Ice business booms in baking Shanghai summer
STORY: The ice business is booming in Shanghai as temperatures soar
When temperatures top 98 Fahrenheit an ‘orange alert’ is issued
Staff at this ice factory work around the clock
hoisting 90 pound ice blocks onto trucks
Date: July 26, 2022
(Ye Xiangxiang, Yuhu Ice Company manager)
“Our business in 2022 is double that of a normal year. Our machine is running 24 hours a day non-stop. It’s working at its peak capacity. Our workers are resting only 2 to 3 hours a day.”
Yuhu’s regular customers are Shanghai farmers and seafood markets
but new customers from other cities have started ordering
