The Unilever board is confident that the future growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. Separation activity will begin immediately, with full separation expected by the end of 2025.

Eleven scholarships worth $2,500 each will be awarded, in addition to a $3,500 James H. Loper Jr. Memorial Scholarship to one outstanding recipient. NDB funds, in part, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which manages the national dairy checkoff program.

Robinson, Texas, location expected to open in 2026.

Product features the work of entrepreneurial female artist, Camila Rose, as part of its first pack in the series.  

Two $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to current students pursuing a degree in a four- or two-year program. Three $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors.

Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani and Founder of the Tent Partnership for Refugees, has joined the Selection Committee for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, a $1 million global humanitarian award.

National New Markets Fund, LLC an affiliate of Los Angeles-based SDS Capital Group, invested $17.5 million of its New Markets Tax Credit allocation into Chanhassen, Minn.-based Bongards Creameries.

This represents a 4.7% rise in dollar sales in all outlets from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023, versus the same period the prior year, according to the report.

The expansion of Rich’s Morristown facility will add 2,400 square feet of space, which will directly support enhanced production of its growing bakery business, serving national and regional grocery and club retailers. 

The FTC alleges that the deal is anticompetitive. But Kroger says the "proposed merger with Albertsons Cos. will produce meaningful and measurable benefits for customers, associates and communities across the country."