Chunky Monkey Celebrates Birthday! Flavor Turns 15; Character Turns 30.Business Editors BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004 Chunky Monkey fans have reason to celebrate! The popular flavor is marking its 15th birthday! It also happens to be the 30th birthday of the fun-loving cartoon character, Chunky Monkey, created by cartoonist Pauline Comanor! In observance of these twin occasions, Ben & Jerry's will donate pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream to the Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. in New Brunswick, New Jersey This article is about the city in New Jersey. For the Canadian province, see New Brunswick. New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City"[2] or "Hub City",[3] is a city and the county seat of the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. . Also, cartoonist Pauline Comanor will present patients with her cuddly and friendly Chunky Monkey doll based on her cartoon character. Despite some early misgivings that there wouldn't be much of a market for banana ice cream, soon after its introduction in 1988, Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey flavor zoomed into the top five most popular Ben & Jerry's flavors and developed a regular following that it has maintained to this day. Making his debut in 1973, Comanor's Chunky Monkey cartoon character has been a long-standing hit with kids and adults. She has popularized him around the world in appearances she has made from New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. to New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. performing in shopping malls under her billing of "The World's Fastest Cartoonist" and creator of the Chunky Monkey character. The Chunky Monkey character has also been the subject of a book Comanor published in 1983 and of murals she has created for various pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. hospitals and children's charities. Just what is it about Chunky Monkey that makes people want to smile? A delicious banana ice cream with handfuls of walnuts and hunks hunks pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A disagreeable and often miserly person. [Origin unknown.] of chocolate? A lovable cartoon character who can't get enough bananas? What we do know for sure at Ben & Jerry's is that an ice cream by any other name might taste as delicious, but it would be half the fun. About Ben & Jerry's Ben & Jerry's produces a wide variety of super premium ice cream and ice cream novelties, 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. , franchise Ben & Jerry's scoop shops, restaurants and other venues. Ben & Jerry's, a wholly-owned autonomous subsidiary of Unilever, operates its business on a three-part mission statement emphasizing product quality, economic reward and a commitment to the community. Ben & Jerry's contributes a minimum of $1.1 million annually through corporate philanthropy that is primarily employee led. Contributions made via the Ben & Jerry's Foundation in 2001 totaled over $1.4 million. Additionally, the company makes significant product donations to community groups and nonprofits both in Vermont and across the nation. The purpose of Ben & Jerry's philanthropy is to support the founding values of the company: economic and social justice, environmental restoration and peace through understanding, and to support our Vermont communities. For the full scoop on all Ben & Jerry's fabulous flavors, visit www.benjerry.com. |
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