Home City Ice
What do I do if I need a lot of ice for a large event?
Please contact your local sales representative or send an email to our sales and marketing department.
How do I get HCI at my store?
Please contact your local sales representative or send an email to our sales and marketing department.
Can I rent a merchandiser?
Please contact your local sales representative or send an email to our sales and marketing department.
What states do you deliver to?
Home City Ice services accounts in 12 states, but we are always open to expanding into near-by states.
How is Home City Ice frozen from the "inside out"?
The Home City Ice freezing process cascades water over vertical, stainless steel plates that are charged with refrigeration. As the water flows over the plates, ice begins to form and will continue to freeze from the "inside out" until the desired thickness is achieved.
Why is there a "cloud" in the middle of the ice cubes we make at home?
When you make ice at home, the water sits idle or stagnant in trays waiting to freeze. The "pure" water will freeze first on the outside pushing suspended solids and debris into the middle of the cube where they will eventually be trapped by the water freezing around them. The cloud is the result of these "suspended solids" and foreign debris being trapped in the middle of the cube. That is why homemade ice is clear on the outside and cloudy on the inside. Home City Ice's unique freezing process eliminates the "clouds" from the ice. Just pure water being frozen.
How is Home City Ice "naturally filtered"?
The laws of nature dictate the pure water freezes at 32 degrees and water containing suspended solids, debris or other chemical makeup will have a lower freezing point. Home City Ice freezes water while it is in motion allowing for the pure water to freeze first. At the end of the freezing process the pure water has been made into ice and the left over "heavy" water is removed and used elsewhere in the refrigeration process. Freezing water in motion allows Home City Ice to make pure, sanitary food grade product.
Is Home City Ice laboratory tested?
All of our production facilities have product samples tested by an independent third party laboratory to ensure a pure product.
Are the production facilities inspected by certified agencies?
Home City Ice is a member of the International Packaged Ice Association (IPIA) that mandates every Home City Ice production facility is inspected and certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF).
Can I get dry ice?
Yes, some of our facilities inventory dry ice while others will work with dry ice suppliers to service your needs. Give us a call, we would love to help you out.
Is block ice still around?
Yes, we do manufacture and distribute block ice products. Home City Ice supports a packaged block product and we are able to service requests for the larger 300 pound blocks that can be used for carvings or larger scale commercial needs.
How can I get a delivery or have service set up?
Please contact us with your request and one of our representatives will work with you to meet your needs.
How do I get a job at Home City Ice?
We are always looking for good people to join our team. Please fill out an application to get the process started. Time for a “Cool Change”?
How much ice do I need?
Try using the Ice Calculator!
Is it really a "cool" job?
We hear this one a lot when it's 100 degrees outside and sweat is dripping off your brow. At Home City Ice, we give our people the tools to meet the needs of our customers. Home City Ice has a "cool" culture with great people and great customers.
Do you rent ice boxes or refrigerated trucks?
Yes we do have refrigerated cases and trucks available to rent for special occasions or emergency needs. Please contact us and we will get you to the right people for the job.
160 tons
On average, each one of Home City Ice's plants can produce up to 160 tons of ice a day. That's equivalent to 15 elephants. Combine all 36 production facilities and that's 5,700 tons a DAY or about 1,000 elephants!
25 miles
Almost 80% of the customers we service are within a 25 mile radius of a distribution point allowing for quick, reliable and efficient service.
36 facilities
Home City Ice operates 36 facilities across 13 states. No one facility represents more than 5% of HCI's total capacity allowing for a reliable source of supply in case of mechanical failure, power outage or water advisories.
100%
In 2010, over 400 packaged ice production facilities were inspected by NSF certified inspectors and only 25 received perfect scores of 100%. Home City Ice was awarded 11 of the 25 perfect scores.
91 freezers
Home City Ice stocks up on ice in 91 freezers across the region, so you don't run out of ice.
7 days a week
Our production facilities are up and running every day of the week and even sometimes through the night. That's to make sure you get as much ice as you need when you need it.
1000 pounds
Home City Ice can produce bags of ice as small as 3 lbs, and as large as 1000 lbs. Whoa, now that's a big bag of ice!
725 vehicles
Home City Ice has a fleet of over 725 vehicles available to serve our customers every day of the year.
4th of July
Going into the 4th of July Holiday, Home City Ice will have almost 20,000 pallets of finished product available for immediate distribution to our customers.
It Floats
Did you know that water is the only known substance where the solid state (ice) will float in the liquid state (water)?
38x
Did you know that it takes 1 calorie of energy to reduce one gram of water one degree, but it takes 38x that amount of energy to turn one gram of water into one gram of ice?
Carbon Footprint
Our unique production methods, the location of our distribution points, and our state of the art routing technologies allow HCI to have one of the smallest carbon footprints per unit in the packaged ice industry.
Natural Filtration
Our unique freezing process creates ice that is more pure than the water it's made from. It's called "natural filtration".
1924
The Sedler family started Home City Ice in 1924. Over this history, Home City Ice has successfully become the largest family owned and operated packaged ice company in the nation.
