Partnershops
Ben & Jerry's PartnerShop Program is a form of social enterprise, a growing movement in which nonprofit organizations leverage the power of business for community benefit.
PartnerShops are Ben & Jerry's scoop shops that are independently owned and operated by community-based nonprofit organizations.
Ben & Jerry's waives the standard franchise fees and provides additional support to help nonprofits operate strong businesses.
PartnerShops offer job and entrepreneurial training to youth and young adults that may face barriers to employment. As PartnerShop operators, nonprofits retain their business proceeds to support their programs.
PartnerShops help people build better lives.
We are not accepting PartnerShop applications in 2010. At this time, we are focused on supporting our current PartnerShop operators as they manage daily business operations and job training programs.
Recognizing that our scoop shops serve as excellent job training sites for youth, we would like to broaden the job training opportunities in a greater number of our global network of scoop shops. We are currently designing a community partnership program that would allow for local youth development organizations to partner with local scoop shops. We plan to launch this program in 2011-2012.
