Refrigeration for grocery delivery totes

An apparatus for transporting a product in at least one of a chilled condition and a frozen condition, comprising:

• a dry ice block with a surface area:weight ratio for providing at least one of said chilled and frozen conditions for the product;
• a container having a chamber therein sized and shaped to receive the dry ice block;
• and
• a tote having an internal space therein sized and shaped to receive the product and the container.

An apparatus for extruding a dry ice block to be transported with a perishable product, comprising:

• a cylinder having a chamber therein and in which a piston is disposed for reciprocal movement, and an outlet for the chamber;
• a pipe in communication with the chamber for introducing CO2 snow into the chamber;
• a die having a select cross-section shape for the dry ice block, the die removably mountable to the outlet to be interchangeable with another die having another cross-section shape;
• and
• a cutting member positioned downstream of the outlet for cutting an individual ice block from said outlet, said individual ice block having a surface area:weight ratio for providing at least one of a chilled condition and a frozen condition to the perishable product.