Ice is a hot commodity in Spain, with supermarkets limiting how much people can buy and bars running low on cubes for sangrias and cocktails due to scorching heatwaves and high energy prices.
At the start of the year, ice makers held back from producing their usual stockpiles because of soaring power bills and uncertainty about summertime demand following the COVID pandemic.
Ricardo Blasco, the owner of one of Madrid's oldest ice manufacturers, Blasco Ice, said his power bills have risen 50% - 60% since early this year and he had delayed the start of production from March to May to partly offset increased costs. "It's hard not being able to satisfy everyone even if you want to," he said. "We really are doing everything we can."
Mercedes Nieto, the owner of a bar in Madrid's trendy Chueca neighbourhood, said when her usual distributor ran out of ice she sought more from a local Chinese store which had raised prices, and also supermarkets, but they had run out.
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