Stretch wrap for Minnesota
Winters long and harsh enough to freeze a dock door shut are a film problem as much as a people problem. Rolls left in trailers or unheated rooms go stiff; bring them inside a day before use. Meat and dairy plants work cold year round, so ask for film rated for the room it is wrapped in. Twin Cities distribution wraps mixed retail orders, where blown hand film copes with odd shapes.
Who wraps pallets in Minnesota
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Food manufacturing47,829
- Warehousing and storage17,921
- Meat and poultry processing17,525
- Plastics product manufacturing14,511
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing5,458
- Dairy product manufacturing5,085
- Fruit and vegetable preserving4,721
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing2,028
Most concentrated: meat and poultry processing, 1.6 times its national share of employment.
Minnesota's warehouses are in the Twin Cities counties. Cold winters matter for film: rolls stored in an unheated dock stiffen, and cold-rated film is worth asking for.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- Cold-rated machine filmBoxed and frozen meat
- 30 in machine filmTall, light loads
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
- Tinted filmCoding dated cases
Winter loading in the Twin Cities can mean film going on at well below freezing. Keep rolls warm until they are loaded on the carriage, and expect a cold roll to break more often.
Nearby states
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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, meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, dairy product manufacturing (NAICS 3115) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, fruit and vegetable preserving (NAICS 3114) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (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 Minnesota
Meat and dairy plants in the south of the state and Twin Cities distribution make up most requests. Mention winter storage for film, and whether docks are heated, so the quote can suggest a film that copes. Medical device makers around the Twin Cities ship light cartons in clear film. Duluth's port on Lake Superior handles bulk cargo rather than containers.
Put the Minnesota 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