Chester Company is Too Cool

Ukrops’ put handles on their grocery bags, now a local company has put handles on their ice bags. City Ice, located in Chester, is now selling some of its ice in heat-sealed bags with handles that makes handling the bags much easier. And the company makes the bags on site. The bags are not only easier to handle but tamper resistant.

City Ice, with assistance from Chesterfield County Economic Development, moved from its original location in Petersburg to a 7-acre track in Chester in 1998. Since then the company has invested over $2 million in the site and currently has 30 employees. The small, independent company produces “tube” ice, which is round versus square cubes with holes in the middle. The company can produce up to 65 tons of ice per day. The product is available in a 100-mile radius around Chester.