Pallets in New York City, NY. Delivered by the truckload.

Hunts Point wholesale markets

Produce, meat and fish wholesalers at the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center load out to stores and restaurants, much of it overnight and before dawn. City Hall says the produce market supplies about a quarter of New York's produce. Cold rooms and forklift traffic wear out weak boards, so these docks favor AAA or new pallets.

Maspeth food importers

The Maspeth Industrial Business Zone holds hundreds of industrial firms, including perishable-food wholesalers and prepared-food makers close to the LIE and BQE. They receive goods from port warehouses and rebuild them into restaurant and grocery orders, so they reorder standard 48x40s often and keep little spare stock on hand.

Port-side New Jersey warehouses

Transload and 3PL buildings in Elizabeth, Secaucus and the Exit 8A corridor unload import containers onto pallets for delivery across the metro. They want GMA-style 48x40s in a single grade so racks and trailers load evenly, and HT pallets for any freight that turns around for export.

Meadowlands and Hauppauge goods

Consumer-goods distribution centers in the Meadowlands and in the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge stage freight for dense store networks across the metro. Store receivers inspect pallets at the door, so these shippers lean toward uniform Grade A stock that wraps squarely and rides well in shorter city trailers.