Mississippi businesses shift production during pandemic
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Some Mississippi businesses are shifting their production to essential products in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A jeans company in Shannon is making protective face masks. A coffee house based in Tupelo is baking bread. And, a beer brewery and a vodka distillery are making hand sanitizer.
Josh West is CEO of Blue Delta Jeans. He says a seamstress can make about 500 face guards in 12 hours. He wants his company to sew as many as 10,000 masks a day.
These products are much needed, and making them helps the factories stay afloat.
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