The owner of a Ben & Jerry’s shop on the Upper West Side isn’t sweet on the company’s freeze on ice cream sales in the West Bank.
Joel Gasman, who runs the store on West 104th Street and Broadway, said he just can’t stomach the boycott imposed last week in Israeli-occupied areas — claiming it’s caused his business in the Big Apple to tank.
“We couldn’t sit back and watch without speaking up,” Gasman told The Post on Thursday.
“It has definitely hurt our bottom line and our overall store value. We did fear boycotts from customers. We still do,” said Gasman who, like many of his customers, is Jewish.
He added, “We’ve lost some foot traffic as well as bigger catering jobs that usually help us during the summer. We’re getting bad reviews online that have nothing to do with the store, only in regards to corporate’s views.”
Read more at NY Post.
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Their ice cream is chalav stam. One of my Rebbiem told me that after I get married, if I eat chalav stam products, I’ll be a lowlife oesvorf mitiruf bum, an avaira even worse than wearing a colored shirt. One always has to be careful of what my neighbors might say.
lo m’iktzuch v’lo m’divshuch – you can start selling Kleins ice cream or hagen daas
Well gee wiz I am so appreciative