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The area reaches into Monterey county.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"ZIP codes with the most warehouses",[17,33],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":32},"table",[20,21,22],"ZIP","Town","Establishments",[24,28],[25,26,27],"93901","Salinas","9",[29,30,31],"95012","Castroville","4","Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023.",{"t":10,"text":34},"The five largest ZIP codes hold 13 establishments between them. 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Bottlers stack heavy and tall, so static load on the bottom pallet is the number that matters, and one maker lists a 56 x 44 beverage pallet at 30,000 lb static. It tends to lean on stackable beverage pallets, with 56 x 44 in where the line is set up for it, usually in 56 x 44 in beverage, or 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the static load of the bottom pallet in a full stack.",{"h2":72,"blocks":73},"The empty return",[74,76],{"t":10,"text":75},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 13 warehouses in its five largest ZIP codes in Salinas sent back 1,200 empty pallets in a week, that would be 15,600 pallets. 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