Ice Lolly Sale

PTA Frozen Fridays ice lolly sale event is a quick and easy fundraising win when you don't have much time or volunteers. Buy your ice lollies in bulk from Iceland, Aldi or Lidl, Bookers or Costco. You may need to give the manager advance warning if you are collecting a lot of lollies to ensure they have the stock available to you. A quick phone call should suffice. A PTA should then be able to charge between 30p and £1 per lolly depending on demographic and of course, weather!

Tips: Keeping your cold treats frozen for as long as possible.1) Choose your icebox well.

Not all ice-boxes are equal. It is worth the investment to get one with good insulation. It’s also important to consider how functional the size will be when it’s jam-packed with lollies and drinks. It might be better to have two smaller boxes, that are easy to lift, rather than a single, large,unmanageable one. Check out this article by the BBC.

2) Prepare your icebox in advance.

Use ice blocks to do this. Cooling the icebox in advance means that any ice you put in later stays solid for longer! You can buy ice bricks, but it’s free and more ECO friendly to make your own using old ice cream cartons or single use plastic drinks bottles. Don’t forget to only part-fill them with water before freezing to allow for expansion.

3) Add some salt to your ice.

Adding salt to the water before freezing lowers the freezing temperature of the water, meaning that your ice will actually be colder than frozen fresh water. Using seawater will work even better if your lucky enough to live near a beach!

4) Keep it out of the sun.

Keep your icebox in the shade as much as possible, ensuring a good airflow around the box. Covering your icebox with a wet blanket or towel will help protect it from the sun.

5) Avoid opening your icebox too much

This is obvious, but every time you open your icebox, you let the hot air in and cold air out. Avoid opening your icebox too much, and do so gently. Consider moving a selection of lollies to a smaller icebox or cooler bag to get you through high peaks of sales. That way, you’re only having to open the main icebox once and don’t have to leave it open for the 20 minutes of crazy sales when school first breaks up.

6) Fill your icebox as much as you can

An icebox packed to the brim will preserve its cold temperature longer than a part-filled icebox. The more lollies or drinks you have in your icebox, the less air there is needing to be cooled down and kept cold.

7) take advanced orders

Knowing how many lollies in advance means you can have advance orders in a separate icebox which will lessen the number of times your general sales icebox will be opened!