Sterling Foods (San Antonio)
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THE QUICK READ
Sterling Foods has made shelf-stable baked goods in San Antonio since 1971, producing cookies, cakes, muffins, and protein-forward snacks for grocery chains, restaurants, convenience stores, and the U.S. military. The 80,000-square-foot bakery runs ammonia-and-glycol refrigeration through its cookie and cake tunnel production lines, with a 2,400-square-foot cooler and an 8,000-square-foot freezer built for rack storage. AV Capital backed the company in 2008, and Cotton Creek Capital acquired it in 2016.
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JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Texas
- $21.94–$33.02/hr
- What techs ask in Texas
- $26.85–$40.81/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 44 techs in our network, Texas
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Texas
- $19.93–$30.50/hr
- What techs ask in Texas
- $24.57–$35.01/hr
- Posted pay near this plant
- $20.05–$32.01/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 9 techs in our network, Texas · 10 postings
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~100
- Products
- processing, ready-to-eat
- Size
- Small
On file · Sep 2026
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lineage Logistics | San Antonio, TX | 8 mi | 1 JOB → |
| H. E. Butt Grocery Company | San Antonio, TX | 10 mi | 12 JOBS → |
| Cuisine Solutions | San Antonio, TX | 15 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Americold Logistics | San Antonio, TX | 17 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Tyson Foods | Seguin, TX | 30 mi | 8 JOBS → |
| Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. | Lampasas, TX | 106 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Pilgrim's Pride | Waco, TX | 164 mi | 10 JOBS → |
| H. E. Butt Grocery Company | Houston, TX | 177 mi | 10 JOBS → |
ABOUT STERLING FOODS
Sterling Foods is a food processing company headquartered in San Antonio, TX, with three U.S. facilities specializing in ready-to-eat beef, chicken, and pork products. The company operates small-to-mid-sized plants across Texas, California, and Florida. Sterling does not use ammonia refrigeration systems.
Other Sterling Foods plants in our directory: Sterling Foods (Union City), Sterling Foods, Inc. (Opa Locka)
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