Here’s a good summary of the global ice cream market, with emphasis on Nestle and Unilever. Unilever owns Ben and Jerry’s. Haagen-Dazs started in NYC and was once owned by Pillsbury of Minnesota but is now owned by General Mills of Minnesota, howevert the right to distribute Haagaen-Dazs in the US is owned by Nestle. Is that clear? This article is from Business Week and if you care about the commercial and industrial aspects of ice cream it is interesting.

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2007/gb20070824_230078.htm