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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Environmental contradictions: are we really green? In his May 6‚ 2002‚ Newsweek article “Being Green At Ben & Jerry’s” author George F. Will informs his readers on the questionable relationship between environmentalism and politics. He provides us examples to illustrate the contradictions in environmental policies. Will tries to show us how opponents of increased energy production are not necessary looking out for our country’s general interest‚ or at least many times they tend to ignore facts
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream Inc: A period of Transition Despite making the first yearly loss in 1994‚ the company’s health cannot be written off. The loss in 1994 can mostly be attributed to some irregular factors like debt due to the asset write-down of $6.8 million resulting from abandonment of complex manufacturing system and incorrect assumption about the value at the St. Albans plant. The introduction of the "Smooth‚ No Chunks" line in the same year also resulted in some extra advertising
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The Ben & Jerry Short Story Thursday‚ April 17‚ 2008 Name: Jonathan Burnett Class: TTH 12:30 Date: Thursday‚ April 17‚ 2008 Title: The Ben & Jerry Short Story General Purpose: to inform about Ben & Jerry Specific Purpose: to get the audience to think about how interesting this topic is Central Idea: Ben & Jerry Main Points of Body: 1. How Ben & Jerry met 2. How they started their business 3. How they contribute to the betterment of society Method of Organization: chronological
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Presentation of Ben & Jerry’s: Ben & Jerry’s is a very famous ice-cream brand‚ founded in 1978 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield and is now a division of the British-Dutch Unilever conglomerate. Since it has been bought by Unilever in 2000‚ this brand dominates the ice-cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ sorbet market. This success can be explained by Ben & Jerry’s strategy‚ based on two major points: a strong distribution network (franchised shops‚ large-scale retailing‚ shops)‚ and an efficient
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SWOT Analysis Strengths: Ben & Jerry’s is an innovative leader in the super premium ice cream industry. They have a product line that consists of ice cream‚ low-fat ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ sorbet‚ and a few novelty products. All of their products are sold through supermarkets‚ grocery stores‚ convenience stores‚ franchised Ben & Jerry’s scoop shops‚ and restaurants. Ben & Jerry’s also incorporates a commitment toward being a socially active and environmentally responsible ice cream manufacturer
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For this task I have chosen to write about Ben and Jerrys and Haagen-Dazs ice cream. These are two rival brands at the top end of the market. I decided to write about ice cream because it is very popular and there is lots of information available about them. They also both have good marketing and promotional strategies. I chose to write about Haagen-Dazs‚ as it is the best known ice cream. It is the number one super premium ice cream with 43 % of the market share. It is quite expensive as it is
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SWOT analysis The strengths and weaknesses of a SWOT analysis focus on the current market position of a business in relation to its: • Customers – is the business meeting the needs of its target markets • Competitors- is the business offering a better way of meeting customer needs compared with its competitors • Internal resources- is the business making effective use of its internal resources to meet customer needs and deal with competition The opportunities and threats
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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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Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream: SWOT Analysis and Strategies for Progression BMGT301W‚ Section 2 Professor Baker November 20‚ 2011 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream: SWOT Analysis and Strategies for Progression A SWOT analysis is a useful technique to understanding your strengths and weaknesses and for identifying both the opportunities open to you and the threats you face. Used in a business context‚ a SWOT Analysis helps you carve a sustainable niche in your market. What makes SWOT particularly
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