Magnum maker's ice-cream sales melt under pressure from low-calorie rival

Unilever, which also owns Wall’s and Ben & Jerry’s, blames slump on new challenger Halo Top and poor summer weatherUnilever has had a disappointing summer after ice-cream sales were hit by competition from a new low-calorie brand, poor weather in Europe and hurricanes in the Americas.
The consumer goods group, the biggest ice-cream maker in the world and the producer of Magnum, Ben & Jerry’s and Wall’s, reported double-digit sales declines in Europe between July a