Ben & Jerry’s board of directors has rebuked the sale of products bearing any of the ice cream maker’s insignia in West Bank settlements.

A federal judge has rejected a request by Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's to block a plan by its corporate parent to have an intermediary sell its products in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.

Those trying to beat the heat with some nice cold ice cream during the summer no longer have the Choco Taco to turn to, as Klondike has announced it’s discontinuing the treat.

Unilever says it raised prices by more than 11% between April and June as inflation surged.

The Vermont-based ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is suing its corporate parent Unilever over a plan that would allow its product to be sold in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.

Unilever says it has reached a new business arrangement in Israel that will effectively end Ben & Jerry’s policy of not selling ice cream in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.

Cooking oil prices have been rising worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and Russia's war in Ukraine has sent those costs spiraling.

Unilever, the maker of Vaseline skin care products and Dove soap, says it won’t increase a 50 billion-pound ($68.2 billion) offer for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare unit that was rejected last week.

The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has rejected an unsolicited 50 billion-pound ($68.4 billion) bid from Unilever for its consumer healthcare goods unit.

The luxury fashion house Chanel has chosen Leena Nair, an industry outsider from India and longtime executive at Unilever, to be its new CEO.

The chief executive of Unilever has distanced himself from the decision by the company's Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand to stop serving Israel's West Bank settlements.

Israel’s prime minister is vowing to “act aggressively” against the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories.

The maker of Dove soap says it will be dropping the word “normal” from its beauty products and advertising. Unilever, the maker of Dove, Axe and Sunsilk, said it will stop using the word after research revealed that using the word ‘normal’ to describe hair or skin makes most people feel excluded. Here are the results:More than half of people (56%) think that the beauty and personal care industry can make people feel excluded. People want to see the beauty and personal care industry focusing more on making people feel better, than just looking better (74%). Seven in ten people agree that using the word ‘normal’ on product packaging and advertising has a negative impact.

This photo provided by Ben & Jerrys shows Ben & Jerrys dog treats. So does Ben & Jerry's. They're made from the same ingredients Ben & Jerry’s uses in its non-dairy human desserts. Ben & Jerry’s is the latest food company to pivot to pets, sensing opportunity as more Americans acquire furry friends. Three years later, Smucker acquired Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, which makes Nutrish brand pet food.

Social distancing apparently has fewer people reaching for the deodorant and more for ice cream, according to consumer goods company Unilever. The company says there has been a drop in demand for personal care items. Brands like Dove and Axe say that lockdowns have led to a decline in sales. At the same time, ice cream brands such a Breyers, Ben and Jerrys and Magnum saw their sales increase. Unilever says consumers are also eating more soups and using more meal kids and mayonnaise.

(CNN) - Consumer goods giant Unilever has committed to halving its use of new plastic by 2025. Other consumer goods producers including Procter & Gamble, Nestl, PepsiCo, Danone and Mondelz International have also signed on to Loop. The push by consumer goods makers to reduce their use of plastic comes amid mounting pressure from governments for them to act. The company previously committed to making all of its plastic packaging fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. It wants recycled plastic to make up at least 25% of its packaging by the same year.