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bullwinkle428

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33. "but the facility, which is already operating around the clock" -

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 11:25 AM

Jul 2012

so the workers apparently still aren't working hard enough for the fucking Masters of Universe at Bain?

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Baskin-Robbins closing its last manufacturing plant in North America (Bain again) [View all] The Straight Story Jul 2012 OP

Well. I won't be going there again. Where do they make their ice cream if not in the US? Mexico?? JDPriestly Jul 2012 #1

Only B&J... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #5

Um, "Ben & Jerry's, a wholly-owned autonomous subsidiary of Unilever" NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #10

Where does Ben & Jerry's produce its ice cream. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #14

It may well still be made in the US. Also, NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #16

B&J retired, and the ice cream is still made in Vermont. (Or it was a couple of years ago when GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #22

You know those sheet cakes at grocery store bakeries? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #13

My grandfather was a farmer. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #15

Sure they can. They still sell the freezers. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #18

The article said the ice cream will be made in Nova Scotia, which is Canada. Brickbat Jul 2012 #32

it is another misleading Bellerophon Jul 2012 #38

Isn't that interesting? Bain, Carlyle and Thomas H. Lee. So we've got the Mormons & Milken, HiPointDem Jul 2012 #2

They're all linked in this globalization... CoffeeCat Jul 2012 #4

Gee,....and to think people who talked about the Trilateral Commission were called "kooks" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #17

The kooks focused on it for the wrong reasons... JHB Jul 2012 #26

So it's really a "fifth column" for "International" Globalization rather than for pampango Jul 2012 #28

Carter had a lot of Trilateral Commission tyes in his cabinet. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #31

is there a list somewhere of Bain holdings? grasswire Jul 2012 #3

I am curious too justabob Jul 2012 #27

The Carlyle Group, eh? Well well well.... ProfessionalLeftist Jul 2012 #6

bunch of thieves and ruffians. grasswire Jul 2012 #40

Guess I will never buy their ice cream again. Actually, I am fortunate. There are two local appleannie1 Jul 2012 #7

Nova Scotia used to be part of North America. when did it move? nt msongs Jul 2012 #8

To the best of my knowledge, Nova Scotia is still part of North America. Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #20

BR is just contracting its production to someone else... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #23

Thank you. Scuba Jul 2012 #24

Seriously? We can't even make our own fucking ice cream anymore? Really? Ice Cream??? Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #9

Let me see if I've got this straight cbrer Jul 2012 #11

Sounds weird... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #25

Obama used to work for Politicalboi Jul 2012 #12

Thanks Mitt! flyguyjake Jul 2012 #19

Ben and Jerry's factory is still in Waterbury, VT, and there are many other options as well Tanuki Jul 2012 #21

BR was always overpriced anyway. Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #29

Here in the Philly area there are a couple commercial brands BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #30

"but the facility, which is already operating around the clock" - bullwinkle428 Jul 2012 #33

Ok. No more Baskin-Robbins for me. Panasonic Jul 2012 #34

What a misleading headline. The ice cream is still being made in North America riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #35

Let me step in here with a complaint about Dunkin' Donuts - hedgehog Jul 2012 #36

I've read B.R. is one of the worst places to work in the food industry Blue Owl Jul 2012 #37

Here in Oregon we also have: OxQQme Jul 2012 #39

I have bought my last Dunkin-Donut DainBramaged Jul 2012 #41