What is Ben & Jerry's?
{{orphan|date=July 2010}} {{Infobox company | name = Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings, Inc. | logo = Ben & Jerry's.svg | parent = [[Unilever|Unilever NV]] | type = Subsidiary | company_slogan = | foundation = [[Burlington, Vermont]] (1978) | founder = [[Ben Cohen (businessman)|Ben Cohen]]<br />[[Jerry Greenfield]] | location = [[South Burlington, Vermont]], U.S. | key_people = Jostein Solheim <small>''CEO''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/WaltFreeseAnnouncement.html |publisher=Ben & Jerry's Press Release |title=Ben & Jerry's new CEO |access-date=April 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604165305/http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/WaltFreeseAnnouncement.html |archive-date=June 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />Ben Cohen <small>''co-founder''</small><br />Jerry Greenfield <small>''co-founder''</small> | num_employees = | industry = Food Processing | products = [[Ice cream]] | revenue = | homepage = [http://www.benjerry.com/ www.benjerry.com] }} '''Ben and Jerry’s''' is an [[United States|American]] [[ice cream]] company. It sells different kinds of ice creams. The company was founded in 1978 in [[Burlington, Vermont]]. In 2000, Ben and Jerry's was sold to [[Unilever]], a [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Netherlands|Dutch]] company. == History == In 1977, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took a course on ice cream making at [[Pennsylvania State University]]. On May 5, 1978, they opened a first ice cream shop. It was in a [[gas station]] in [[Burlington, Vermont]]. One year later, they had the first free cone day. This is now a celebration all over the world. In 1980, Ben and Jerry got space in a building in South Champlain Street in Burlington. They started packing their ice cream in [[pint]] containers. This is still the most common size of container. In 1981, the first Ben & Jerry’s store opened in [[Shelburne, Vermont]]. In 1983, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream was used to make“the world’s largest [[Sundae|ice cream s