crowd session of wimbledon was it was a strategic plea very significant event for russia and also unilever buying cleaner but definitely foreign players want to get in on this market also as i said so you lots of foreign players coming in but i think it's going to get tougher and where there are no weather has been great from my point of view it's either been funded by relatively high debt levels or it's always consolidation story i think one of the biggest trend is going to be the removal of subsidies from to the consumer and i think it's going to harden ok let's go back to you what are the barriers that you see fit to growth because everyone you know giving three cheers for the acquisition of wimbledon by pepsi co but i mean when you look forward in any large company that looks at the consumer and again you're in the food and beverage business where one of the things you'd like to see happen to expand that business. well when people talk about investment in russia they talk about two particular barriers one would be administered barriers and second one explain to my audience what that me

the big zero are held by u -- nine are held by unilever folks.ith the occupied movement started, two weeks later we at issued a statement of support. we're deeply touched by their courage and their commitment to nonviolence, their spirit of generosity, they're caring for each other, they're giving voice to the unheard, and for the need they articulated so clearly for a more just economic system. for all these and more, we offer our deepest gratitude and respect. these values are those that we as individuals and as ben and jerry's as a company have tried to live by. we understand that we are a business. we understand that we are a wholly owned subsidiary of unilever. yes, it is a complicated and complex marriage. but we do not believe you have to use your humanity at home because you run a business. in fact, we believe you must bring that humanity in. once you bring it in, from the board level to ever did -- every decision that you make, the opportunity expands. we visited occupy boston, occupy washington, occupy a geneva, and others. i have scoop

i want to talk a little bit about our relationship with unilever, and why the board of directors issued support for the occupy movement after two weeks it started and why businesses should support the occupy movement. basically what it is -- we have a board of directors that was established when the company was sold, and this board of directors was given contract rights to two of the three main missions of the company. we have the rights to force and control the social mission of the company, to make it continue on forever, our agreement goes on inperpetuity, and that is one the main functions, and we operate like a board, and those contract rights are very firm and very real. the other one we have is to ensure that the product tastes good. i hope it still does. you folks can report on that probably better than i, and so that is essentially our role, and we have a board of -- we have 11 seats on the board, two are held by unilever folks, nine by other people, and i've been on the board now for 30 years. when the occupy movement started two and a half weeked after it started, our board o

we have 11 seats on the board two held by unilever. i have been on the board for over 30 years. the occupy movement started and 2.5 weeks later, we issued a statement of solidarity for the occupiers. we did this because we were deeply touched by their courage and audacity, their spirit of generosity, they're caring for each other, they're giving voice to the on heard, and for the need the articulated for a more just economic system. for all of these and more, we hardly offer our deepest gratitude and respect. these values are ones that we, as individuals and as a company, have tried to live by. yes, we understand that we are a business. we understand that we are a wholly-owned subsidiary, and yes it is a complicated and complex marriage, but none of us sitting here from ben & jerry's believe the have to leave your humanity at home because you run a business. the opportunities expand rather than shrink. i have visited occupy boston, london come on washington, geneva, and others. i have scooped ice cream that many of these venues. you're forced to stay in the same place for a coup

>> and companies like unilever which owns your company. >> first of all, i think businesses need to recognize not worry about anybody else in the community. businesses are the most powerful source in our society, and that thi they utilize incredible power through lobbying and legislation, and they should be looking out for the common interests as opposed to self interest. it's also interesting having been down at occupy the movement and the people there are not anti-business. and they're not anti-capitalist. you know, i was sort of concerned that people were going to shun us when we went there. but all they want is a fair deal, a just deal, a level playing field. >> i tell you, some are anti-business and anti-capitalist. some aren't. some are for free tibet. some are for not using drones anymore here and abroad. there are so many different things that have all morphed together at occupy wall street. tell me, guys, what do you think it stands for? when we asked for a list of -- you know, tell us what you want -- >> there's almost a resistance of doing that. >> what do you advocate for? then pe