Around 9 million U.S. households used ice boxes to preserve their food.

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Ross was the force behind the High School Musical phenomenon, which has earned Disney billions of dollars between its movies, albums, lunch boxes and ice shows.

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The company vacuum packs its meat, then ships it in ice-pack-filled foam coolers in corrugated boxes.

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