Stretch wrap for Stockton
Stockton sits between two kinds of buyer. Distribution centres along I-5 wrap square freight on turntables and want machine film with good yield. Packers and processors in the surrounding farm country wrap fresh produce in harvest season, which needs air: vented film or netting for fruit and vegetables, solid film for canned and frozen. Summer heat on the valley floor is hard on stored film, so keep rolls indoors.
Who wraps pallets in Stockton
Private jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage28,518
- Food manufacturing6,026
- Grocery and related product wholesale3,356
- Beverage manufacturing3,063
- Fruit and vegetable preserving1,000
Most concentrated: warehousing and storage, 8.2 times its national share of employment.
Stockton's warehouses line I-5 and Highway 99 in San Joaquin County. DCs there run machine film; produce packers want vented film.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- Blown hand filmMixed store orders
- 90 gaugeHeavy drink pallets
- Netting and vented filmFresh produce
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Valley heat in harvest season and cold rooms next door make for big temperature swings. Store produce film in the cooler, never in the sun on the dock. Netting suits melons and onions that need to breathe, while boxed fruit for storage usually goes under vented film.
Around Stockton
The state page, and the other metros in it.
Sources
- BLS QCEW 2025 annual averages, warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, grocery and related product wholesale (NAICS 4244) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, fruit and vegetable preserving (NAICS 3114) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, 2023 metropolitan area delineation files (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 5 (Wikipedia) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, all private industries (reviewed 2026-11-12)
Facts on this page last reviewed 2026-11-12.
Ask for a stretch film quote in Stockton
Distribution centres in Lathrop, Tracy and Patterson buy machine film by the pallet; packers and canneries buy seasonally. Give harvest quantities separately. Almond hullers ship bagged nuts.
Put the Stockton delivery ZIP first: the quote is made out for that dock.
- Step 1 asks what you need, how much a month, the delivery ZIP and how to reach you
- Step 2 asks the film, the width and the gauge; skip what you don't know