Ice packaged ice business, despite its lack of glamour, is a $2.5 billion dollar industry. However, it is cost and labor intensive. That 8 pound bag of ice purchased at the convenience store traveled from regional ice plants that mass produce bags of ice and distributes them to specific territories. This method is subjected to increasing fuel and distribution costs, human error, and the potential damage and contamination to the end product. The Ice House America® invention solves all of these problems.
A free standing modular building produces, stores, bags, and vends ice to the consumer in an automated fashion delivering either 16 pounds bagged or 20 pounds bulk. The buildings are equipped with sales counters that track the amount of cash deposits. Optional water dispensing also provides customers a low cost alternative to bottled water. If a problem occurs, the system will automatically telephone the owner or maintenance technician and notify them of the problem.
The Ice House America® ice vending machine is capable of producing and delivering more than 500 sixteen-pound bags of ice per day and can be configured to double productivity in areas of high demand. It’s open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the product is always fresh crushed chewable ice. The Ice House America® modular building is NAMA certified and meets all applicable building codes for each state in which it is placed. This includes withstanding 150 mile per hour winds. |
| Whether buying one bag or 100 getting ice is a breeze! |
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The cleanest, greenest, best tasting ice on the market today.
- All materials that come in contact with our ice during production are made of 100% food grade stainless steel.
- Once produced, the ice is stored in a self-contained food grade stainless steel bin.
- After the customer deposits his/her money, ice is mechanically dropped into a chute, bagged, and delivered to the consumer all in about 8 seconds.
- Ice World Journal reports that according to the CDC “Hand-based contamination is one of the leading sources of illness…” Our ice is never touched by human hands.
- Ice house owners are technically trained to maintain the highest quality of standards.
- Standards for routine cleaning of the ice maker
- Standards for routine cleaning of the ice plant itself
- Standards for sanitizing the ice bin
- Boil water recall procedures in case of a threat to the public water system
- Quarterly testing of the finished product
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