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Toronto Star
08-07-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Canada's grocery code of conduct is finally gaining traction — and shoppers could see new products as a result
Some of the biggest names in the food business have formally signed onto Canada's new grocery code of conduct, a major milestone in a years-long push to impose more rules on big grocers and stamp out bully tactics in the industry. Karen Proud, the watchdog appointed to enforce the code, said 20 manufacturers and retailers had signed on as of Monday. The list includes French yoghurt giant Danone and Unilever, the British multinational behind brands like Ben and Jerry's ice cream, Dove soap and Hellmann's mayonnaise. Sobeys' parent company Empire and dairy processor Lactalis registered as the first members last week, though Proud isn't planning a real recruitment campaign until the fall.
Sky News AU
06-07-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Ben and Jerry's lose millions in funding to charity over donations to pro-Palestinian groups
Sky News host Freya Leach discusses how Unilever has cut off millions in funding to Ben and Jerry's charity over donations to pro-Palestinian groups. 'It's finally good to see a business actually taking action around these activist groups because that's how they get away with so much,' Ms Leach said. 'People just turn a blind eye.'
RTHK
15-05-2025
- Business
- RTHK
Ben and Jerry's co-founder held over Gaza protest
Ben and Jerry's co-founder held over Gaza protest Ben Cohen, left, and Ben and Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield at a climate rally outside the White House in November 2019. File photo: AFP Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and a longtime progressive activist, said he was speaking for millions of Americans outraged by the "slaughter" in Gaza after his removal from a US Senate hearing. Cohen, 74, was among a group of protesters who startled Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. by interrupting his testimony about his department's budget proposal. Shouting that "Congress pays for bombs to kill children in Gaza" while lawmakers move to slash Medicaid – the health insurance program for low-income families – the businessman and philanthropist was placed in handcuffs by Capitol Police. He urged senators to press Israel to let food reach "starving kids" as he was led away. "It got to a point where we had to do something," Cohen said in an interview after his release, calling it "scandalizing" that the US approved "US$20 billion worth of bombs" for Israel even as social programs are squeezed back home. "The majority of Americans hate what's going on, what our country is doing with our money and in our name," he said. US public opinion towards Israel has become increasingly unfavorable, especially among Democrats, according to a Pew Research Center Poll last month. Beyond the spending, Cohen framed the issue as a moral and "spiritual" breach. "Condoning and being complicit in the slaughter of tens of thousands of people strikes at the core of us as far as human beings and what our country stands for," he said, pointing to the fact that the United States pours roughly half its discretionary budget into war-related spending. "If you spent half of that money making lives better around the world, I think there'd be a whole lot less friction." Invoking a parenting analogy, he added: "You go to a three-year-old who goes around hitting people and you say 'Use your words.' There's issues between countries but you can work them out without killing." A longtime critic of Israeli policy, Cohen last year joined prominent Jewish figures in an open letter opposing the pro-Israel lobby Aipac. "I understand that I have a higher profile than most people and so I raise my voice, it gets heard," he said. "But I need you and others to understand that I speak for millions of people who feel the same way." Gaza is at "critical risk of famine," with the entire population facing a food crisis after more than two months of an Israeli aid blockade, and 22 percent facing a humanitarian "catastrophe," a UN-backed food security monitor warned this week. (AFP)
CNN
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested during RFK hearing
Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested during RFK hearing Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, was arrested by Capitol Police after protesting a congressional hearing featuring Secretary of the Department of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr, according to a law enforcement official. Several other protestors were arrested alongside Cohen, one of whom was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, according to the law enforcement official. 00:51 - Source: CNN Vertical Politics of the Day 11 videos Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested during RFK hearing Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, was arrested by Capitol Police after protesting a congressional hearing featuring Secretary of the Department of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr, according to a law enforcement official. Several other protestors were arrested alongside Cohen, one of whom was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, according to the law enforcement official. 00:51 - Source: CNN Qatari PM defends offering plane to President Trump In an interview with CNN's Becky Anderson, Qatari Prime Minister and minister of foreign affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani downplayed the significance of the luxury jet gifted to President Donald Trump, saying it was a "very simple government to government dealing." 01:07 - Source: CNN Lawmaker asks RFK Jr. if he'd vaccinate his kids Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) asks HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. if he'd vaccinate his children for measles, chickenpox and polio at a hearing. 01:21 - Source: CNN See how Trump is being welcomed in Middle East CNN's Betsy Klein breaks down the details of President Donald Trump's lavish tour of the Middle East. 00:59 - Source: CNN Trump meets Syria's new leader In a historic meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Trump met with Syrian jihadist-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa and announced plans to lift sanctions on Syria. CNN's Becky Anderson breaks down who the Syrian leader is and why this meeting was so significant. 