Free cone day is back at participating Ben & Jerry's
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Free Ice Cream on Free Cone Day, Tuesday 8/04/25 12pm to 8pm @ Participating Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shops
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Last edited 03/04/2025 - 12:32 by 1 other user
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I ain't gonna question free ice cream!
is it BYOB?
(bring your own bucket)
Free Cone Day = BYOB!
(bring your own bong)
Thats April 20th
cones are free man, don't harsh the vibe
Ben & Jerry's is one of the few brands that I don't mind paying more for. The best ice cream and ethics
ethics
Ok. I was curious and read this.
They use a lot of buzz words like commit, honour, believe etc but what do they actually do that is ethical compared to other ice cream manufacturers?
the only thing i read from your article was that they stopped selling their ice cream in gaza. okay good job i guess?
Creating a new flavour to fight for climate action support for Torres Strait Islanders
That and a whole lot of talk. Good on them. I guess.
Yes lol because we all know how ethical Unilever is. They own Ben and Jerry's who justified using child labour by saying:
Ben & Jerry’s head of values-led sourcing, Cheryl Pinto, “said that if migrant children needed to work full time, it was preferable for them to have jobs at a well-monitored workplace,” according to the New York Times.
True, but only in the sense that if you have to lose fingers it's preferable to have them removed under anaesthetic rather than having your hand shoved into a meat grinder
Honestly, really appreciate you bringing this quote to attention - it's not something I knew about prior, and after reading into it a little, it's quite worrying how pervasive child labour is in the USA. However, Ben & Jerry's is also currently and historically huge in advocating for a number of human rights, including marriage equality and abortion rights, among many other political issues (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-15/ben-and-jerry-says-it…).
They've also been very vocal about their support of the Palestinian people, such as how they deserve aid and support and should stop being bombed by a US-backed army. I'd garner that the reason that quote is coming back is because conservative media (e.g., Canary Mission, Fox News, NY Post) are trying to degrade the credibility of the company by pulling up issues from the past.
Please think critically - if a news article really cares about telling the whole story, why would the only quote from the entire NY Times article be the one seemingly justifying child labour? The whole NY times article discusses the systemic flaws that lead to migrant children needing to seek work to pay off debts from sponsors, the quote is in the context of "this is a bad situation, we do what we can".
Child labour is bad. Genocide is bad. People will try and put others down in order to bolster their side of the argument - that doesn't mean they're right.Look I'm not saying they're are the worst company out there lol, I know of many, much worse.
Ben & Jerry's are doing great work no doubt about it, and the fact they are franchised means the wage theft etc that comes up isn't entirely under their control.
But the best ethics? No, and especially not when you remember their parent company Unilever.
Lets have the free ice cream and forget ethics in this forum. Not that I care less about ethics but discussion like that is best reserved for OzEthics than on Ozbargain 🤣🤣
Thanks OP
A chance to stand in line for half an hour to get a scoop of 'free' ice cream? Wowza !
I have estimated the value of my free time as a minimum $20 an hour - actually could be more like $100 an hour - so if I'm queuing for 30 minutes, that would cost me $10-50 of the value of my free time
if I can buy a tub of 458ml of the same ice cream from the supermarket for $10 - https://www.coles.com.au/product/ben-and-jerry's-chocolate-c… - which I'm guessing is at least 3 scoops for say $3.30 each
then this looks like an appeal to FOMO - a chance to Instagram a selfie of yussef standing in a queue - so your don't-care frenemies can tap to 'like' - if so, enjoy ! 🍦🤗
True. No need to go out of your way to get a free scoop if you don't live near a store. Plus Ben and Jerry's is still quite expensive for the small tubs you get compared to other locally made Ice cream brands. Probably because it's only made in Vermont USA, Netherlands and Israel. Then exported to the rest of the world.
I was buying it cheaper for a while at my local grocer. They told him to stop selling it at that price.
In WA I can get a 465ml tub for around $1.25 right now
Right
Today is the day
Ben & Jerry’s at Sydney Zoo started at 11:30am. Got some happy kids! 🍨
Damn, so sad to see them support violence.
About a two hour wait at Melbourne Central.
Not a fan of their flavours to be honest. Really stodgy constipated options like cookie dough? What the?
Haagen Dasz range has fresher flavour options.
10 min wait at Flinders Lane 1pm
Belco store under 2 minutes wait but the scoops have been reduced to tiny baby sizes this year
Go back with a hat 🤣
Sydney Zoo didn’t care if we jumped in line a few times, saw many people doing it 😂
Yes thats what i am planning to do this afternoon. https://youtube.com/shorts/TuOpVENroPs?feature=shared
https://www.benandjerry.com.au/ice-cream-near-me/scoop-shops…
Select "Participate Free Cone Day", enter address and click Search
Dammit. I didn't check my ozbargin reminders lol
I think it showed automatically when I opened my browser. I got the free ice cream🍦 not long wait for me.
If you set reminder it should come up as notification on the day and in your daily email
It was great, thanks OP!
Scoops were a LOT smaller, we had to stand in line again, but still, free ice cream!
Free ice cream on this day doesn't make sense.