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BEN & JERRY’S
Ben (Ben Cohen) & Jerry's (Jerry Greenfield) 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, It is best known as a premium ice cream brand, founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont.
HISTORY
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were childhood friends from New York . On May 5, 1978, with a $5 correspondence course in ice cream-making from Penn State and a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of it borrowed), Ben and Jerry open their first ice cream scoop shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont . In 1979, they marked their anniversary by holding the first-ever free cone day, now an international annual celebration.
REASONS FOR JOIN COMPANY
1. We starting salary is double the minimum wage.
An entry-level Ben & Jerry's worker earns USD 15.97 per hour. That's roughly double the federal minimum wage. According to a statement on the company's website, their starting salary is based on the actual cost of living in Vermont.
2. We help put the unemployed to work.
All of the brownies that are used to make Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Half Baked ice creams are baked at Greyston Bakery, a New York enterprise dedicated to providing jobs for the unemployed.
3. Community service.
“Community-conscious commitment isn't an add-on: it's built right into our Company Mission,” Ben & Jerry's states on its website, and they aren't kidding. Doing everything from cleaning up rivers and beaches, to helping the homeless, giving grants to grassroots organizations, raising money for homeless animals, and volunteering at St. Judes Children's Ranch.
4. Take customer service very seriously.
Last year, 24-year-old Scott White stuck his spoon into a pint of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked and was disappointed by the brownies, which he described as "hard and powdery." White
Ben (Ben Cohen) & Jerry's (Jerry Greenfield) 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, It is best known as a premium ice cream brand, founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont.
HISTORY
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were childhood friends from New York . On May 5, 1978, with a $5 correspondence course in ice cream-making from Penn State and a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of it borrowed), Ben and Jerry open their first ice cream scoop shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont . In 1979, they marked their anniversary by holding the first-ever free cone day, now an international annual celebration.
REASONS FOR JOIN COMPANY
1. We starting salary is double the minimum wage.
An entry-level Ben & Jerry's worker earns USD 15.97 per hour. That's roughly double the federal minimum wage. According to a statement on the company's website, their starting salary is based on the actual cost of living in Vermont.
2. We help put the unemployed to work.
All of the brownies that are used to make Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Half Baked ice creams are baked at Greyston Bakery, a New York enterprise dedicated to providing jobs for the unemployed.
3. Community service.
“Community-conscious commitment isn't an add-on: it's built right into our Company Mission,” Ben & Jerry's states on its website, and they aren't kidding. Doing everything from cleaning up rivers and beaches, to helping the homeless, giving grants to grassroots organizations, raising money for homeless animals, and volunteering at St. Judes Children's Ranch.
4. Take customer service very seriously.
Last year, 24-year-old Scott White stuck his spoon into a pint of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked and was disappointed by the brownies, which he described as "hard and powdery." White