From SLATE magazine (4/13/00)

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> According to an item in the [Wall Street Journal's] front-page biz news
> box, Unilever has secured its place in the Vertical Integration Hall of
> Fame. The company has "agreed to buy Slim-Fast Foods, a maker of
> weight-loss products, for $2.3 billion. The Anglo-Dutch concern also
> agreed to pay $326 million for ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry."

or is that synergy?

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~jdevine