Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were friends from junior high school (viaThe Collegian) when they learned to make ice cream and started their business in a converted gas station (viaBen & Jerry's). Since then, their business has expanded, and is now practically synonymous with bad break-ups ...
8 Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Fred Lager, and Jeffrey Furman 9 Source: Case Study 10 Without the asset write-down, B&J made a gross profit of $3.018 million in 1994. 11 Source: Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. Website 12 Source: Case Study 13 The net profit margin of B&J is 5.1%...
and UK social entrepreneurs such as Jerry Greenfield, Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder; Jeff Furman, originator of Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop model; and Charles Lief from the Hartland Group (former CEO of the Greyston Bakery). After more than 20 years in the “PartnerShop business” we remain ...
Peter Chelsom’sFunny Bones(1995), and the cranky old man in Daniel Noah’sMax Rose(2016) are all worth a look. As much as I admired his chops, though, I never really understood his power as a performer
In 2008, our franchisees directly contributed almost $500,000 worth of time, product, and money in support of local community projects, and leveraged even more support for valuable projects around the country through their efforts. On Free Cone Day alone, our franchisees collected over $225,...