Ice Machines - Self-Storage Talk

Seminoles · #1 (**permalink**) 2nd June 2010, 10:02 AM

We have an onsite Polar Ice Machine that sells an average of 125 20 lb bags of ice a day for $2.00 a bag. It has been a great draw and a boost for the income of the facility. Does anyone else have one of these?

Autodoc · #2 (**permalink**) 2nd June 2010, 10:07 AM

Great idea ---- now just wondering where I can put one of these ................

JamestownStorage#8 · #3 (**permalink**) 2nd June 2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Seminoles

We have an onsite Polar Ice Machine that sells an average of 125 20 lb bags of ice a day for $2.00 a bag. It has been a great draw and a boost for the income of the facility. Does anyone else have one of these?

I've seen one of these in a parking lot b4, was wondering do you have drive-up for it and did you have to allow more parking spaces nearby since you sell so much?

Pat
High Point, NC

Seminoles · #4 (**permalink**) 2nd June 2010, 12:01 PM

Pat,
We have this machine next to our boat/rv parking and is highly visable from the road,
you can drive up to the machine and help yourself. Lots of small business folks are regulars,landscapers, construction and folks going fishing. The machines run around $100k for machine and setup.

Mel Holsinger · #5 (**permalink**) 2nd June 2010, 12:15 PM

Do you have an idea of how many days per year you average this amount of sales? I would also be interested in know what it costs in terms of product, electricity, etc.

If you could sell 125 bags per day for 250 days per year thats a pretty good return on your money assuming the cost is not to high. Heck if it costs you 50% of the sale price it is still a good return, 3 years or so to recover the initial investment?

Seminoles · #6 (**permalink**) 2nd June 2010, 06:24 PM

Mel,
You are on the money...average of 250 days at 125 and cost....factoring in water, elect,
maint, insurance is roughly .55 per bulk buy and .80 per bag buy.

Mel Holsinger · #7 (**permalink**) 4th June 2010, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Seminoles

Mel,
You are on the money...average of 250 days at 125 and cost....factoring in water, elect,
maint, insurance is roughly .55 per bulk buy and .80 per bag buy.

Thank you

Storman · #8 (**permalink**) 4th June 2010, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Seminoles

Pat,
The machines run around $100k for machine and setup.

Did I read that right? $100,000 for an ice machine?

...a quick Google proves that that is right. I had no idea.

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