New pallets and skids in Arkansas
In Arkansas, meat and poultry processing is 3.1% of every private job, 7.5 times the national concentration. With 34,773 jobs it is fourth in the country, ahead of states many times its size, and food manufacturing as a whole employs 51,799.
That much poultry needs cold storage: Arkansas has 93 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space and 1,941 refrigerated warehousing jobs. Pulaski County, Little Rock, leads the state’s warehousing with 7,477 jobs; Benton County, in the northwest, has 2,670.
Poultry plants wash down their floors, and boxed product is chilled or frozen soon after it is palletized, so dry lumber and a close deck are the two things to ask for. Meat and poultry explains the build; pallet weight explains why wet wood is heavier.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Food manufacturing | 51,799 | 48 x 40 |
| Meat and poultry processing | 34,773 | 48 x 40 |
| Warehousing and storage | 15,624 | 48 x 40 |
| Plastics product manufacturing | 6,804 | Sized to the bag |
| Fruit and vegetable preserving | 4,153 | 48 x 40 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Arkansas
Arkansas processes meat and poultry at 7.5 times the national concentration, and food manufacturing employs 51,799. Poultry plants ship chilled and frozen boxes on 48 x 40s into the state’s 93 million cubic feet of refrigerated space. Pulaski County, Little Rock, leads warehousing with 7,477 jobs, and Benton County, in the north-west, adds 2,670. Crittenden County, across the river from Memphis, has 505 more. A plant buying every week can order against one sheet, so each delivery matches the last. Auto parts plants employ 3,586 and pharmaceutical makers 464.
Plants shipping that volume of chilled product usually want one pallet build repeated every day, so the spec matters more than the price of one pallet. Send the weekly count, the carton weight and pattern, and whether the pallets go into blast freezers before they ship.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Arkansas delivery ZIP. We write the build down as a spec, quote new pallets against it with delivery priced in, and reorders follow the same sheet.
Quote new pallets for Arkansas
Every pallet is quoted to a written spec, wherever the dock is. Give the delivery ZIP with the size, load and quantity.
- Delivery
- ZIP code in Arkansas
- Pallet size
- Stringer length first
- Load weight
- Per pallet, in pounds
Not sure of a line? Leave it blank. Size, load weight and quantity are enough to start a quote.
The builds Arkansas’s trades use
- Food and groceryThe 48 x 40 at its home: distribution centers, food plants and store docks, and why dry, clean lumber matters.
- Meat and poultryBoxed product into blast freezers: a close deck, dried lumber, one-way builds.
- Plastics and bulk bagsA full, smooth deck under resin bags that slump into any gap.