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Jersey and New York. Martin did little or no solicitation
himself. Arnold did not participate in Martin’s development of
the business of wholesale ice cream distribution to small grocery
stores and food service accounts, focusing instead on the
supermarkets.
In 1985, the Borden Co. (Borden) retained Arnold to use his
contacts with the supermarkets to put Borden’s ice cream products
into supermarket freezers. Arnold worked as a broker for Borden,
personally earning commissions on Borden’s sales of ice cream
products to supermarkets, rather than as a distributor buying
from the manufacturer and reselling to retailers. MIC did not
participate in Arnold's work for Borden. Arnold had the ability
to--and did--put Borden’s ice cream products into supermarket
freezers at a time when many of his original contacts from the
1960's and earlier had passed from the scene. By 1988, Arnold no
longer had a business relationship with Borden.
At some time in the early to mid-1980's, Ben and Jerry’s, a
competitor of H�agen-Dazs in the manufacture and marketing of
super-premium ice cream, asked Arnold to help obtain supermarket
freezer space for its products. H�agen-Dazs had not objected to
Arnold’s work for Borden but told him that he could not continue
to distribute H�agen-Dazs ice cream products if he were to
distribute Ben and Jerry’s ice cream products. Arnold thereupon
terminated further contact with Ben and Jerry’s.
In 1983, the Pillsbury Co. (Pillsbury) purchased H�agen-
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