Ben &Jerry's Announces That it is Continuing to Review Indications of Interest.Business Editors and Food Writers SOUTH BURLINGTON South Burlington, city (1990 pop. 12,809), Chittenden co., NW Vt., on Lake Champlain; inc. 1971. Electronic equipment, skiing equipment, and medical instruments are manufactured. Burlington International Airport is there. , Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 Ben &Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on Symbol:BJICA) announced today that it may be receiving an offer to acquire the Company from a group including &uot;socially conscious business people&uot; as reported in today's Wall Street Journal article, but that it had not received such an offer and was not in a position to comment further. Ben &Jerry's also reported that it is not in a position to comment on any other aspects of the Wall Street Journal article, including the portions of that article referring to Ben Cohen Ben Cohen may refer to:
He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Oberlin College, where he followed a pre-med curriculum. , the Company's two founders. Ben &Jerry's also reported that it is continuing to review indications of interest to acquire the Company or to pursue alternative transactions concerning the Company under which the Company would remain independent. No decision has been made by the Board with respect to any indications of interest or as to any sale of the Company or alternative transaction under which the Company would remain independent, and no implication should be drawn from this press release as to what definitive decision will be reached by the Board after it has concluded its deliberations or as to the timing of any decision. Ben &Jerry's produces a wide variety of superpremium ice cream, ice cream novelties, low fat ice cream, low fat yogurt and sorbet, using Vermont dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl and high quality, all natural ingredients. The Company is committed to using milk and cream that have not been treated with the synthetic hormone, rBGH. Ben &Jerry's products are distributed nationwide and in selected foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. , franchised and company-owned Ben &Jerry's Scoop Shops, restaurants and other venues. |
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