cream Case Study Teaching Notes Video: Ben and Jerry’s Ice-cream Wars 1. What was Ben and Jerry’s ‘strategy’ in the video? 2. What stimulated the strategy? 3. Was it planned or emergent? 4. Was it successful? 5. How does this case help you think about ‘What is strategy?’ Were their decisions strategic? Yes‚ because: * Affected company as a whole * About scope and direction * Long-term Resource implications * Yes‚ they had to invest 5 pounds in a “correspondence
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Vermont’s famous ice cream markers‚ Ben & Jerry’s‚ started the City Churned campaign summer of 2013; where five major cities voted in traditional and non-traditional ways to create a unique flavor that capture elements of the city. The five major cities were Seattle‚ Portland‚ San Francisco‚ Washington DC and New York City. Ben & Jerry’s also teamed up with local favorites to make the flavor even more represent the city it is for. At the end of the summer‚ Ben and Jerry’s served the final product
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