Profits Without Problems

Premium packaged ice is a more sanitary, cost-effective, and convenient solution for providing ice to your customers.

Sunbelt Ice can arrange a delivery and service program customized to your needs, allowing you to effectively eliminate your maintenance, supply, and potential quality problems as a food manufacturer of ice.

At Sunbelt Ice, we're committed to supplying our customers with the highest quality ice products that meet stringent manufacturing quality control standards.

Premium Quality vs. On-Premises

Packaged ice is consistently reported as one of top ten best-sellers in the frozen food category for supermarkets and convenience stores.

Why not manufacture ice on location? According to the National Center for Disease Control, “Ice may become contaminated from the use of impure water, contamination of ice making machines, or from improper storage or handling of ice.” Consider the following costs and liabilities before you manufacture on site:

  • Employee injuries
  • Water contamination through water supply or employee illness
  • Sanitation requirements
  • Liability insurance and workers compensation
  • Product liability exposure
  • Poor public relations and unwanted media coverage

Sunbelt Ice provides premium quality packaged ice, eliminating the costs and consequences associated with manufacturing ice on site.

Take a look at the operating costs incurred when manufacturing on location. If necessary, modify the numbers according to your costs. It’s clear as ice that Sunbelt Ice can provide you with a high quality product that still allows you to receive the profits you’ve come to expect from packaged ice!

Compare Estimated Annual Costs:

 
In Store
Production
Ice
Manufacturer
Ice Maker Depreciation over 7 years ($3,500 total cost includes freight, tax, installation
$500
$0
Merchandiser: min. $1200 over 7 years
$171
$0
Ice Bags ($0.08 ea x 3,000)
$240
$0
Bagging Labor (100 hrs x $6 = 30 bags/hr)
$600
$0
Ice Maker & Merchandiser
- Maintenance
- Routine Cleaning
- Supplemental Ice

$300
$250
$___

$0
$0
$0
Water, Electricity, & Sewer
($60 min. electricity for merchandiser only)
$330
$60
Personal Property Taxes
$108
$0
Equipment/Liability Insurance
$115
$0
Allowance for breakage, meltage, shrinkage
(3 bags x 52 weeks x $0.96 bag)
$150
$0
Texas Food Manufacturer Permit
$300
$0
Cost of Money ($4,700 @ 8%)
$376
$0
Purchase Packaged Ice from a Supplier
(3,500 bags @ $_____ )
$0
$_____
Total Annual Costs:
$_____
$_____
Annual Savings:
 
$_____