U.S. companies discover the dark side of a COVID-19 business boom
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(Reuters) - Kevin Kelly has discovered the many ways a deadly pandemic can be both a boom and a burden on some U.S. businesses.As the nation clamped down with stay-at-home orders, Kelly said his company, Emerald Packaging Inc. in Union City, Calif, saw demand for the factory’s output explode. Emerald churns out plastic bags for produce, like baby carrots and iceberg lettuce, and Kelly attributed the growth, in part, to the perception that packaged produce is a safer alternative to unwrapped..