Super premium ice cream processor Ben & Jerry's, South Burlington, Vt., said its CEO and Vice President Global Brand Development, Walt Freese, decided to resign and pursue other opportunities.

Unilever United States Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., said it plans in late 2011 to close its Hagerstown, Md., frozen novelty plant.

Unilever United States Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., said it expects by mid-2010 to close a Breyers ice cream plant in Framingham, Mass.