The annual wholesale market demand for packaged ice in the United States and Canada, including packaged ice resold through retail channels and packaged ice utilized in non-retail applications is shown below. In 2008, Home City and Arctic Glacier were investigated for price fixing, pleaded guilty and settled.

Geographic reference: North America
Year: 2007
Market size: $2.3 billion
Source: “In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan,” September 15, 2009 available online here.
Original source: Wild Law Group PLLC