ben and jerry's was sold to unilever in 2008.
ben and jerry's was sold to unilever in 2008.
when was ben and jerry's sold to unilever?
2008
in april 2000, unilever bought both ben & jerry's and slim fast for £1.63 billion. later that year, the company acquired best foods for £13.4 billion. the bestfoods acquisition increased unilever's scale in foods in america, and added brands such as knorr, marmite, bovril and hellmann's to its portfolio. the transaction was the second largest cash acquisition in world business history. in exchange for european regulatory approval of the deal, unilever divested itself of such well-known brands as oxo, lesieur, mcdonnells, bla band royco and batchelors. the same year, the company bought worldwide mustard and products firm maille. maille had three boutiques in europe, all of which sell mustard from the pump in the traditional maille fashion. paris, dijon, france and london, uk. the merge between best foods and unilever was approved by the israeli anti trust agency.
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ben & jerry's homemade holdings inc, trading and commonly known as ben & jerry's, is an american company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet. it was founded in 1978 in burlington, vermont, and sold in 2000 to british-dutch conglomerate unilever. today it operates globally as a fully owned subsidiary of unilever. its present-day headquarters is in south burlington, vermont, with its main factory in waterbury, vermont.









































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