Ben and Jerry's Foundation

The Mission of the Ben & Jerry's Foundation is to make the world a better place by empowering Ben & Jerry's employees to use available resources to support and encourage organizations that are working towards eliminating the underlying causes of environmental and social problems.

Ben & Jerry's Foundation was established in 1985 through a donation of stock in Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. These funds are used as an endowment. In addition, Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. makes yearly donations at its board's discretion of over $1.1 million dollars, adjusted upward annually for sales growth and inflation. The Foundation receives a portion of these funds. (An additional portion is earmarked for the employee-led Community Action Teams. The CATs distribute small grants to community groups within the state of Vermont. Please write to the Community Action Teams c/o Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. at the address above for more information).

HIstory on Ben and Jerry's

Ben & Jerry's first only had one scoop shop at a gas station in Burlington, Vermont in the year 1979. To celebrate their one-year anniversary they held the first-ever Free Cone Day: free scoops of Ben & Jerry's for all, all day long. Now an annual celebration at Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops nationwide. They began to pack their ice cream in pints so they could distribute them to grocery and Mom & Pop stores. They had to move to a new larger place becuase now they needed more storage. In 1983 their ice cream was used to make the largest sundae which weighed 27,102 pounds. They also started giving tours to their facory and the ice cream making operations. Ben & Jerry's purchases and renovates a manufacturing facility in Springfield, Vermont, to produce its ice cream novelties and releases Peace Pops™ (chocolate-coated ice cream bars on a stick with i nformation on the package about 1% For Peace) nationally.
Ben & Jerry's rescues Rhode Island's legendary Newport Folk Festival from oblivion by becoming its sponsor.
As of the end of 1988, there are more than 80 Ben & Jerry's ice cream scoop shops open in 18 states.
Ben & Jerry's annual sales exceed $47 million, up 49% from 1987

Ice Cream By Mail

Ben and Jerry's is trying to make shopping easier for you by allowing you to order ice cream by mail. If you want to order a variety of ice creams for your own refrigerator, now you can. What they also offer is coupons for $4.00 for the Scoop Shops or any grocery stores that sells Ben and jerry's products.

The Tours of the Factory

On the thirty minute tour you will beable to sample the one flavor of the day. First you go to the Cow Over the moon theater that features a company history movie. After that you will head to view the production room floor, where you will get a explantation of the ice cream manufacturing process. Then you head of to the Flavor room where you try the flavor of the day. The factroy is open seven days a week, year round except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Years.

What They Offer

At Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shop they offer a variety of things. They supply ice cream cones and cups, smoothies, shakes, sundaes, cappachillo coolers, and cakes. There cakes can feed up to more than 40 people and can be filled with your favorite flavors. They offer a catering business too. They will bring twenty-seven different flavors of ice cream, frozen yogurts, and sorbet. All you have to do is tell them where, when and how many will be at the party or special occasion; and they will be there.

FREE CONES

On April 21, 2009 Ben and Jerry's is giving away free ice cream cones filled with your favorite ice cream! They are celebrating the 31 years and are willing to give away free ice cream at Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shop.

Sorbets!

They do not only make ice creams but also sorbets!!!! They have the Berried Tresure, Berry Berry Extraordinary, Jamaican Me Crazy, Lemonade Stand, Mango Mango, and Strawberry Kiwi Swirl.

New Flavors

Ben and Jerry's creates new flavors all the time. Their latest new flavors are: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Orange and Cream, Vanilla Fudge Brownie, Chocolate Macadamia, Mint Chocolate Cookie, Mission to Marzipan, Peanut Butter Chocolate, Peanut Butter Cookie Dough, and Triple Caramel Chunk.
The chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is Vanilla Ice Cream with gobs of chocolate chip cookie dough on top of chocolate chip cookie pieces, topped with chocolate fudge.
The Chocolate Macedamia is Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Creams with Fudge Covered Macadamia Nuts.
The Mint Chocolate Cookie is Peppermint Ice Cream with Oxford Creme Cookies.
The Mission to Marzipan is Sweet Cream Ice Cream with Almond Cookies & a Marzipan Swirl.
The Orange and Cream is Orange sorbet swirled with Vanilla ice cream.
The Vanillia Fudge Brownie is Vanilla ice cream with brownie chunks on top of fudge brownie pieces, topped with chocolate fudge.
The Peanut Butter Chocolate is Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream & Fudge Chips on Top of Fudge Brownie Pieces, Topped with Chocolate Fudge.
The Peanut Butter Cookie Dough is Malt ice cream with gobs of peanut butter cookie dough and a peanut butter swirl.
Teh Triple Caramel Chunk is Caramel Ice Cream with a Swirl of Caramel & Fudge Covered Caramel Chunks.