Gaylords in Northeast Philadelphia

The Northeast is the largest part of the city by area, and its industry is the most dispersed. Food manufacturing, light manufacturing and distribution buildings sit in industrial pockets between residential streets, with larger sites near the river and Bensalem line.

Because the buildings are many and mid-sized, the volumes come in loads of a dozen to a few dozen rather than trailer lots. A bakery stocking ingredient bins, a molder receiving resin, a distributor with a few weeks of pallets: each makes a steady, modest flow that a regular pickup can serve.

Our research lists food manufacturing, light manufacturing and distribution as the district's main users of bulk boxes. We have no sourced figures for individual plants.

Northeast Philadelphia borders Bensalem in Bucks County; some food buildings sit just across the line. See Bensalem for that side.

This page covers 19114, 19115, 19116, 19136, 19154 and 19135. The industries to expect there, from our market research: food manufacturing, light manufacturing and distribution.

Food makers run through the year with a lift before the winter holidays. Distributors clear stock in January.

• Buy. Small manufacturers who want a few dozen multi-trip boxes at a time.
• Sell. Distributors with weekly empties.
• Recycle. Small, steady volumes of tired board that a regular route can collect.

If the flow repeats weekly, say so. A standing arrangement is easier to plan than a one-off.

• Industrial pocket. A small cluster of factories and warehouses set among houses, typical of the Northeast, as opposed to a large park.
• Milk run. A regular route that picks up small loads from many sites in turn, the usual way to collect modest weekly stacks.
• Ingredient bin. A bulk box that holds flour, sugar or other dry food input, usually with a liner.

• The ZIP and cross streets of the building.
• How often boxes pile up: weekly, monthly or once.
• The count and footprint.
• Whether a small truck or a trailer is needed.