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Sad news: we need to boycott Ben and Jerry’s

42 replies

JandamiHash · 13/05/2025 01:38

Well, you don’t have to, but you should:

Also it’s so embarrasing that their comms team have misunderstood the ruling. No one’s rights have been stripped away. The Supreme Court didn’t “rule on trans rights”.

What an embarrassment for Ben and Jerry’s. Added to the boycott list

Sad news: we need to boycott Ben and Jerry’s
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Shortshriftandlethal · 13/05/2025 09:25

Ben and Jerry's have been virtue signalling for years...starting off with their boycott of Israel.

INeedAPensieve · 13/05/2025 09:21

I've never liked Ben and Jerry's so this will be an easy one for me. I stick to Mackies ice cream; I appreciate it may not be as wide spread across the UK as it's a Scottish brand but yum, it's good.

SunshineAndFizz · 13/05/2025 09:20

Surely the whole point of the ruling is protecting woman’s rights, i.e. access to single-sex spaces like changing rooms, and ignoring that is ignoring woman’s rights, no?

Trans people need safe places too, but not at the expense of someone else’s rights.

Their point is totally hypocritical.

TipsyRaven247 · 13/05/2025 09:18

Who? Aren't these a cat and a mouse cartoon?

peachescariad · 13/05/2025 09:17

What are these trans rights? what rights have changed for them since they became trans? they have exactly the same rights as they did when they were like...just men....seems they just want EXTRA rights....me, me, me, me.......

borntobequiet · 13/05/2025 09:17

Horrid stuff. Haagen Dazs household here. Please don’t tell me they’re bonkers too.
(Kelly’s clotted cream ice cream also a favourite.)

AlphabettiTouretti · 13/05/2025 09:17

There is much better ice cream out there.

Ben & Jerry's entered the ice cream market at a time when there were very few "premium" ice cream options, and became popular because most other ice cream at that point was crap.

Now we have a whole load of better options. Ben & Jerry's has been coasting on its brand name for some time now and it's probably time for the bubble to burst.

HermioneWeasley · 13/05/2025 09:15

Who do Unilever think are their customers?

Arran2024 · 13/05/2025 09:12

B&J has long been an activist company. It's part of their hippy type image.

Gettingmadderallthetime · 13/05/2025 07:00

Picpac876 · 13/05/2025 03:26

Just to clarify, shouldn't that be boycotting Unilever? Which has a lot more brands than just that one.

Seems that B&J 's political activism is not under the control of parent company Unilever. (There may be other reasons to boycott Unilever I guess but in this one they are likely not to blame).
www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8pk9rpx4o

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 13/05/2025 06:58

I haven’t eaten Ben and Jerry’s for years, it’s awful ultra processed crap.
I mean it was exciting in the 90s when we hadn’t had so many new ice cream flavours before but I am surprised anyone still thinks it’s anything special.

MollyRover · 13/05/2025 06:32

I’ve been unwillingly boycotting them for years for the price 😱

VioletSpeedwell · 13/05/2025 03:44

I cringe when companies try to be right on because they end up looking dumb.

DontMindMeJust · 13/05/2025 03:28

As with Lush, women have much more buying power as a group than trans people. We should be making them aware of our boycott

Picpac876 · 13/05/2025 03:26

Just to clarify, shouldn't that be boycotting Unilever? Which has a lot more brands than just that one.

HelenaWaiting · 13/05/2025 03:22

No problem. Ben and Jerry's is disgusting.

Hysterectomynext · 13/05/2025 01:42

It’s great news for my diet though. I’m on the weight loss injections but this sort of thing all helps

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