01:27 - Source: CNN New book reveals 'shocking' claim that Biden didn't recognize Clooney President Joe Biden did not recognize George Clooney when he arrived for a record-breaking June 2024 fundraiser the movie star was co-hosting, according to a forthcoming book from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson. 01:06 - Source: CNN Will Trump attend possible Putin-Zelensky meeting? President Donald Trump continued to express interest in traveling to Turkey for a possible high-stakes meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump is currently scheduled to be Doha and Abu Dhabi on Thursday. 01:06 - Source: CNN Syrians react after Trump says he plans to lift sanctions President Donald Trump announced he plans to lift sanctions on Syria during a speech in Saudi Arabia citing the fall of the Assad regime as grounds for the release of pressure on the country. Syrians spared little time before celebrating. 00:51 - Source: CNN Erin Burnett's whiteboard: The rising cost of your YETI bottle CNN's Erin Burnett uses her whiteboard to illustrate the rising cost of popular consumer goods like YETI products amidst President Donald Trump's ongoing negotiations with major global trade partners. 02:03 - Source: CNN Trans Master Sgt. grieves losing military career After a nearly two decade career in the military, Nick Wright says he will now be forced to discharge after the Supreme Court said that the Trump administration can begin immediately enforcing a ban on transgender service members in the military. 02:20 - Source: CNN Honig: Trump's birthright order 'doomed to fail' President Donald Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship are the most serious challenge to the 14th Amendment in a long time. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig explains why he thinks the Supreme Court is unlikely to side with Trump. 01:08 - Source: CNN
CNN
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested during RFK hearing
Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested during RFK hearing Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, was arrested by Capitol Police after protesting a congressional hearing featuring Secretary of the Department of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr, according to a law enforcement official. Several other protestors were arrested alongside Cohen, one of whom was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, according to the law enforcement official. 00:51 - Source: CNN Vertical Politics of the Day 11 videos Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested during RFK hearing Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, was arrested by Capitol Police after protesting a congressional hearing featuring Secretary of the Department of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr, according to a law enforcement official. Several other protestors were arrested alongside Cohen, one of whom was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, according to the law enforcement official. 00:51 - Source: CNN Qatari PM defends offering plane to President Trump In an interview with CNN's Becky Anderson, Qatari Prime Minister and minister of foreign affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani downplayed the significance of the luxury jet gifted to President Donald Trump, saying it was a "very simple government to government dealing." 01:07 - Source: CNN Lawmaker asks RFK Jr. if he'd vaccinate his kids Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) asks HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. if he'd vaccinate his children for measles, chickenpox and polio at a hearing. 01:21 - Source: CNN See how Trump is being welcomed in Middle East CNN's Betsy Klein breaks down the details of President Donald Trump's lavish tour of the Middle East. 00:59 - Source: CNN Trump meets Syria's new leader In a historic meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Trump met with Syrian jihadist-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa and announced plans to lift sanctions on Syria. CNN's Becky Anderson breaks down who the Syrian leader is and why this meeting was so significant. 01:27 - Source: CNN New book reveals 'shocking' claim that Biden didn't recognize Clooney President Joe Biden did not recognize George Clooney when he arrived for a record-breaking June 2024 fundraiser the movie star was co-hosting, according to a forthcoming book from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson. 01:06 - Source: CNN Will Trump attend possible Putin-Zelensky meeting? President Donald Trump continued to express interest in traveling to Turkey for a possible high-stakes meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump is currently scheduled to be Doha and Abu Dhabi on Thursday. 01:06 - Source: CNN Syrians react after Trump says he plans to lift sanctions President Donald Trump announced he plans to lift sanctions on Syria during a speech in Saudi Arabia citing the fall of the Assad regime as grounds for the release of pressure on the country. Syrians spared little time before celebrating. 00:51 - Source: CNN Erin Burnett's whiteboard: The rising cost of your YETI bottle CNN's Erin Burnett uses her whiteboard to illustrate the rising cost of popular consumer goods like YETI products amidst President Donald Trump's ongoing negotiations with major global trade partners. 02:03 - Source: CNN Trans Master Sgt. grieves losing military career After a nearly two decade career in the military, Nick Wright says he will now be forced to discharge after the Supreme Court said that the Trump administration can begin immediately enforcing a ban on transgender service members in the military. 02:20 - Source: CNN Honig: Trump's birthright order 'doomed to fail' President Donald Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship are the most serious challenge to the 14th Amendment in a long time. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig explains why he thinks the Supreme Court is unlikely to side with Trump. 01:08 - Source: CNN
