planet money Delve into a shadowy barter economy fueled by locally created ice cream Ben & Jerry’s Vermont House, “Each Ben & Jerry’s employee gets three free pints of ice cream to take home each day.“;these free pints are “So basically a happy little factory accident.Skip to 16:40 on the NPR podcast player below to explore the crux of the ice cream-based economy and the efficiency impact that caused the few seconds missing that had to be appeased by diverting freight destined for customers .
Before Marlboro became part of the Altria Group, a friend of mine, the brand manager for Basic Cigarettes, told me about a cigarette vending machine near the elevator at Philip Morris headquarters. both sound like perfect perks when you hear about the ice cream shadow barter economy that has erupted at and around Ben & Jerry’s.
