Bucks County residents, need ice to keep food cold amid power outage? Check these stores.
While PECO is working to restore power for approximately 30,000 customers still in the dark from Thursday's storms, many outages could still last late into Friday night.
Keeping perishable food is probably a concern for the thousands across Lower Bucks County who will possibly be without power for more than 24 hours. Temperatures, meanwhile, are expected to rise as high as 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
Bacteria growth can take place in some foods after just two hours above 40 degrees, and some foods may need to be thrown out if not kept cool for four hours or more.
Ice and dry ice can help temporarily preserve food during power outages. Dry ice can preserve food for up to two days, though it's not as commonly sold to retail customers in grocery stores.
The Doylestown Acme has dry ice available for pickup in store. Staff at other stores that typically carry dry ice told this news organization that they are waiting for a restock, or are using the dry ice they have to stock their freezers and keep food cold.
John Williams, general manager from Philadelphia Dry Ice & Jim's Ice, said he was in Bucks County all night, delivering dry ice to Acme and ShopRite locations.
"I've never seen anything like it,' Williams said.
Williams said the company has run out of dry ice for at least the next few hours, but said he is trying to source more. White Oak Ice Co. in Bensalem has also sold out of dry ice.
Here's a list of the stores that this news organization contacted earlier today to find out who has regular and dry ice available.
Bensalem: 1336 Bristol Pike and 2301 Bristol Road.
Doylestown: 480 N. Main St. (selling both dry ice and regular bags of ice).
Levittown: 6800 New Falls Road.
Trevose: 105 E. Street Road.
Warminster: 176 W. Street Road.
Middletown: 450 E. Main St.
Southampton: 466 Second Street Pike.
Warminster: 720 W. Street Road.
Warrington: 1661 Easton Road (the ice cooler is broken, but ice is available by request).
Yardley: 700 Stony Hill Road.
Fairless Hills: 471 S. Oxford Valley Road (sold out of ice).
Newtown Borough: 2890 S. Eagle Road, The Villages at Newtown (sells dry ice, but is currently out of stock with more expected later Friday).
Yardley: 635 Heacock Road, at the Edgewood Village Shopping Center.
Yardley: 925 Vansant Drive.
Warrington: 1405 Main St.
Bensalem: 2200 Bristol Road.
Fairless Hills: 547 S. Oxford Valley Road.
Yardley: 1603 Big Oak Road.
Warminster: 942 W. Street Road.
Bensalem: 3461 Horizon Blvd.
Levittown: 180 Levittown Center.
Warminster: 100 E. Street Road.
Warrington: 299 Valley Gate Drive.
Kai Lincke can be reached at klincke@gannett.com.
Elisabeth Seidel can be reached at eseidel@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Stores selling ice during power outage after storms in Bucks County
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