{"id":2141310,"date":"2025-07-14T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/?p=2141310"},"modified":"2025-07-14T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:39:11","slug":"sales-soar-at-yorkshire-ice-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/news\/2141310-sales-soar-at-yorkshire-ice-maker","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave see sales soar at Yorkshire ice maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 165-year-old Yorkshire ice maker is enjoying this summer\u2019s heatwave with sales soaring at the sixth-generation family firm.<\/p>\n<p>Based South Kirby, The Ice Co, whose products include Party Ice, Polar Cube and Super Cubes, said demand is up more than 99% since July last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Ice Co was founded in 1860 by Joseph Marr, an entrepreneurial young fish and ice merchant from Hull who began importing glacial ice from Norway to help fishing fleets keep their catch cold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2141315\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2141315\" class=\"wp-image-2141315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/jul_25\/the-beginning-247x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/jul_25\/the-beginning-247x300.jpeg 247w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/jul_25\/the-beginning-200x243.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/jul_25\/the-beginning-300x364.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/jul_25\/the-beginning.jpeg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2141315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Marr. Credit: The Ice Co<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1906, Marr\u2019s son founded the Fylde Ice Company and the first ice factory was built to produce ice for fisherman and trawlers.<\/p>\n<p>Today, The Ice Co, which employs 150 people, is the UK\u2019s biggest ice maker and supplies supermarkets, wholesalers, bars and restaurants across UK and the Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Managing director Polly Metcalfe said: \u201cAfter the poor, wet summers of 2023 and 2024, as a leading ice brand, we naturally welcome warmer weather. We\u2019re ready and primed for a heatwave and it\u2019s a time where we can show customers what we do best &#8211; deliver in high peaks and maintain our exceptional service. This, on the back of several award wins, is testament to the capable ability of the excellent team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ice Co, whose products include Party Ice, Polar Cube and Super Cubes, said demand is up more than 99% since July last year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271992,"featured_media":2141313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53262],"coauthors":[137100],"class_list":["post-2141310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","tag-featured-story","tag-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heatwave see sales soar at Yorkshire ice maker | TheBusinessDesk.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ice Co, whose products include Party Ice, Polar Cube 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