Bringing an Item on Yom Tov by a Non-Jew

Hello, honorable Rabbi,

I wanted to ask a question regarding benefiting from melachah performed by a non-Jew on Shabbat or on Yom Tov.
Is it permissible to ask a non-Jew, already during the week and before Shabbat or Yom Tov begins, that on Yom Tov or Shabbat he should bring me several bags of ice? I need the ice because I do not have space in the freezer, and the non-Jew sells ice, so in any case he brings and sells ice.

I told him before Shabbat or Yom Tov that at a certain time I need him to bring me, for example, five bags of ice. Presumably he will come by car, although seemingly he could also bring the ice on foot, since it is about a fifteen- to twenty-minute walk.

In such a case, may I benefit from the ice that he brought, since the driving was done for his own sake, in order to make the transporting easier for himself — ada'ata denafshei ka avid, he is acting on his own account — or, since I asked him in advance to bring the ice on Yom Tov, is it forbidden?

Thank you very much!

Shalom u’vrachah,

If the non-Jew could have brought the item on foot, it is considered that he is doing it “ada'ata denafshei,” on his own account. 

However, if he is far away, or if the ice would have melted had he brought it on foot, then he is doing it for the sake of the Jew, and it is forbidden. 

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