85. The Creamery (Blue Bell)
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Bluebell Ice Cream Licking
The bluebell challenge became a short lived viral sensation in the land of dunces. The company issued a statement admonishing the online trend. Friday, bluebell creameries agreed to plead guilty to two charges of distributing adulterated ice cream products and will pay nearly 20 million dollars in fines. Prosecutors say the company's former ceo and other executives covered up ria problem they knew about for half a decade. That's less than one % of the cash the creamery brought in in over five years.
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