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Ben & Jerry's is a brand of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and ice cream novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, with the main factory in Waterbury, Vermont.

In 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened up an ice cream parlor in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, instantly popular. In 1979, on the 1 year anniversary, they celebrated the first ever Free Cone Day, still popular across the country. The company kept getting increasingly popular until in 1984, Häagen-Dazs tried to limit distribution of Ben & Jerry’s in Boston, prompting Ben & Jerry’s to file suit against the parent company, Pillsbury.

Recently, the company has managed to go to environmentally friendly packaging, using unbleached paperboard Eco-Pint containers. (more)