After 25 years of ownership, Ben & Jerry’s wants out. “We feel compelled to speak out,” writes Ben & Jerry’s co-founders Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield. Ben & Jerry’s also sued Unilever over the sale of its intellectual property rights in Israel to a distributor. The strength of Ben & Jerry’s lies in the authenticity of its values and its voice, say the founders. And so, just as TMICC is splitting off from Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s wants to split off from TMICC.