# Is Ben & Jerry’s just being lazy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760 "2018-10-31T02:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/1 "2018-10-31T02:03:03Z")
They say they are launching a new flavor, Pecan Resist, described as chocolate ice cream with dark and white chocolate chunks, pecans, walnuts and fudge covered almonds. Call me crazy, but that sounds like they just slapped a new label on New York Super Fudge Chunk. Are they completely out of ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/2 "2018-10-31T02:11:51Z")
I have no idea but it seems relevant that they have been owned by the multinational corporation Unilever since 2000. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/3 "2018-10-31T02:13:47Z")
[From here.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/30/ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-flavor-pecan-resist-trump/1811714002/) > [@](#): > > **Ben & Jerry’s, which Unilever acquired in 2000, has used its sweet treats to promote its social justice agenda before.** For example, Chubby Hubby became Hubby Hubby in 2009 to celebrate same sex marriage in Vermont, Chocolate Fudge Brownie was temporarily renamed Food Fight Fudge Brownie to support GMO labeling and EmpowerMint in 2016 was used to promote voting rights, the company said. > > A half-cup serving of Pecan Resist contains 300 calories, 20 grams of fat and 25 grams of sugar, according to the flavor’s nutrition label. > > **A quick note for flavor-watchers: Pecan Resist was previously called New York Super Fudge Chunk.** ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/4 "2018-10-31T02:40:30Z")
Also from the above link: > [@](#): > > The Burlington, Vermont-based business is using the new flavor to criticize some of President Donald Trump’s recent pronouncements. > > “The company cannot be silent in the face of President Trump’s policies that attack and attempt to roll back decades of progress on racial and gender equity, climate change, LGBTQ rights and refugee and immigrant rights – all issues that have been at the core of the company’s social mission for 40 years,” Ben & Jerry’s said in a statement. … ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/5 "2018-10-31T03:42:30Z")
Ben Cohen, co-founder and former co-owner, who is no longer affiliated with the company, has cranked out a few small batches under the label “Ben’s Best” for political fundraising purposes. “Bernie’s Yearning” is the flavor I remember hearing about. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/6 "2018-10-31T04:01:58Z")
I guess I was either right or wrong since they are being lazy. I wish they would bring back EmpowerMint ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/7 "2018-10-31T04:03:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [From here.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/30/ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-flavor-pecan-resist-trump/1811714002/) New York Super Fudge Chunk has pecans? I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/8 "2018-10-31T05:52:37Z")
This is why I eat only Bluebunny ice cream. ETA bunnytracks is da bomb! ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/9 "2018-10-31T06:28:58Z")
They couldn’t even make a mint and peach ice cream and call it “I’m-Peach-Mint” to be at least a little clever? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/10 "2018-10-31T06:38:29Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > They couldn’t even make a mint and peach ice cream and call it “I’m-Peach-Mint” to be at least a little clever? Would you sign an affidavit agreeing to eat such a thing? No, I didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/11 "2018-10-31T06:50:32Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > They couldn’t even make a mint and peach ice cream and call it “I’m-Peach-Mint” to be at least a little clever? Haha. That was clever. Sounds like a horrible flavor though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/12 "2018-10-31T09:06:32Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > They couldn’t even make a mint and peach ice cream and call it “I’m-Peach-Mint” to be at least a little clever? When I was a little kid, during Nixon’s term, Baskin-Robbins had a flavor-naming/creation poster contest for kids. My dad thought I should do “Mmmmmm…Peach-Mint!” ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/13 "2018-10-31T09:14:11Z")
Don’t be too smug when you’re eating Ben & Jerry’s. Those Unilever guys benefited \*\*a lot \*\*from Donald Trump’s tax plan. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/14 "2018-10-31T11:55:04Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The Burlington, Vermont-based business is using the new flavor to criticize some of President Donald Trump’s recent pronouncements. Can someone explain how “Pecan Resist” criticises anything? Okay, “resist,” I obviously understand, but where does “pecan” come into it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/15 "2018-10-31T11:57:30Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Can someone explain how “Pecan Resist” criticises anything? Okay, “resist,” I obviously understand, but where does “pecan” come into it? “Wall-Nut Resist” would have been better. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/16 "2018-10-31T12:00:18Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Can someone explain how “Pecan Resist” criticises anything? Okay, “resist,” I obviously understand, but where does “pecan” come into it? Rhymes with ‘We Can’. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/17 "2018-10-31T12:03:07Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Don’t be too smug when you’re eating Ben & Jerry’s. Those Unilever guys benefited \*\*a lot \*\*from Donald Trump’s tax plan. Unless they supported it, that doesn’t mean a lot. You can be against something you benefit from. I imagine a lot of rich people were against the tax plan but are not going to go wearing sackcloths and throw away all their money while the greedy people who supported it still go around pocketing the spoils. That way lies a donation-only tax plan. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/18 "2018-10-31T13:08:29Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Rhymes with ‘We Can’. No it doesn’t. A “PEE-can” isn’t a nut, it’s what you keep by your bed when it’s too cold to use the outhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/19 "2018-10-31T13:22:40Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Haha. That was clever. Sounds like a horrible flavor though. 🙂 That was my general thought when reading the OP. I’d guess there’s a finite number of flavors and combinations that make up marketable ice cream before you get into Cauliflower & Trout. Eventually you’re going to start repeating. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760/20 "2018-10-31T13:48:23Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > New York Super Fudge Chunk has pecans? I had no idea. That’s my favorite flavor and I wasn’t aware of the pecans either. I just wish they sold that flavor in the little 3.6oz single-serving cups. > [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Don’t be too smug when you’re eating Ben & Jerry’s. Those Unilever guys benefited \*\*a lot \*\*from Donald Trump’s tax plan. What “Unilever guys”? It’s a publicly traded conglomerate that’s partly British and partly Dutch. Unless you mean the Lever brothers themselves? I think they’re dead by now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ben-jerry-s-just-being-lazy/823760.md?page=2)