Top 5 Ice Machine Rental in Sacramento, CA

Ice Machines of Sacramento has rented and serviced commercial ice machines out of a Rocklin shop since 1988, and ice is the whole business rather than a line inside one. That is unusual here. Every other company we checked came to ice through foodservice supply or office refreshment, and that shows in what they stock. They carry six manufacturers where most of this market runs Follett and nothing else. They are one of only two companies here publishing a response time, and at 24 hours theirs is the faster. Their monthly rate covers maintenance and repairs, but replacement water filters sit outside that rate. And we did not find a published starting price. We recommend you ask what a filter change costs before you sign.

Chefs' Toys runs a foodservice equipment store on Richards Blvd and leases Hoshizaki ice machines alongside everything else they sell. Their lease is the only one we found here that folds the water filter and scheduled maintenance into the same payment as parts and labor. Nothing else we checked puts all four inside one figure. But they publish no rate, no contract length and no capacity range, so the figure itself still comes back from a form. They also sell equipment on third party purchase finance, which is a different arrangement from the lease and easily confused with one. Ask which of the two you are being quoted before anything gets signed.

First Choice Coffee Services keeps a Sacramento branch on Pell Drive and answers a local number there, and their ice machine arrives on the same route as the coffee and the filtered water. That route model is the real difference. Maintenance rides along on a delivery visit a driver is already making to the building, rather than waiting on a dispatched service call. Ice is a small line for them, and their published ceiling reflects that at 100 pounds a day, the lowest figure we found here. They put no rate, no contract length and no service commitment in writing. Because so little of the arrangement is published, we would advise pinning down the maintenance schedule and what an out of cycle call out costs before you commit.

PVS Refreshments runs breakroom services out of Power Inn Road and a second branch in San Jose, and the Follett ice machine sits inside their office water service rather than standing alone as a product. Their reach is the broadest we counted. They name more towns across the Sacramento Valley than anyone else here, which matters if you have sites in Davis and Elk Grove and want one account behind both. Filter changes come with the service, and they say so plainly. But we could not find a founding year, a capacity figure or a rate. And their phones stop at 4:30 on weekdays. We would push for a written answer on who covers an evening breakdown.

Aramark Refreshments works a Sacramento market center on Warehouse Way, one of 65 across the country, and puts Follett ice and water machines into offices and campuses alongside the coffee. They name five machine models with output figures attached, from 100 to 400 pounds a day, which is the widest range published in this metro. And they list more machine formats than anyone else we checked, from a countertop unit up to a freestanding dispenser. What we could not find is any statement of how the equipment is supplied or priced. No monthly rate, no agreement terms, no service promise. We would treat the first call as a pricing conversation and ask for the terms in writing before anything is scheduled.