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Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs and spin off its ice cream business, which includes Ben & Jerry's
Read full article: Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs and spin off its ice cream business, which includes Ben & Jerry'sUnilever, the company that makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soaps and Vaseline, says it's cutting 7,500 jobs and spinning off its ice cream business to reduce costs and boost profits.
Judge rules against Ben & Jerry's in fight over Israel sales
Read full article: Judge rules against Ben & Jerry's in fight over Israel salesA federal judge has rejected a request by Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's to block a plan by its corporate parent to have an intermediary sell its products in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
Sale puts Ben & Jerry's ice cream back in West Bank, kind of
Read full article: Sale puts Ben & Jerry's ice cream back in West Bank, kind ofUnilever says it has reached a new business arrangement in Israel that will effectively end Ben & Jerry’s policy of not selling ice cream in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
Unilever won't top $68B bid for GSK consumer healthcare unit
Read full article: Unilever won't top $68B bid for GSK consumer healthcare unitUnilever, the maker of Vaseline skin care products and Dove soap, says it won’t increase a 50 billion-pound ($68.2 billion) offer for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare unit that was rejected last week.
GSK rejects $68b Unilever bid for consumer healthcare unit
Read full article: GSK rejects $68b Unilever bid for consumer healthcare unitThe pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has rejected an unsolicited 50 billion-pound ($68.4 billion) bid from Unilever for its consumer healthcare goods unit.
Florida may drop Ben & Jerry’s parent over Israel boycott
Read full article: Florida may drop Ben & Jerry’s parent over Israel boycottFlorida has taken a a step to halt investment of state resources in the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s over its decision to stop selling ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem.
Unilever to drop word ‘normal’ from beauty products
Read full article: Unilever to drop word ‘normal’ from beauty productsUnilever to drop word 'normal' from beauty productsThere is no normal in Unilever’s world anymore. The consumer-packaged-goods company is dropping the word “normal” from its beauty and personal care products. [TRENDING: Video: Arrest of Naked Cowboy at Bike Week | 36,000 Fla. Republicans leave GOP | Man rescued 135 miles off Fla. coast]Unilever says a study it recently conducted found seven in 10 respondents felt using the word “normal” on product packaging has a negative impact. AdFor people aged 18 to 35, that number rose to eight in 10. Unilever also says it won’t Photoshop models anymore and will portray people from more diverse backgrounds in its advertising.
Doggie desserts: Ben & Jerry's enters the pet food business
Read full article: Doggie desserts: Ben & Jerry's enters the pet food businessThis photo provided by Ben & Jerrys shows Ben & Jerrys dog treats. So does Ben & Jerry's. They're made from the same ingredients Ben & Jerry’s uses in its non-dairy human desserts. Ben & Jerry’s is the latest food company to pivot to pets, sensing opportunity as more Americans acquire furry friends. Three years later, Smucker acquired Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, which makes Nutrish brand pet food.
LOreal to remove words like whitening from skin products
Read full article: LOreal to remove words like whitening from skin productsPARIS French cosmetics giant LOreal said Saturday that it will remove words like whitening from its skin care products, a move that comes amid global protests against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The company said in a statement Saturday that it "has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin evening products.L'Oreal's decision follows a similar move by Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever on Thursday. Earlier this month, LOreal tweeted that that it stands in solidarity with the Black community and against injustice of any kind. English model Munroe Bergdorf notably accused the beauty brand of hypocrisy for having fired her three years ago. Bergdorf was sacked as LOreal UKs first openly transgender model in 2017 for decrying the racial violence of white people.